Wild West Guitars is a vintage guitar and amp shop considered one of the best in Southern California. Customers report awesome experiences and praise the very knowledgeable and experienced staff. The shop stocks excellent, high-end gear with a really nice selection and excellent quality. They are known for their attentive, helpful, and gracious service, patiently answering questions to make customers feel comfortable and valued. Their in-house luthier and techs receive high praise for their work. The business is commended for its fast, careful, and impeccable shipping, handling purchases from across the country with enthusiasm. Customers describe getting their dream guitar and being very happy with perfect instruments that meet specific requirements. Many express gratitude, stating they love doing business with these guys and highly recommend the shop for purchases and setups.
They really don't want walk-ins. The guitars on display seemed very nice, but they not so subtly hinted that I should walk over to guitar center and leave them be.
November 2025
Had a great experience picking out a guitar at Wild West! Leroy was a pleasure to talk to, very generous with his time and happy to get out lots of guitars that I was curious about comparing.
June 2025
Felt super lucky to be out here, just hanging and chatting with folks. You can’t find a Fender with a jacaranda fingerboard back home. When I got back, I talked to a guitar tech—turns out even PRS only ships with CITES certification in Japan. Kinda wild how complicated it all gets.
