About Us
The Guitar Factory Parramatta is the western suburbs' longest continuously trading music store. Originally trading as Watsons Music from the early 1960's, the store was purchased by Ross and Paul Chalker in 1972.
Stan Mobbs & Lewis Mallia, took over the store in 1985. From that point onwards, we've steadily evolved from selling solely guitars, to an all-encompassing modern music store, supplying drums, keyboards, P.A., recording equipment and computer-assisted music making gear.
Stan retired in 2019 to enjoy more time playing live music and travelling the world, but often still assists us with instrument repairs due to his invaluable lifetime of experience. Lewis remains as captain of the ship, easily clocking the most hours in this building during any given week, co-managing operations with eldest son Dylan, now nearing twenty years of experience himself.
Our specialist divisions operate under three different banners, with Guitar Factory on level 1 of 255 Church Street, Sound Devices on level 2 and Drum Factory is located right next door at 257 Church Street, Parramatta.
Guitar Factory - for everything guitar related
Drum Factory - for all things drum and percussion
We stock nearly every major brand in our industry, along with many smaller specialist brands. These include, but are certainly not limited to: Fender, Gibson, Ibanez, ESP, Schecter, Jackson, Paul Reed Smith, Suhr, Taylor, Martin, Furch, Maton, Cole Clark, Yamaha, Mesa Boogie, Marshall, Blackstar, ENGL, Neural DSP & SO MUCH MORE!
We have a great group of specialist staff, covering a range of different instruments and musical areas. We're all musicians ourselves, most of us regularly playing live, so we have the experience and shared passion to help you find exactly what you need.
Opening Hours
Monday 9:30am - 6.00pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 6.00pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 6.00pm
Thursday 9:30am - 6.00pm
Friday 9:30am - 6.00pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4.00pm
Sunday Closed.
*Public Holidays* - Closed unless explicitly stated as otherwise, please always call ahead if unsure!
