Consider reuse or repair before disposal. DIY repair resources through iFixit.
Vendors
| Vendor | Address | City | Destination | Disposal Method | Notes | |
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| GreenWaste of Palo Alto | 2765 Lafayette St | Palo Alto | Landfill | Pick-up for a Fee | Consider reuse or repair before disposal. | |
| TerraCycle | 121 New York Ave | Trenton | Recycle | Pick-up for a Fee | Instrument string | |
| Action Metal Recycling | 385 Pittsburg Ave. | Richmond | Recycle | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| The Starving Musician | 3939 Stevens Creek Blvd | Santa Clara | Repair | Drop-off for a Fee | Repairs: instruments, , electric guitar, acustic guitar. Also buys, trades and consigns musical instruments. Reuse: buys, trades and consigns musical instruments. | |
| Guitar Tech | 2600 Woolsey St | Berkeley | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| Ifshin Violins | 6420 Fairmount Ave | El Cerrito | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| Jim's Music | 40919 Fremont Blvd # 8 | Fremont | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| C & L Music |
2395 Monument Blvd. Building B |
Concord | Repair | Drop-off for a Fee | ||
| Rockin' Robbie's (formerly Music Works) | 11225 San Pablo Ave. | El Cerrito | Repair | Drop-off for a Fee | Estimates are always free here at the shop. We are unable to give "over-the-phone," sight-unseen advice. Please stop by the shop with your instrument for a free evaluation. | |
| Lemur Music Inc | 1006 Pardee St | Berkeley | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| FixIt Clinic (In-person & Virtual) | Repair | Free Mail-in | Self-repair through the Global Fixers Server on Discord or through Zoom FixIt Clinics. | |||
| Rockin' Robbies (Concord) | 1835 Colfax St | Concord | Repair | Drop-off for a Fee | Repair, including guitar restringing, guitar and bass setups, soldering, and electronic diagnosis. | |
| Musician's Mall (Formerly Ali Akbar College Store) | 2111 Channing Way | Berkeley | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| Aantone's Music | 36601 Newark Blvd # 11 | Newark | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| Model Shoe Renew | 1934 Shattuck Ave | Berkeley | Repair | Drop-off for a Fee | Musical instrument cases | |
| Saxcraft/Saxology | 1920 Martin Luther King Jr Way | Berkeley | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| Adam's string shack | 347 Moraga Ave | Piedmont | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| Oakland Guitars & Dead Note Repairs (formerly Broken Guitars) |
423 40th St (corner of Webster & 40th) |
Oakland | Repair | Drop-off for a Fee | Guitar store that buys, sells, trades, and repairs guitars and amps. | |
| Schwaan Violins | 205 Main St | Pleasanton | Repair | Free Drop-off | ||
| All Better Guitar Repair | 729 Heinz Ave | Berkeley | Repair | Free Drop-off |
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