Very cool place in Searcy. Has a nice vibe… They had plenty of different affordable musical instruments… even cellos and a baby grand piano. I could hang out there all day but I’d want to buy everything and I’d go broke…
Bobby is da best! Go see him!
Love the selection of all the music equipment. Staff is super friendly! They always treat me like family
Friendly people, prices seem fair, selection was good.
Decent selection for a smaller store. Good prices! I’ve bought and rented equipment from them for years. Friendly service!!
Went there today. He has some great deals and he does layaway 6 month layaway if needed
They are selling stolen property.
Great home town store
Very rude to my wife and all she did was ask a queston please don’t do business with these people we don’t need rude people in this town.
2. Randy’s Music
Address: 146 E Main St, Batesville, AR 72501 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
Randy is very talented! He’s very patient, and great at teaching beginning musicians!
I took a guitar in to get some work done on it and some new strings and some accessories. I am very pleased with the results Randy made in such a short time. Very knowledgeable. Will be returning
Great
Great store
Not a super big store with lots of options but they have the things I need
Selection consists of mainly guitars, basses and a few country oriented instruments. Limited selection.
Biggest piece of trash you’ll ever meet in your life.
3. Palmer Music Company
Address: 1131 Front St, Conway, AR 72032 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
Everyone here is super knowledgeable and have been able to help me build my home studio. Everything that I have bought here has been top notch and worked perfectly. So glad I have such a great music store in Conway!
Truly a great guitar/music store! Staffed with multifaceted workers who understand music, and want your experience with them to be the best it can be. Been shopping there for 6 years, and I recommend them for your instrument repairs, trade-ins, musical purchases, and lessons.
My guitar was in for repairs for about 4 months. Almost no communication was provided about status of the repair work. It’s understandable with Covid making it difficult to have parts shipped, but the lack of adequate communication was uncomfortably disappointing. I don’t blame the young individual who was working on my guitar, but rather leadership who should have provided direction on appropriate and timely customer service communication. It doesn’t matter to me that it would have taken considerable time for repairs. But the lack of communication stating that due to a backlog in parts, and it was just a waiting game, would have been enough. A 30 second phone call every couple of weeks or so to advise a customer that no progress has been made is better than nothing…it would have been enough to have left my guitar there for months longer. The ironic thing about all this is that I really like the store and the people at Palmer Music, so I will most likely continue to purchase my music supplies from them and I hope my experience there was a one-off….
I was looking at electric guitars and they didn’t offer to let me plug any of them in. How are you truly going to know if you like one or not if you can’t hear the sound.
Usually busy because they’re good at what they do!
Go to GUITAR CENTER instead (you can actually have FUN there).
Went in expecting to buy a new guitar on 01/26/2023. The man behind the counter was very unfriendly & unhelpful.
I found one I wanted to buy but I just didn’t really want to give my money to a person who didn’t know how to smile.
Another employee walked by and was even more emotionless than the other guy. I left feeling very unwelcome.
I will not be back.
4. All Star Music
Address: 3707 E Highland Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
Great place got great gear but barely any left handed stuff
Neatly kept. Helpful but no price tags for browsing.
Awful, just awful… Paid 150 for used guitar that retails for 120 and comes with a bag! Wouldn’t give me a refund, only in store credit… Definitely not going back here
Poor customer service.
Was looking to upgrade my banjo so I gave them a call. Asked if they had any of the Fender concert tone banjo and was told no which was fine. But when I asked what they did carry I was told that unless I wanted to spend a grand or so they all came from the same place.
My advice, in the future get off your butt and go look whenever a customer is willing to spend 400-600 bucks at your store. Answer the questions asked don’t tell me something irrelevant and act like I’m a bother.
This may be the place to get an instrument repaired, but certainly not the place to buy. It does not look like the photo inside. I would compare it to looking like a run down flea market inside. As other reviewers have said, it was very overpriced. I asked for ukulele strings and they didn’t even have any. Most items on the shelf were very outdated and dirty. The selection of music books was awful. I can’t even see why they are still open as a music store.
5. Music City
Address: 5121 Warden Rd Suite A1, North Little Rock, AR 72116 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
Great place for horn repair. Fast and friendly service
Great place for instrument repair. Both my husband and I have taken our trumpet, his, and flute, mine, for repair or adjusting.
Quick fix and mine was free
Very helpful and informative
Did excellent work on my old trombone, very nice people!
I came in with a horn to have repairs done to it. I needed to have my saxophone’s neck recorked. I needed additional repairs, but above all needed the recorking. The repairman came up, looked at the instrument brand and said he could do nothing for me because if he broke something, he would have to make a part. I thanked him and walked out. I thought by the ratings that this would be a location with skilled craftsmen, but instead feel like it’s people prone to mistakes so they can only work on standard brands and not all instruments. I’d consider calling before coming. They are the only place around for quite a distance and driving over 60 miles to be treated like this felt very awful!
9. Valley Piano Co
Address: 3515 W Main St, Russellville, AR 72801 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
I absolutely love this store!! After having an awful experience at Olsen’s this is the only store I go to when I need something for my guitar. Unlike Olsen’s, the staff is so friendly and willing to help you with anything you need. After coming here I will not give my money to Olsen’s unless completely necessary. I love this great store!!
