About Us

Thank You for looking us up. Guitars Plus! is your guitar specialty shop. Everyone from first-time players to full-time pro's are who we are here to serve.

My name is Kurt Phillips and I am the owner/manager of Guitars Plus! I think of myself as a guitar player that owns a store, not as a store owner that plays guitar which is a different thing.  I have been in love with guitars and guitar music since I was 18 years old and it is still going strong.  I previously owned a guitar store in Kelowna, B.C. from 1991 - 2007 before moving to Nanaimo. My wife and I moved to Victoria when we purchased Guitars Plus! in August 2012. I have been in the music industry as a player, band member, sideman, teacher, wholesale rep, retail sales, stage crew, roadie, live sound engineer, hobby studio and guitar repairs since 1978 so I have a large base of experience to draw from to help you find what you need.

Whether you are looking for your first guitar,amp or pedal or a particular capo, brand of strings, quality strap or cables we are the place!!! Brands include Webber, Seagull, Simon & Patrick, Art & Lutherie, Cort, Ibanez, Egnater, ROLAND Cubes, and a large selection of used guitars, basses and amps are in our inventory all with a 90-day warranty.  Bring us your trades to look at!!!

Do you have the pedal fever???? I do too. Dunlop, MXR, BOSS, Ibanez,DanElectro, Maxon, Solid Gold and a constantly rotating selection of used pedals grace our display cabinets. Need cabling?? Who doesn't? Rapco/Horizon, Planet Waves, George L's and more. Right angle ends, insert cables, mic & speaker cables, cloth covered are all standard stocking items. Fred Kelly, Wedgie, Jim Dunlop, Herco, felt picks, Jazz picks, thumbpicks, finger picks, Alasks, V-Picks, Gravity Picks, TimberTone UK,Clayton picks including Cork Grip..... and more. D'Addario, Martin, Elixir,DR, Thomastik,John Pearse, Ernie Ball, surely a string you are looking for. Dozens of straps including extra long and extra-wide are waiting for your perusal. Paige, Shubb, Dunlop, G7th,Kyser capo's for electric, acoustic, 12-string,classical, partials too. We stock a 30 foot wall of accesories including new and used parts for all kinds of guitars and basses. Special orders are our specialty should we not have the item in stock.We are always looking for trades and consignments, we do on-site repairs, all work with a 90-day warranty same as all our used items.   

Now... we may be old-fashioned but we find it a lot funner and more practical to talk to folks. You can e-mail us but due to the large number of e-mails vs the size of the staff, well let's just say stopping in or foning us works the best by far. 

Please stop in and say 'Hi' when you are in fabulous downtown Victoria.

With Thanks. Kurt Phillips owner/manager Guitars Plus!