Second-hand music & instruments in Memphis typically sells for $20 to $1,100. Brand and playing condition decide most of it, and an instrument that has been set up properly is worth more than one that has sat untouched. Cosmetic marks matter far less here than on almost anything else.
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Buying music & instruments in Memphis
Memphis is a logistics city with a music history that still shapes what people collect. Records and instruments have a real local audience, and the freight economy means tools and equipment move steadily.
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. Locally, electric guitars are one of the few things that move reliably enough to be worth listing on their own.
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 Memphis
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 easy to drive and parking is rarely a problem, which makes furniture and equipment collection straightforward. Most people arrange to meet somewhere central rather than travelling out to a suburb.
Selling your music & instruments in Memphis free
Logistics employment turns households over steadily, and the city’s affordability means more people own than rent in the outer neighbourhoods, so what appears there is usually a real clear-out rather than a move.
Fit a fresh set of strings or reeds before anybody comes to try it, since a tired set makes a good instrument sound dull. Have somewhere quiet to demonstrate it, and gather the case, stand, lead and any paperwork into one place beforehand. 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 Memphis
Same region (Tennessee)
If nothing in Memphis suits, Nashville, Knoxville 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 Memphis: everything second hand in Memphis, or Music & Instruments across the United States.
Prices converted from sterling at the 2 August 2026 rate; sellers set their own price.