With International Guitar Month beginning in April, we will once again be helping our local guitarists with a little spring maintenance while supporting a fantastic local food bank during our Restring For Charity event!
On Friday, April 13th from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., simply bring two canned food items per guitar (two guitars max) and your acoustic or electric to our store located at 4442 S Lindbergh Blvd, St. Louis, MO 63127 for a free set of strings professionally installed by our talented guitar technicians!
All of the collected donations will be given to the St. Louis Area Foodbank, a fantastic local charity that has been fighting hunger in the bi-state region for more than 40 years.
And don’t feel limited to just two items – we absolutely encourage you to donate as many cans or other non-perishable food items as possible to extend the number of people our event will help.
We will once again be partnering with D’Addario for our strings with NYXL sets for electrics and nickel bronze sets for acoustics. Unfortunately, we will not be able to restring bass or 12-string guitars, but feel free to drop by with your standard acoustics or electrics and donate to a great cause.
The St. Louis Area Foodbank acts as the primary distribution center for donated food in the area supporting dozens of food pantries, soup kitchens, emergency shelters and more.
With a goal to continue increasing the amount of food donated each year, we try to do the same. Last year, we restrung 40 guitars while collecting 210 pounds of food — enough to provide 171 meals! With your help, we can get that number even higher.
And while you’re here, we’d be happy to give you an estimate on any old gear you have lying around collecting dust as well.
This can make for an even better stop since you can leave with new strings on your favorite guitars as well as cash for your used gear all while helping to feed the hungry in our local community!
Be sure to mark your calendar for April 13th and come by for a free set of strings and your chance to fight area hunger during the Music Go Round – St. Louis Restring For Charity event!
