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Gear and repair in Cleveland

Music stores for strings and cables, repair for a dead amp, and backline rental: amps and drums to rent when you fly in without your own. 8 places, each checked against its own website in October 2026.

All Music stores Instrument and amp repair Backline and PA rental

Stuck before doors? Call before you drive over. Hours change, and not every shop takes walk-ins. Every phone number here comes from the place’s own website.

1. Empirical Sound

Rental · Cleveland · 1.9 mi from downtown

1234 E 26th St, Cleveland, OH 44114 · (216) 241-0668

GuitarsAmpsDrumsKeyboardsPA and micsRepairsBacklineUsed gear

Address checked on its own website in October 2026 (source) · Directions

3. Freer Percussion

Music store · Cleveland · 2.3 mi from downtown

1588 E. 40th St. Ste. 2C, Cleveland, OH 44103

DrumsUsed gear

Address checked on its own website in October 2026 (source) · Directions

6. Backline Cleveland

Rental · Cleveland · 3.3 mi from downtown

10252 Berea Road, Cleveland, OH 44102 · (440) 342-8625

GuitarsBassesAmpsDrumsKeyboardsPA and micsRepairsBackline

Address checked on its own website in October 2026 (source) · Directions