Down Home Guitars

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Down Home Guitars Your Home for Acoustic Excellence! Instruments by Bourgeois, Collings, Deering, Huss & Dalton, Lowde Stop by and take a look at what we have to offer!
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Your one stop shop for stringed instruments, lessons and repairs! Down Home Guitars is an acoustic instrument shop located in Frankfort, IL specializing in fine crafted new and used guitars, mandolins and banjos by Bourgeois, Collings, Cordoba, Deering, Eastman, Huss & Dalton, Lowden, Martin, Santa Cruz, Weber, and more. We are also the home of The Down Home Music School, a full service school with a staff of 20 teachers offering private on almost any instrument. We service instruments from restringing and setups to full rebuilds, refrets, neck resets, finish work and much more in our repair shop.

Another great trip to Martin Guitar in Nazareth, PA! Always a good time hanging with the crew in the Custom Shop and woo...
09/22/2026

Another great trip to Martin Guitar in Nazareth, PA! Always a good time hanging with the crew in the Custom Shop and wood room. Stay tuned for some great custom builds coming soon!

09/19/2026

The OM-45 Deluxe Ghost Flower Brazilian Rosewood is a stunner of a build from our good friends at Bourgeois Guitars in Lewiston, ME! We can’t wait for this beauty to arrive.
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It was great to have Eric and Leigh Gibson of The Gibson Brothers stop by the shop today to hang and pick some guitars!
09/18/2026

It was great to have Eric and Leigh Gibson of The Gibson Brothers stop by the shop today to hang and pick some guitars!

Beautiful custom Cocobolo and Italian Spruce TD-R on it's way to us from our friends at Huss & Dalton Guitar Company! In...
09/03/2026

Beautiful custom Cocobolo and Italian Spruce TD-R on it's way to us from our friends at Huss & Dalton Guitar Company! Includes cocobolo fretboard, bridge and headstock overlay, full Ivoroid bindings, Hide Glue construction and more. Contact us for more info!

08/25/2026

Catfish Keith pickin’ away on his signature Catfish Keith Special Pro All Mahogany 0 from Santa Cruz Guitar .

It was a pleasure to catch up with Catfish this past weekend at the Fretboard Summit hosted by the Old Town School of Folk Music in Chicago! We were thrilled to be able to have his pro model on hand for him to play- complete with Pearl bubbles and catfish inlay, and he even signed the label!

Contact us at Down Home Guitars for more info.





Stunning Martin OM-41 Custom Butterfly and Black Eyed Susans hand painted by Martin artist Robert Goetzl. A centerpiece ...
08/24/2026

Stunning Martin OM-41 Custom Butterfly and Black Eyed Susans hand painted by Martin artist Robert Goetzl.
A centerpiece of Martin’s display this play week at the Fretboard Summit in Chicago, we are proud to be able to offer this one of a kind piece of musical art.
Contact us at Down Home Guitars for more info.

Great Bourgeois Guitars clinic today with master builder James Witkus along with Frank Solivan and Jack Dunlap from Fran...
08/24/2026

Great Bourgeois Guitars clinic today with master builder James Witkus along with Frank Solivan and Jack Dunlap from Frank Solivan & Dirty Kitchen and toneslabs picks!

Join us today at 3pm for the free Bourgeois Guitars showcase with master luthier James Witkus along with Frank Solivan a...
08/23/2026

Join us today at 3pm for the free Bourgeois Guitars showcase with master luthier James Witkus along with Frank Solivan and Jack Dunlap from Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen and ToneSlabs picks!

Join us for a free in-store clinic with Bourgeois Guitars this Sunday August 23rd at 3pm!
Master luthier James Witkus and team will demonstrate Bourgeois' renowned hand-voicing technique and share insights into the Bourgeois family of instruments. Frank Solivan and Jack Dunlap of Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen and ToneSlabs picks will also be on hand to demonstrate the instruments and their picks.
Come one come all for this special traveling showcase, learn from the experts, and get a chance to play these incredible guitars, mandolins, and picks!

08/23/2026

Phil King from Huss & Dalton Guitars showing us this stunning CM 12-Fret Cutaway Quilted Maple and Italian Spruce he put together. This was a highlight of their collection this weekend at the Fretboard Summit and will be heading to our shop shortly. Contact us at Down Home Guitars for more info.



Join us for a free in-store clinic with Bourgeois Guitars this Sunday August 23rd at 3pm! Master luthier James Witkus an...
08/22/2026

Join us for a free in-store clinic with Bourgeois Guitars this Sunday August 23rd at 3pm!
Master luthier James Witkus and team will demonstrate Bourgeois' renowned hand-voicing technique and share insights into the Bourgeois family of instruments. Frank Solivan and Jack Dunlap of Frank Solivan and Dirty Kitchen and ToneSlabs picks will also be on hand to demonstrate the instruments and their picks.
Come one come all for this special traveling showcase, learn from the experts, and get a chance to play these incredible guitars, mandolins, and picks!

Address

11 S White Street
Frankfort, IL
60423

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 7pm
Tuesday 12pm - 7pm
Wednesday 12pm - 7pm
Thursday 12pm - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

Telephone

+18154696321

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