Welcome to Your Guitar Shopping Guide

Guitar is a music therapist's best friend. It's important to make sure you are finding the best equipment for you and your needs, as you will be spending a lot of time with this instrument! Be sure to take your time in choosing your guitar (and/or ukulele if you are looking for a small, portable, easy to learn instrument for your clients!). Factors you may want to take into account include: size, level of difficulty to sanitize, & sound.

Guitar Buying Guide

Choosing an Acoustic Guitar

Guide from Guitar Center

Ukulele Buying Guide

Choosing a Ukelele

Guide from Musician's Friend

The Essentials

Everyone's needs will be different. These are some things we have found to be helpful in our own practice. There are cheaper (as well as more expensive/higher quality) options available; look around and find what works best for you.

Guitar Strings: CLICK HERE

ALWAYS good to have on hand in case of breakage

Guitar Strap: CLICK HERE

essential to keep your guitar safe and easy to play when you are standing
the one listed here is leather, which will be easier to sanitize than fabric
invest in some STRAP BLOCKS to secure your guitar strap! This way you can sling your guitar across your back and keep your hands free to carry other instruments between rooms.

Picks: CLICK HERE

You can also choose to invest in a PICK CUTTER to cut your own picks out of old gift cards

Tuner: CLICK HERE

This one clips on your guitar; readily available during any session
you can also choose to download an app on your device, there are many free ones available on both iPhone and Android

Foldable Guitar Stand: CLICK HERE

helpful to have on hand when setting down your guitar in sessions to be more hands on with patients, or to have something to place your guitar on when you are leaving a contact precautions room