The hub for music in the valley. Also the biggest supporter for music in schools down here. CHECK THEM OUT.
Kelly is great! He has Fantastic prices & he is very skilled, highly recommend!
Kelly is the best place to take any musical instruments. He’s very good at what he does. I take all my instruments to him..keep up the great work Kelly!!
Very helpful and polite staff.
Good atmosphere great guys
Super cool guys and super cool guitar instructor they are all very nice and have dogs that walk around in there sometimes and I freaking love it. Some items are a little expensive compared to online but their guitar selection is always matched or better than what you’ll find anywhere else
They ran a hard credit check on my credit report without my knowledge or consent. I’m very mad at the ding it caused my credit score. Plus it’s just cheaper to buy off amazon. These mom and pop shops are closing themselves down by their own actions. Bye-bye!
One gentleman who works there is nice but the other is quite rude and makes you feel like unless you buy from them, your stuff is garbage.
3. Burt’s Music & Sound
Address: 1123 Sherman Ave, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Knowledgeable and very friendly staff. Quality instruments at a reasonable price
Pretty nice people
Great place, private lessons for different instruments and they sale and repair instruments as well.
Friendly staff
Great knowledgeable staff!
Nice folks. Small selection.
Staff helped, but it felt like I was bothering him. The only instruments for sale were on consignment. They had a few new instruments mainly guitars and bass. It was darkish. This wasn’t the music store I remembered has a child. And it breaks my heart, at least they had a flute cleaning rod that I needed.
Bad experience
My nephew wanted a simple stater pack with guitar and amp,etc. Called Burt’s and they said they don’t ever have them and hung up.
4. DJ Music and More
Address: 1242 12th St, Clarkston, WA 99403 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Very nice and the price is right! Will be going back for sure! Thank you!
Great customer service, amazing store
Trying to find an acoustic electric bass guitar for my husband, the owner ordered one for us, called me when it was in, and even loaded it up in my car for me.
Needed strings. Good selection. Manager willing to help find anything you may need.
This is the soul of music place…
awesome place to pick up some guitar strings, drum head or whatever you need at a fair price. Plus they price match internet prices..
I made the drive out here from spokane based on reviews I thought it would be worth it to check it out. I got there at 3:44 and it was closed. I understand it’s in a sort of secret place but if you’re gonna close early you should maybe close around half an hour early rather than nearly an hour and a half early.
It’s really too bad these geniuses have the most ridiculous hours of operation. Tried to explain to their feeble minds that people that can afford to spend money on musical instruments are WORKING for a living. Nobody is going to take time off of work to go shop at this place. Open at a decent hour and I’ll shop there. In the last 4 1/2 years, I’ve spent approx. $5,000.00 ELSEWHERE as a direct result of their terrible hours. This I must say is regrettable as I would much prefer to keep the money here in Post Falls. Note: I’ve heard these jokers complaining that sales are very poor at that store. No wonder.
I am on tour with my band, and I am in dire need of some new sticks. We call the store around 5:30 pm to ask them when they close. They close at 6pm and we tell them we are on our way right then. Get there at 5:45 pm and they are closed. I mean, no one there, they counted out, gone. I know many musicians who tour around the area often and I have told them to NOT go to this store. Go to Burts.
6. NW Music
Address: 6055 N Sunshine St, Coeur d’Alene, ID 83815 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
I have worked at this place and it was a joy and honor. I highly regard all instructors teaching here, and hope that the Northwest Academy of Music continues to give its students the love of making music for all their lives.
Great people! Awesome place to rent student instruments or pick up any other music gear you need. The teachers there are also great!
Very good place for your music needs!
4 stars because they do have a great selection, prices are fair, and the store is very clean and organized. The staff at first seemed helpful but then seemed impatient, as I was asked if I was ready to check out while I was still looking at guitars with an item in my hand. Caught me off guard as I felt rushed after only being in the store a couple minutes and wasn’t near the register. Other than that, they have a great selection of beautiful guitars and quality gear.
Very helpful in finding items for your instruments. The instruction is top drawer.
I have mixed feelings about this place, for sure.
The employees were extremely nice and very welcoming which makes for a good experience in itself. The store was kept very clean and there was a great selection of product.
However….. we had found a drum set we wanted to purchase for our oldest son that day and they had no way to package or wrap the pieces to insure our new purchase was being shipped out the door and able to be transported safely, in fact one employee mentioned the fact that we could “throw it in the back of our truck bed.”
