Used electric guitars in Melbourne typically sell for A$155 to A$860 (about $110 to $605). Electric guitars sell on model, pickups and how the neck feels, so state the year if you can, confirm every switch and pot works, and be honest about fret wear.
Selling an electric guitar in Melbourne
Students arrive in February and leave in November, which inverts the northern-hemisphere rhythm. The inner suburbs also carry a lot of share-house accommodation, and share houses reshuffle constantly rather than seasonally. It is also one of the things that moves most reliably here, so there is a local audience for it already.
The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
On anything stored in a garage or shed, check for damp. The winters here are wetter and colder than the city’s reputation suggests, and fabric and particle board both suffer for it.
Melbourne has around 5.1 million people in Victoria, which means a buyer pool big enough that almost anything finds someone, and close enough together that collection is rarely the obstacle. Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo are close enough that a buyer there may well make the trip for the right thing.
Handing it over in Melbourne
Australia Post covers everywhere, but distance pricing is real and interstate parcels cost meaningfully more than local ones.
What electric guitars are worth
What lifts the price
- Recognised makers and models with an established following
- The original case, especially on older instruments
What pulls it down
- Refinishing, which can sharply reduce value on collectable instruments
- Replaced pickups or tuners where originals are expected
Working out what yours is worth
- Sight down the neck from the headstock to check for relief or twist
- Check whether the pickups, tuners and bridge are original
Getting it ready
- Plug it in and test both pickups, every switch position, and all volume and tone controls for crackle.
- Note whether anything has been modified — replacement pickups, tuners or bridge — because buyers care and will spot it.
Photograph
- The frets along the neck, angled to reveal wear
- The pickups, controls and bridge, plus any modification or damage
Put in the description
- Whether the pickups, tuners, bridge and electronics are original
- Fret wear, neck condition, and whether a case or gig bag is included
Brand, model and finish: “Fender Player Stratocaster, Sunburst, MIM 2019”. Country of manufacture matters enormously on electric guitars and belongs in the title where you know it. Say clearly if anything is non-original, because modified guitars sell fine when disclosed and badly when discovered.
Listing is free and there is no selling fee, so the whole amount the buyer pays stays with you. You and the buyer agree the handover between yourselves.
Same region (Victoria)
Common questions
Where can I sell an electric guitar in Melbourne?
List it free here and arrange the handover with the buyer yourself. The tram network covers the inner suburbs densely and is how most small handovers happen. The city is flat, which makes collecting a bike or a chest of drawers by car straightforward, though inner-suburb streets are narrow and permit parking is tightly enforced.
Do all the controls work without crackling?
Plug in and sweep every pot and switch. Scratchy pots are cheap to clean but must be mentioned rather than left to be discovered.
How much is an electric guitar worth in Melbourne?
Most used electric guitars change hands for A$155 to A$860 (about $110 to $605). Condition and completeness move that figure more than anything else.
More: selling an electric guitar across Australia, what electric guitars are worth, everything second hand in Melbourne, or Music & Instruments in Melbourne.
Guide range converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate, not a quote — sellers set their own price.