Great place, knowledgeable staff
Very nice gentleman helped me get some guitar picks for my husband.
Great people, a very old store
I went into to buy a guitar. Very small selection
Lots of sheet music and DVDs but it is all on the computer today. Wonderful people. I wish them well!
My visit was to test the integrity of an electric guitar I had. Spoke to the guy behind the counter. (The one with the gray streaked goatee). Told him I was preparing to sell it via Facebook, and all I want to do is see if it sounds as it should. He said it was ok I was like great thanks. The buyer was from outta town and was shopping for guitar supplies. She had just bought amp still needed a cord possibly more. Asked her to meet up there since she was just down the road. She wanted to go in do to the rain. Instantly he started ranting that he’s a business man a professional and I was shady for what I had done. I was very polite. My reply ( I’m sorry I brought you a customer sure she meet up with me to buy a guitar for cheap but she still may need something) she was there for his childish act. ( she replied I do need a cord) He didn’t even bother to respond to her. He looks at me says someone smells bad like cigarettes… Wow 0 stars for your sir. Where’s your public relations at. Your welcome for that sell.
10. Shuffield Music Company
Address: 610 Main St, Arkadelphia, AR 71923 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
Gotta enjoy this place. I mostly go for strings for my guitars, primarily D’addario, Dunlop, and Exlir, which they carry here. I’ve bought the handful of others, though: straps, picks, cables (Stagg, to be exact). All solid and worth it. Quality stuff here.
Not to bad
Great local music store. We have shopped here for years.
Good place to buy guitars, don’t ask them to fix anything you own uness you want it damaged.
Rude
11. River Valley Music Center
Address: 407 N Arkansas Ave Suite 5C, Russellville, AR 72801 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
Wonderful teachers very flexible schedules and I always feel at home being there!
Love the selection and staff here. Their selection of Aria classical guitars is lovely, and their prices are fantastic!!! Everyone whom I have had the pleasure of visiting with has always been a delight to talk with as well. Was first referred up here by Josh over at Hippie Palace. Stop in and check them out; you will be pleased you did
I’ve been by here twice to buy a guitar case and sign my kid up for lessons. First time they were closed (not a holiday) and the second time, they were open but no one was inside.
Arrived around 1:00p.m. and doors were locked but lights were on. Luckily there was a kitchen gear store across the hall with the sweetest ladies running it (seriously, give them a visit they’re so nice) killed about 30 minutes in there before waiting on the hall an additional 20. Dude showed up and unlocked the door, I got excited, then he turned off the lights and relocked the doors. I just wanted some guitar string and a string winder… So yeah, Valley Piano was great, just go there
12. Arkansas Musicworks
Address: 2400 SE J St, Bentonville, AR 72712 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
I called asking about a piano tuner. I got info immediately. Looking forward to meeting Susan.
Ordered some PRS DGT strings from them, which are hard to find. Great customer service and fast shipping
Friendly and helpful
Mixed bag. Some employees are great, others rude and condescending. Rude enough I’d rather go to a pawn shop than do further business here, which is a pity.
There was a guy there and knew a lot about guitars and help me out with a old guitar I had he was very nice to me
Knowledgeable staff. Personable not like most stores. Some prices are decent but could be better
I thought I would take a chance on them, and bought an AllParts p90 spacer kit. Simple enough, most p90’s dogear covers are the same or very close. The All Parts one is WAY too big for Gibson, Epi, Lindy Fralin, and most dogear p90’s. Had they adequately given the measurements on their ad I would have bought elsewhere. They will refund, but with a %15 restocking fee because I opened it to see if I could make do with it, but it is almost 1/4″ too wide and 1/8 too long. What a waste of time. I went to a nearby autoparts store and bought a set of gasket materials and cut out my own in 15 minutes. Don’t buy the ALL PARTS p90 spacer kit. Or any of the others for that matter get a gasket kit and cut your own for $11, any height you want.
I bought a Zero Glide zero fret nut replacement through Amazon, but it was fulfilled and shipped by Arkansas Musicworks. I bought it 8/3/18. It is now 8/12 and there has been no shipment. Amazon emailed that the seller had not shipped within the time frame allotted and that I could cancel the order, follow up directly with Arkansas Musicworks, or whatever. I cancelled and will buy elsewhere. Never a peep out Arkansas Musicworks. Small item but they totally dropped the ball. Now I wouldn’t trust them for anything I need or am in a rush for.
I wish I knew or experienced what other people have seen here. I walked in with my wife as the only customers an hour after they opened. Out of the four visible employees milling around, one nodded a hello as we walked in the front doors. Otherwise, there was no interaction from anyone. No one even bothered to notice we were leaving even though we walked next to them and the counter is 20 ft from the door.
The guitar inventory was ok, acoustic guitars are less than 1/5 of the inventory and like the balance, was mid-low to low end save one or two items. There is nothing wrong with the quality and price point/selection being on the affordable side but I was a bit shocked given how pretty the property is and it’s overall size. I was looking for something different and would only really knock a five start review down one notch at worst.
The bathrooms are very clean.
13. Redbox
Address: 1302 US-64, Augusta, AR 72006 , Augusta , Arkansas , United States