For this reason we walked, which was upsetting at the time since we had been told that the set we were considering purchasing was on sale at $500 off MSRP. Once we left that day we got online only to find that their “sale” price was actually the retail price everywhere else. Honesty is huge, Don’t appreciate a business putting it out there that an item they carry is on a huge sale when in actuality it’s being sold for what it’s supposed to be sold for.
Felt the way they were doing business was a little unprofessional, and shady.
We ordered the drum set through Guitar Center instead.
ADDED IN RESPONSE TO OWNERS:
The price Listed on multiple online sites WAS the retail value of that set. They did not have it listed as a sale price trying to fool it’s customers either, that’s my point here.
You speak of “matching a price,” Not sure what that’s about, I presume that was an incident with another family.
If a person needs to purchase a preassembled set, that’s great you offer that. However…. I didn’t mention that because that was not an issue for us if it was assembled already or not, that added information is straying from the true issue at hand.
I had reached out to the manufacturer when trying to find another dealer that carried the same set and that’s exactly how we started finding the true retail price of that set at many other businesses.
Your employees did look for boxes and that’s why I mentioned how helpful they were. They then told us they had NO boxes to put them in, like I said. That’s when we decided to pass since there was no way to safely get it out the door. We made it VERY CLEAR as to why we left and they were very apologetic and understanding. We even stated the fact that maybe we would come back with a bunch of boxes and blankets to protect them, but you shouldn’t expect your customers to do that.
If you have been able to safely secure items for transpiration for 21 years… I’m a little confused as to why we were exempt from that service.
I NEVER claimed there was a tangible TAG that said “sale.” The “sale” description for this set actually came straight from your salesperson working the floor. He said it was on “sale” in order to draw more local purchases. We actually got the claimed to be “sale” price and the MSRP directly from the salesperson because there was no price tag on that specific drum set.
HOWEVER…. I’M GOING TO ADD TO THIS, Just because you brought it up. You just said your tags don’t ever say “sale” on them? Why is it that we have photos of your drum sets inside YOUR store and you can clearly see “sale” written on the tag with the “sale price?” I’ll actually attach a photo (if not all of them) for your viewing. Wasn’t my issue here wether it said sale on the tag or not…. But, since you brought it up…
Whatever you feel Your overall reputation is, was not necessarily up for debate here… I stated pros and cons of your location. Our boys’ weekly guitar and drum Instructor included you in his list of recommendations. We must have just not had the full experience of what you pride your business on.
As I mentioned…. I felt the employees were as helpful as they could be, your store was clean and well stocked with product. We have made small purchases in your store since this incident, we just know now to be more aware of outside prices when it comes to larger purchases in your store.
guys who follow you around like desperate used car salesman…over priced equipment etc..
I can only review the store in terms of the musical lessons. My daughter signed up for lessons and was given a start date of a month out. We showed up for the first lesson but there was no instructor. The front desk called the instructor who was on his way in for the appointment after ours. I was told I had to wait for the instructor to arrive before rescheduling. I accepted that there is a paperwork mix-up and rescheduled for the next week. Appointment attempt number two went fine. The instructor was on time and my daughter appreciated his efforts. However, lesson attempt number 3, resulted in no instructor again. This time I talk to the manager and she was slightly apologetic. Though I had emailed with the instructor previously, she claimed they could not contact me because they did not have a phone number. After a 66% no no-show rating I decided I’d had enough with the place. Your results may differ, and I hope they do. I have no doubt that if I would have missed appointments I still would have been billed for the time. But they had no respect for my time.
7. Avatar Speakers
Address: 5872 N Government Way # 406, Dalton Gardens, ID 83815 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
What a great dealer. Dave was fantastic to deal with. Fair pricing, quick shipping and excellent products. Top shelf.
I bought an Avatar cab on eBay. It was in LA. I had my sister pick it up. She lives there. On my vacation I drove down to visit and got my speaker. 1×12 with a greenback. I have a 15 watt Marshall 6V6 combo from the 80s. My gawd it sounds fabulous. Much better than the V30 in the little open back combo. Funny thing is I live 10 minutes from Avatar.
I bought a 2×12 Contemporary guitar cabinet about a year ago – running an Orange Jim Root Terror through it. Sounds great, looks great, no issues, great people to work with!
8. Paradise Ridge C D’s & Tapes
Address: 117 E 3rd St, Moscow, ID 83843 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Great laid back environment and lots of vinyl. Great store and the owner is very cool!
What a fantastic selection of everything music! Wide collection of vinyls and CD’s at competitive prices!
