I have been looking for a specific piece for my drum set for about two Months and I thought I would have to go all the way to Gilroy just to find it. Salinas music 123 is a great alternative to having to travel anywhere else. Very affordable prices and a very diverse lineup of products and the help there is phenomenal. Most definitely will be coming back
Nice place with great quality instruments. Friendly service, ideal for beginners to those who are advanced. I’m a beginner and they help me attune my guitar, will come here again
Bonito
Son amables
Good
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Rude service. I called to ask about lessons. I asked about a certain type of lesson and he said we don’t offer that and before I could even ask anything else he hung up! Rude! That wasn’t the only type of lesson I was looking for.
Mal servicio!…….que decepción, antes había otra personal amable que te ayudaba! El nuevo ni siquiera te saluda. Iba comprar una guitarra con amplificador pero por mal atencion me fui a otro lugar, Nunca volvería a ese lugar, tienen que atender bien a los clientes.
Brought my 2 guitars in and asked if they could put on new strings and tune them.when I got home they were terrible, I could not even play my regular music on them ,so took them back today .Felt I got terrible service and was kind of ignored. Will not go back here. Felt the service was terrible.
2. Wise Music
Address: 1430 S Main St, Salinas, CA 93908 , Boronda , California , United States
Best ,service ,very knowledge staff, owner and staff very friendly,huge variety of music and sound stuff
Muy buen trato….
Great place, the staff is very knowledgeable, and very friendly. They have a wide variety of instruments and you will always feel welcome.
It was ok, I was just disappointed that he wasn’t interested in buying a music instrument that I wanted to sell.
Buen servicio.
Wise music? More like Wises strat store!!!! Come on Pete! People would love to see a bit more versatile starter guitars, and not copy+paste strats, you gotta pull the curtain back in a way that makes sense so that people can be more intrigued with guitars and have them be more appealing to those who want to pick up guitar, overall World class store!
EDIT:
Terrible customer service. Asking about a product seems like a chore for this store now. Why else would we pay “a little more” for?
I felt like I was just another customer IN THE WAY! Like a corporate chain than a mom and pop shop.
All the friendly helpful workers I grew to love? GONE.
All the friendly knowledgeable staff I grew accustomed to at Wise Music? GONE.
They must have run away like me and my friends are! With our money! $$$
Stop by yourself and compare the store if you haven’t been there in the past few months!
Gilroy Guitar Center isn’t too far away.
Below was my original 5 * review of Wise Music:
What else can be said about Wise Music?
They’ve been around since the early to mid 90’s and the shop still doesn’t feel outdated like some end up becoming.
GREAT CUSTOMER SERVICE!
Great inventory and even repairs by Frank are by far the best you can get, as I’ve heard!
Pete, Charles, and Jerry are always as nice and knowledgeable as you would expect from a great musical instrument shop.
Quick and efficient string changes and set ups! Lanky tall kid who works there is pretty cool too, I didn’t get his name.
Plus, you can special order pretty much anything! Just talk to Pete and I know he’ll do the best he can to make us customers walk away with no guilt on our purchases.
Never a bad visit and an easy 5 stars from my experiences.
I hope this shop runs forever!
Visited the store as they are a registered dealer if Teton guitars which I wanted to play. But they had none in stock to try. I was looking for all solid wood guitars. I found a Tagima that was priced like it would be all solid wood. Asked a member of the staff about it. They didn’t know it’s specifications and it was labeled incorrectly so I couldn’t find it on line. After I left the store I found the guitar on line with a slightly different numbering. Anyway I may have been interested but the sales advice was not supportive.
Sad place. Seems like they’re a bad store on purpose as they don’t have immediate competition close by.
As others have said, might as well go to Guitar Center now.
Such a shame as Pete is such a nice guy
3. DJ Booth Music Company
Address: 345 Monterey St, Salinas, CA 93901 , Boronda , California , United States
it is the best place for all your needs music wise snd party dj rentals and party and events they have every thing you could need or want check them out you won’t be disappointed ever …
Salinas has a Dj store, Gotta LUV IT!
Great Products at Great Prices. Even better people. Viva la Raza
Compra y venta
Honest owner limited selection
Got what I needed. With help for store clerk
Not impressed with their selection of products
4. Music Zone
Address: 3112 Del Monte Blvd, Marina, CA 93933 , Boronda , California , United States
always like coming here as the store has good variety. also, really nice and helps me out when I would like to make a request.
Nice little shop. Great CD selection, a small but good vinyl selection. If you like twelve inch singles, then you definitely need to make a visit here.
My dad loves going here when he visits and always has long talks with the owner and has found some great CDs there.
This store has a wide variety of CD’s, cassettes, and vinyl records to choose from. And while the selection is great, I felt as if me and my aunt were ignored by the owners and/or workers in this store. It felt as if they didn’t even know we were even there and did not even mention anything as simple as a hello or anything. They were simply too busy talking with others about other things. It confuses me since others who entered the store were greeted upon entering, but me and my aunt were not acknowledged at all. Me and my aunt ended up leaving without buying anything, but that shouldn’t prevent you from checking out their store, there is a great selection of music there, I just did not like the experience that we had.
