Second-hand music & instruments in Knoxville typically sells for $20 to $1,100. Where and when it was built moves the figure enormously, and buyers pay close attention to the country stamped inside. A model still made today has its price capped by the new one, while a discontinued line answers to nothing but demand.
Buying music & instruments in Knoxville
Knoxville sits on the river at the gateway to the largest national park in the country by visitor numbers, with the state’s flagship university in the city and a major federal research laboratory nearby. It hosted a world’s fair whose tower still stands.
Anything with a soundboard hates being posted: temperature and knocks in transit undo a setup and can crack a body outright. Carrying it home yourself, in its case, is the safest journey it will make.
What to check in person
Play every note up the neck and listen for buzzing, and sight down the neck from the body to check it is straight. Look at the bridge and the area around the tuning pegs for cracks or old repairs, and try every key or valve.
Collecting it in Knoxville
It needs a car boot rather than a bag, so agree somewhere you can actually stop for a few minutes. That is easier away from the centre than in it.
The city is built on hills above the river, so ask about the approach for anything heavy. Home games fill the roads by the stadium for most of the day, so avoid them.
Selling your music & instruments in Knoxville free
The university clears student housing each May and the research laboratory moves staff on contract cycles. Outdoor equipment turns over constantly given the mountains an hour away.
Say when it was last set up or serviced, and be honest about buzzes and dead spots. Have it tuned and ready to play when the buyer arrives, and include the case if you have it, because a case is worth real money on its own. Lifts in September as lessons restart, and again after Christmas.
Peer-to-peer payment apps dominate private sales, and buyers will usually offer one before they offer cash. Sales tax does not apply to a private sale between individuals.
Music & Instruments worth listing in Knoxville
Same region (Tennessee)
If nothing in Knoxville suits, Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga each have their own music & instruments page, and a seller will often meet part of the way for something worth the trip.
More in Knoxville: everything second hand in Knoxville, or Music & Instruments across the United States.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.