This is one of the last small traditional record stores around. Dave the proprietor has an excellent knowledge of music and stocks a good variety of music. His recommendations are well worth considering. For the music aficionado this is a place worth seeking out. And if he doesn’t have what you are looking for he can usually order it in.
Solid collection, though not much variety in the vinyls section. Definitely recommend more for CDs (not my poison, personally)
Small place but good selection of new and classic music. Mostly new CD and vinyl, not much used.
cool little place! i wish the business hours were more well-known though
Waited for 20-minutes and they never opened. Check website, Google, and called and there are no notes about their hours being different. I walked away and the guy sitting in the car outside the front door walked in, relocked the door and turned on lights and still didn’t open.
I’ve seen Josh perform many times, at weddings, concerts and solo events, and I’ve never been disappointed. Every time he plays he demonstrates new levels of talent and experience, and a knowledge of music and artists beyond his years. I recently attended one of his solo concerts featuring music from the Beatles’ Abbey Road album. It was amazing watching a solo guitarist interpret the music in a way that made you feel like you were listening to a complete ensemble. And the way Josh engages with his audience brings the experience to the next level. Go see for yourself : )
Josh was very charismatic and entertaining when I saw him. He played a few of my favorite songs and his style is impressive.
Josh’s guitar playing is simply the best. It is sometimes reminiscent of Larry Carlton (from the 70s). He’s an extremely charismatic performer. You can see that for yourself by checking out the “Grateful” (song title) live performance on Youtube with Próxima Parada. I use a track that Josh performs on for my podcast theme music and it adds so much to the vibe of my podcast. Josh is also a joy to work with.
Josh we felt fortunate to see you perform in such a warm and intimate gathering at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural center. Your coverage of the Beatles Abbey Road album was special! And thank you for taking our request for our dear friend. Looking forward to hearing your talented playing again! Lisa and Kelly
11. Fiddlin’ Red’s Music
Address: 111 Church St, Sandpoint, ID 83864 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Red is an amazing musician. He writes music and teaches He is very patient and observant. He sees and helps you solve any problems or difficulties right away so you can make music without a lot of the normal frustrations Don’t hesitate or doubt yourself.
With Reds help and encouragement you can do it!
Good ‘ol fashioned service! I broke my son’s guitar string and was in a hurry to have it fixed. Red took care of it immediately and didn’t even charge me. Shop is full of wonderful guitars! Friendly place. Will definitely be going back for any guitar needs. Thanks again, Red.
Fiddlin’ Red’s is a great place to find an honest deal and great service. I went in to see if I should have work done on a violin, long story short, I walked out with a new violin for the same cost and he played a live concert 😉 my kids still talk about it every time we go by. Thanks Red!
12. Clearwater Valley Music
Address: 321 N Pines Rd C, Spokane Valley, WA 99206 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
I was having a flute emergency. Clearwater Music in the Valley was the perfect music emergency room. It is so comforting calm and peaceful and musical in there. And the staff is patient, knowledgeable and no pressure. Highly recommend this shop for instrument purchase or repairs.
The store is bigger on the inside than it looks like on the outside. It is packed with very neat stuff. You get to park in front of a cheerful window full of colorful ukeleles.
Awesome shop!!
The owner is always so helpful. My son gets lessons from him and he’s so good with my son.
Cool local small business, community members. Great helpful attitude for kids. Works hard to earn your trust. Totally worth it.
very friendly and helpful
Mostly band instruments, but nice shop friendly gentleman who helped with a guitar…was honest and helpful
13. Lindi’s Music Notes
Address: 532 Burrell Ave, Lewiston, ID 83501 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
I have had Lindi’s Music Notes tune 2 of my pianos. One was very old and had never been tuned, she was very honest with what the outcome of that tune would be before she started. That piano has since been retired. 🙂 She provided a referral to Grand American Piano where I purchased a beautiful baby grand piano. She has also tuned that piano after it was in place. I am very picky and she has exceeded my expectations.
