This year we are celebrating 26 years of business - 26 years of finding guitar players the guitars of their dreams!

Since we opened in 1998, Rivington Guitars has come to be known as “The Best Little Guitar Store in New York City,” and this is a reputation we have earned.

Located at 73 East 4th Street, our store is right in the heart of the East Village of Manhattan.

Owner and Proprietor Howie Statland is a featured survey participant for the Vintage Guitar Price Guide. He is one of 25 select guitar dealers throughout the USA who helps determine the values set forth in the Vintage Guitar Price Guide, the industry standard. He has been dealing guitars for nearly 30 years.

Rivington Guitars specializes in vintage guitars, and we know vintage guitars. We travel throughout the USA looking for the most highly sought after vintage guitars. Often we uncover rare gems and special classics - Gibson, Fender, Martin, Guild, Rickenbacker, Harmony, and Silvertone are our specialties, as well as many other more unusual brands. We have over 350 guitars in stock at any one time.

A list of some of our satisfied clients include Radiohead, Paul Simon, Joe Walsh, The Killers, The Strokes, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Courtney Love and Hole, Elvis Costello, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco, The Black Keys, Cults, Green Day, Arcade Fire, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Vampire Weekend, Motley Crue, Jonathan Richman, Mumford & Sons, J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr., the Smashing Pumpkins, Norah Jones, Peter Bjorn and John, and the list goes on including many other local New York City working musicians.

Our store began in 1998 on Rivington Street, hence our name, and expanded to a larger location on East 4th Street in 2008.

Our website is updated daily and all our inventory is on our website.

There is always something new at Rivington Guitars, so come in today and let us help you find your dream guitar!