Sell & Trade Your Vintage & Used Gear

Do you have musical instruments and related gear that you would like to sell or trade-in for an upgrade?

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Are you Buried In Gear? Help us help you by selling or trading in your gear to Chicago Music Exchange today!

We have a dedicated purchasing team to make selling and trading your vintage & used instruments quick and transparent. And it’s easy too!

Whether it’s one vintage guitar or a whole collection of vintage, mint condition, or well-loved gear, we’re prepared to make you a fair offer based on the current market value. We’ve been buying new, used, and vintage guitars from all over the U.S. since the 1990s (that’s right, before the internet!), so we’ve got the process down. 

WHAT'S NEXT? IT'S EASY!

Just fill out the form below to submit your vintage gear and Daniel, Mike, or Dan will be in touch with you very soon!

And when it comes time to ship vintage and used instruments we can help make it easy, safe, and painless! Check out our guide on How to Ship A Guitar!

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*For any trade or selling transactions at Chicago Music Exchange, due to the potentially sensitive nature of some of the finish materials used on instruments and the pending weather factor changes, we will typically wait up to 24 hours to open the gear sent to us. Then another 24-48 hours to process the instrument. We appreciate your patience!

*Due to unpredictable taxes and duties, CME typically does not purchase internationally.

Nathaniel 'Elvis' Murphy Takes You Through Selling & Trading at CME!

Whether it’s one vintage guitar or a whole collection of vintage, mint condition, or well-loved gear, we’re prepared to make you a fair offer based on the current market value. We’ve been buying new, used, and vintage guitars from all over the U.S. since the 1990s (that’s right, before the internet!), so we’ve got the process down. 

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CME SELL & TRADE - FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How Did You Figure Out The Offer?
We buy and sell hundreds of guitars, pedals, and amps a month, so we already have a pretty good idea what this stuff is worth. But just to be sure, we research the current market every time we quote anything and we offer as much as we can for every piece. Although online marketplaces like Reverb and publications like the Vintage Guitar Price Guide are great tools that we use every day, there is nothing more valuable than our own sales data. We consider all those resources and we offer between 60%-70% of what we think the resale price is for most guitars and basses, and 50%-60% for most amplifiers.

SELL & TRADE REVIEWS

If you have additional questions regarding the sale or trade process, or if you would like to get the ball rolling, call, email, fill out our form, or stop by and visit us in the showroom anytime.

We look forward to meeting you!

-The team at the Chicago Music Exchange

Contact us to discuss your collection today (773)-525-7773 or email us!

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