An awesome local music store! They cleaned up and re-strung my guitar and it looks great! Amazing ukelele selection and some very cool guitars and amps.
Love this place. Anytime I need some work done on my guitars, I bring them here. Fast and reliable.
One of the biggest selections of Ukuleles I’ve seen. Great little shop with a nice selection of new and used guitars, basses, music books, picks, strings, and more!
Not a good experience. The owner seemed pretty full of himself
I had two of my kids taking lessons there. The first one quit within a month because the owners wouldn’t listen about my kid’s disinterest in singing marry had a little lamb.
The other kid stuck with it for another month and was told by the owners to just quit playing guitar because they weren’t picking it up quick enough after 1.5 months.
I went in to confront them and was told that the two months was up (to avoid paying a refund for the two weeks we had left) and that they never told my kid to quit. After some prodding they admitted that they said to practice more or quit.
Regardless of what was actually said, these people are out of touch, arrogant, and all around bad teachers.
2. BRANCH GUITARS
Address: 10514 Sheep Ranch Rd, Sheep Ranch, CA 95246 , Calaveras County , California , United States
Ron is always great and a very knowledgeable guy. The selection isn’t what you would find in a big box stores, but it has been a staple here in our small town for decades and he has come through for me whenever I needed him too. Drums, guitars, basses, keyboards, banjos, ukeleles, percussion, cables, accessories, pedals and more. Definitely check what he has before you drive to the valley or order online.
Great customer service and prices not to bad!
Friendly and fast service
Great owner….great place…..excellent information….
I’ve known the owner for many years. I bought an amp and he beat the best on-line price for the same product. So happy to do business local like that.
I took a chance and ordered an expensive Goyette guitar. The instrument I received was not as finely constructed as I had hoped, but customer service was excellent and a replacement was sent out right away. Regardless of the flaws I saw in the first model, it did sound quite nice and Goyette was very reasonable and generous about making everything right.
Believe that you can purchase the most amazing classical guitars at very low prices. I got the Hauser replica. It is on par with my Paulino Bernabe M30. Hard to compare because it’s spruce vs cedar, but it’s definitely the same level of quality guitar. I’m fascinated now in the ziricote double top. Amazing guitars! Photo is me and my wife. Real people, real customers!
Residence, not store.
Don’t believe it
this was not a guitar store my daughter is not happy with me right now, do not go
Just had brunch at The Oxford in Lodi, James was playing, a masterful keyboardist & vocalist. Thoroughly enjoyed the brunch & the music of James!
James is an extremely professional and talented musician, truly a world class level piano / keyboard player and singer. He is able to perform a wide range of favorite music requests for all ages, with amazing style. Looking around the crowd at a venue where James is playing, you will see the smiling faces of people having fun and enjoying a great live performance. It’s quite common and encouraged for the crowd to join in and sing along, which creates a very unique live piano bar energy and vibe. Discover for yourself what I mean when you see / hear the happy crowd engaging performances. You can hire / book James for music entertainment with confidence. Looking forward to many more great shows soon. Always Amazing. Thanks Again!
9. The Music Box Company
Address: 64 Main St, Sutter Creek, CA 95685 , Calaveras County , California , United States
We stopped into this lovely Music Box Company shop on our recent day trip to Amador, and we were delighted to find such a wonderful gem! The inventory was lovely, we felt like kids in a candy shop enjoying all the lovely products! The shop owner was beyond helpful and so very kind. This place is full of joy and we can’t wait to visit again on our next trip.
Very friendly staff ! Thanks Lisa for your kindness. It was a pleasure to meet you. Great Music Box, specialy the big italian box (forgot the name).
What a great store! So many beautiful musicboxes!! I wish I could’ve purchased something. He also went out of his way to help me with my broken car key! I will definitely be back!!
Save your money and purchase the same items from Amazon for half the price.
Very nice guitar work along with the atmosphere. Lots of parts with plenty of guitars and amps. If your lucky you might see a Donavan amp for sale. Good stuff !!
I’ve been to this shop doezens of times in my life. Growing up in Manteca this was my only option until I started driving. Everything is overpriced, which is expected from smaller shops, but the service has never made up for that. I’m ok spending a few bucks more if the staff showed value by making my experience better. I’ve been treated poorly on many occasions by the owners. Talking down to me, condescending statements, poor body language. As a music enthusiast I hate to see this. A music shop should be a fun, welcoming place.
Rude, dishonest, and unprofessional. They have been rude to customers for years and I never believed it until experiencing it first hand. They have a terrible work ethic, with no sense of urgency. Janis music does not honor their word. If you have a choice, go anywhere else, like Legend Music. Unless you enjoy being treated poorly, then Janis is the place for you.
So disrespectful and mean, don’t know how to talk to people and over priced!!!
13. Shanti Guitars
Address: 5401 Segale Rd, Avery, CA 95224 , Calaveras County , California , United States
Dennis fixed a slight buzzing problem on one string that took some very fine, hair-splitting (in a good way) adjustments in the nut, tuner, frets, pickup, and he taught me a better way to string my guitar. Good guy, great work, highly recommended.
It was awesome
I have had Dennis set up and adjust with a compensated nut my Martin, two Taylors and a Guild. they are all perfect. He does great work. And he is a nice guy.
