We offer our clients the best select quality new and pre-owned instruments, awesome amplifiers, and knowledgeable service. These capabilities are based on an informed understanding of quality, craftsmanship,  and how the individual pieces add up and work together in the execution and crafting of "special" instruments.... ...But most of all... our approach is based on  a love and obsession with "All Things Guitar."

 We offer the best values in Quality guitars......New or Pre-owned.....including Classic Instruments and Amps at reasonable cost...We believe  in Quality products.......no matter what the price.... We are NOT those "BIG" guys!...and we are NOT the "other" guys you are used to!.....We don't Have "Truckloads of Gear arriving daily"...We just have great, specially selected values in special  guitars, amps, and accessories.  Frankly, we don't often have to "match" prices from the other guys, because they don't often have the unique items and brands that we offer.

We are proud to represent and offer the most exciting guitar lines that are available today.

Whether what you looking for is a great value in an economically priced import of especially surprising quality...(They do Exist!!)...or  custom hand-crafted examples of the artistry of the world's most respected luthiers,  Barking Dog Guitar Traders delivers the choices and selection you need to make a prudent and worthwhile purchase.

We are also thrilled to represent the work of some of  today's best amplifier and circuit designers.   Our amplifier lines offer exquisite examples of custom and hand-wired Class A and Class AB designs, as created by some of the world's most revered builders. We also can provide solid and reasonably-priced alternatives to the amplifier brands that limit your choices in  most "Box" Stores and website giants.

We also offer our clients:  

• In-House Guitar repair and tech services (see rate card page elsewhere on this site)
  
• Consignment and Trade
• Instrument Evaluation and Appraisal
• Custom instrument brokerage and consulting services
  
• Quality accessories
• Online "Store" and Inventory also available on G-Base
• www.gbase.com
  

   

  
  

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Our retail space is located in Torrington Connecticut, in the beautiful Litchfield Hills, sometimes also known  as "The Northwest Hills", or "The Foothills of The Berkshires"

We are proud to be part of the blossoming of the Arts  that is now taking place in Northwest Connecticut.

 We occupy a unique space, (for a music store anyway!),  that once sold clothing. We are on Main Street, across from the Warner Theatre, and next to The Yankee Peddlar Inn.

This 100+ years old building offers us a mellow and somewhat "retro" players  space that we like to think is in keeping with our "mellow."

It is likely to be a retail space that is "not what you were expecting."

 We have worked hard at our "mellow", and we hope our store and player space is mellow too.

 Please stop in.