So very unhappy with her piano tuning services. She came out and tuned my piano and the “D” key , after middle c, stopped working 90% of the time, which made it difficult to practice. When I called her to come fix it, she said she couldn’t come back for a while. I set up an appointment 3 months in advance. A few days before the appointment she texted me, saying she couldn’t come. Gave me no reason why. I did insist, because we had a hard time playing the piano. She did end up coming, but she wasn’t happy. She took my piano apart, come to find out, she dropped one of the rubber wedges inside the piano and she didn’t pick it up. No biggie, she removed it and that resolved the stuck keys. However, she decided to do a little unauthorized modification on my piano. She unhooked several power cords (I have a combo piano/organ. While I wasn’t using the organ, I didn’t want her to mess with it. She also unhooked 2 of my pianos peddles, the far left and middle peddles, stating that my kids needed to learn how to play without using those pedals. They have been taking lessons for 6 years now and have never used those pedals, but that doesnt give her the right to alter my piano. She didn’t inform me she was unhooking them until she had already put my piano back together and was leaving. Then, after she put the keys back on, she supposedly “tuned” my piano again, but it was as out of key as it has ever been.
I’ve had this piano since I was 10 (I’m 43 now) and I’ve never had problems with it until Lindi touched my piano.
14. Mountain Man Music
Address: 321 E D St, Moscow, ID 83843 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Fantastic experience with Fuller. We took our small cover band to Fuller’s Mountain Man Music. It’s a great studio, he is an excellent musical engineer and a UI Grad to boot! I really enjoyed meeting him and working with him and so did the whole band. I would definitely work with him again.
15. Charles Argersinger
Address: 1804 Borah Ave, Moscow, ID 83843 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
If you love music in the form of cd’s, you’ll love this place
Love the Kathmandu apearal
decent vinyl section but always can use more metal!! very large store
The place to go to get your music
This store has a huge music selection for traditional listening on records and Cds. Good friendly customer service two out of three times. The prices are pretty steep though as far as their gifts and novelties.
There was not enough people im there to require masks(6 feet away all dal) 100 % healthy withmy 14 yr old daughter .unwilling wore the dam things in the country of freedom and bravery .
Refused service for no mask, even though Kootenai Health drop mandate.
17. Clearwater Music
Address: 9107 N Country Homes Blvd ste 9, Spokane, WA 99218 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Great place to rent an instrument, very personal service and very knowledgeable!
I have 3 boys and we have been going to Clearwater music for about maybe 8 years or so. We have always had such a wonderful experience here and all of the employees or absolutely wonderful to work with. They have always tried their best to accommodate our needs. Best place to rent or buy any instrument. Thank you for doing everything right for us!
Great place for school band instruments and repairs.
Called in to ask them if they had Power Tubes.
It says they are a music store.
This is the only place in spokane I called asking about power tubes for a guiitar amp and they guy didn’t know what i was talking about.
I immediately ended the call. ♂️
Wowzer. Read a book guys. Went elsewhere.
18. Moscow Music Academy
Address: 207 S Washington St, Moscow, ID 83843 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
A great place, great instructors. Time with the instructor is fun and lighthearted making learning possible, even “for an Old Dog” that wants to learn a new trick.
This is such a great place to learn guitar, piano, or drums! The teachers are super friendly and the kiddos love learning the music they love!
Wonderful staff, teachers, and environment to take music lessons! I highly recommend Moscow Music Academy!!
19. Guide Shop Clearwater Drifters
Address: 175 140th St, Orofino, ID 83544 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
Absolutely incredible trip. The guide, Chris, was very knowledgeable and professional the entire time. Got me on 7 steelhead and one of the best guided trips I have ever been on. Awesome outfit
Great fishing and felt like home guide was awesome. Thanks for everything. Boise Cascade.
Awesome. Searched for maggots in Lewiston all m9nth. THE 9NLY PKACE,THAT HAS,THEM IS HERE. SUCH NICE PEOPLE. GOOD YARD SALE TOO
Their very closed mouthed about the fish and fishing. Ask what colors to try and no reply, just abunch of questions fired back at me. Their still getting my money when I buy lures or bait from them?!
OVER BOOKED THEMSELVES AND CANCELED OUR TRIP AFTER IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
Booked a month in advance for a Thursday. Week of our guide calls and wants to move the trip to saturday due to weather. We reluctantly agreed. On Thursday morning we came into the shop to pick up some tackle to fish on foot and were told that the guide we talked to was out running a trip ( weird since our trip was moved due to weather but whatever). We left a phone number and asked for him to call us when he got off the water just looking to pick his brain a bit . We got a call back the next morning but it was the owner telling us that they did not have a guide for us anymore and that the guide we had been talking to had “been booked for a while” it was absolutely unacceptable to have a booked trip delayed and then canceled like this cost us time off work in hundreds in a hotel waiting for a trip that got canceled. I would absolutely not trust your steelhead trip with a company this unreliable.
20. Rooted Music
Address: 100 Skeels Ave, Hamilton, MT 59840 , Clearwater County , Idaho , United States
