# The Music Zoo Scraper - New, Used & Vintage Guitars (`lulzasaur/themusiczoo-scraper`) Actor

Scrape The Music Zoo (themusiczoo.com) for new, used & vintage guitars, amps and music gear. Get title, brand, price, condition (New/Used/Vintage), year, serial number, availability, image and URL by collection or search query.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/themusiczoo-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 product results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## The Music Zoo Scraper

Scrape **The Music Zoo** (themusiczoo.com) — a premier guitar shop in New York stocking **new, used, and vintage guitars, amplifiers, effects and music gear**, including rare vintage Gibson Les Pauls, Fender Custom Shop builds, Gibson Custom Shop, PRS, Martin, Taylor and more.

Get clean, structured product data: title, brand, price, condition (New / Used / Vintage), year, serial number (where listed), availability, image and product URL.

### What it does

Two modes:

1. **Search mode** — pass one or more `searchQueries` (e.g. `"stratocaster"`, `"les paul"`, `"marshall"`); the scraper returns up to 10 matching products per query with full details.
2. **Collection mode** — leave `searchQueries` empty and set a `collection` handle to paginate through an entire category.

Useful collection handles:

| Handle | Contents |
|---|---|
| `all` | Entire catalog (~1,700 products) |
| `electric-guitars` | Electric guitars |
| `acoustic-guitars` | Acoustic guitars |
| `bass-guitars` | Bass guitars |
| `vintage` | Vintage instruments |
| `pre-owned` | Pre-owned (used) gear |
| `amplifiers` | Amplifiers |
| `effects` | Effects pedals |
| `new-arrivals` | Latest arrivals |
| `gibson-custom-shop` | Gibson Custom Shop |
| `fender-custom-shop` | Fender Custom Shop |

Any collection handle from themusiczoo.com works.

### Input

```json
{
    "searchQueries": ["les paul"],
    "collection": "electric-guitars",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "onlyAvailable": false
}
```

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `searchQueries` | array | Optional search terms. Leave empty to use collection mode. |
| `collection` | string | Collection handle (default `all`). Used only when no search queries given. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Max products to return (default 100). |
| `onlyAvailable` | boolean | Only return in-stock products (default false). |

### Output

One dataset record per product:

```json
{
    "productId": 8956472295759,
    "title": "1959 Gibson Les Paul Standard Sunburst",
    "brand": "Gibson",
    "productType": "Electric Guitars",
    "price": "$379999.00",
    "priceNum": 379999,
    "compareAtPrice": null,
    "condition": "Vintage",
    "year": 1959,
    "serialNumber": "90320",
    "available": true,
    "availability": "In Stock",
    "sku": "8778-J",
    "imageUrl": "https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0916/0836/files/example.jpg",
    "url": "https://www.themusiczoo.com/products/1959-gibson-les-paul-standard-sunburst",
    "handle": "1959-gibson-les-paul-standard-sunburst",
    "scrapedAt": "2026-08-12T00:00:00.000Z"
}
```

- `condition` is derived from store tags: **Vintage**, **Used** (pre-owned), **B-Stock**, or **New**.
- `year` is parsed from the product title (e.g. "1959 Gibson Les Paul...").
- `serialNumber` is extracted from the product description when the shop lists it (common on vintage pieces).

### Use cases

- **Vintage guitar market tracking** — monitor prices on '50s–'70s Gibson, Fender and rare pieces.
- **Price comparison** — compare against Reverb, Chicago Music Exchange, and other dealers.
- **Inventory alerts** — watch `new-arrivals` for fresh vintage stock before it sells.
- **Dealer research** — brand/condition/price analytics across the full catalog.

### Notes

- No proxy required — the store serves open product JSON.
- Fast and cheap: typical runs finish in seconds.
- Out-of-stock items are included unless `onlyAvailable` is set.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Optional search terms (e.g. 'stratocaster', 'les paul', 'marshall'). Up to 10 matching products per query. Leave empty to scrape a collection instead.

## `collection` (type: `string`):

Collection handle to scrape when no search queries are given. Common handles: all, electric-guitars, acoustic-guitars, bass-guitars, vintage, pre-owned, amplifiers, effects, new-arrivals. Any themusiczoo.com collection handle works.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of products to return.

## `onlyAvailable` (type: `boolean`):

Only return products that are currently in stock.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy to use (not required — the site serves open JSON).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "collection": "electric-guitars",
  "maxItems": 25,
  "onlyAvailable": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `dataset` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "collection": "electric-guitars",
    "maxItems": 25
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/themusiczoo-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "searchQueries": [],
    "collection": "electric-guitars",
    "maxItems": 25,
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/themusiczoo-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [],
  "collection": "electric-guitars",
  "maxItems": 25
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/themusiczoo-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/themusiczoo-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/235NzUTPuwg1xxxtB/builds/hKYDdJsfNUO9bke5y/openapi.json