Where to find the best music shops in Clifton? Top-8 options

This is my favorite music store. If they don’t have what I want, they order it.

Great Music Store

Live it, love it!

Have some passionate experts that have been working many many years. They have a small inventory, but they will take care of you. Unless you’re looking for something super specific, you’ll be well taken care of.

Really like that music store. Very knowledgeable people. Thank you for being here.

People are friendly and knowledgeable. Competitive pricing. Instruments are tuned by expert before it leaves the store

Good burger today

Excellent place to have a drink , nice atmosphere. Totally safe place.

Great Place To Stop By , Newly Renovated Kitchen & Bar , Good Place To Rent For An Event.

It was fine considering I went there to donate blood today 11/10/20 with the American Red Cross.

Sadly it was closed when I was there

Good food

Huge variety, and friendly staff.

I’ve lived in Tucson my whole life, and have never been to the Folk Shop. I’ve been missing out. I took my adult, sight impaired daughter there, to trade in her electric violin, and hopefully come out with a wood one. We came out with so much more. We were both treated so kindly and they went above and beyond to help us. When she decided on one, one of the employees took it to tune it, and started playing it. My daughter had tears in her eyes, she was so thrilled with the sound. From start to finish, it was a hugely positive experience, and we will be back !

Very knowledgeable staff and fair prices whether you are buying or selling.

This place needs a few more customers that are interested in older instruments. Nice people. Bought a older repaired guitar and gig bag. Perfect for someone who just wants to see if they like playing a guitar.

Neat shop, friendly staff. Went in to see if they could help with my Djembe drum repair, but they don’t currently have anyone who can replace and restring the skin for the drumhead ☹️

Extremely friendly. Good selection of many types of folk acoustic instruments and they let you play most of them. Somewhat limited array of different brands, thus 4 stars. I’m looking forward to doing more business with them.

Well, over the years I’ve bought, sold, and traded with Paul and really wouldn’t do so again. The last guitar I purchased there had broken tuner barrels and more important, his pricing and moods vary wildly. Certainly lots to look at, but no great shakes in terms of quality or pricing.

Very rude disrespectful because I was asking for a part and I didn’t have a mask and I wasn’t trying to go in the place without permission and they were just very rude very very rude and I didn’t understand I was thrown off by it. Yelling at me for no reason all I wanted was a part I didn’t even try to go into shop told her I’d wait outside because I didn’t have a mask she slams door in my face. So I go get a mask and they won’t even deal with me I was the up most respectful and didn’t deserve that. Very very rude!!! I’ll never do business with them again.

I am absolutely incredulous as to how condescendingly I was treated over the phone by this place. I arrived with my Taylor 312-CE looking to trade up and quite likely spend substantial chunk of money. I noticed the posting on the door that read (I may be paraphrasing) “masks required even for those vaccinated.” I have been twice jabbed with Pfizer, but no problem. I get it. I understand it. People may not be fully honest about their status and might contaminate others. I have zero issue complying with the policy The posting also read “do not knock; call to be granted entry” (again, I may be paraphrasing, but this was the gist). I keep a KN-95 with me in the car but couldn’t find it. Maybe it fell behind the seat or something. I ring their number. A woman answers. Convo goes like this: “Hi, I noticed you require masks even for the vaxxed, which I am fully, but I can’t seem to find mine here in my car….I’m here outside….do you happen to have any masks there inside the store that you could pass out to me”? (like logical, sensible merchants across town, the state, the country have in abundance in case you forgot or can’t find yours—sterile ones for the taking in boxes) “If not, I don’t live too far. I can run home, grab one and come back”. The woman on the phone raises her voice and says “NO YOU NEED TO WEAR A MASK” and abruptly hangs up!! Um, I think I got that part and more than amply communicated it back. Wow. And delivered with a tone of voice akin to Mrs. Gulch from Wizard of Oz. I was perfectly polite, acknowledged the policy and was willing to go out of my way to comply. This is not only ridiculously bad policy, but there was not even basic intelligible, lucid communication on her part. Not the conduct of a sound minded individual.

Now, for some background. I have never made any major purchases at Folk Shop. However, I have patronized them over years–even before I moved to Tucson. The first time, I was recording an album visiting from Austin in 2014 and needed a dobro capo. The engineer called around to Guitar Center and few other places. They didn’t even know what a dobro was, much less a dobro capo. Folk Shop to the rescue with a Paul Beard capo, just like the one I had forgotten and left back in TX! I’ve been there since for strings, straps, stainless steel slides etc. Never ever the slightest of problems. What happened today is totally inexcusable. I myself have been fastidious and a stickler about masking and distancing throughout the pandemic, but this kind of post-mandate fanaticism, illogic and outright meanness is beyond the pale. They certainly don’t want my money or any of my future business. To hell with this place. l’ll buy a guitar from Musician’s Friend before stepping foot in there, even though I prefer to shop locally.

I loved the experience I had when I walked in this store. The staff was very accomidating. They listened to my needs an met them with amazing deals and suggestions. I will not go to another music store ever. This store won me over. Aside from customer service and hospitality the quality of their gear exceeds my expectations for the price. I refer all my musician friends here.

Sticks & Strings Rock………!!!!!!!!
Tony sold me a great left-handed Taylor guitar which has turned out to be one of the best guitars
I’ve ever owned, thanks again, brother great guitar, great deal………….
Mr. Jimmi
Ariana Records
UnderCover Band

Tony has everything you need in his store I would definitely go to him if there is something you need

Used guitars and amps are fairly priced. There are some hard to find items that move through here often. But yo T, GYST.

Mixed bag. Tony seems nice, the owner operator. I ordered reeds. Took a few weeks. Little longer than expecting, but wasn’t in a hurry. He did give me a good price and far better customer service than the big national chain.

Good

Ordered a guitar part like 3 years ago, guy just kept saying “uh… check back next Wednesday”. No honesty or integrity, just a desperate guy whos probably in a lot of debt.

Dont go here.

I should have posted this year’s ago but was more mad at myself. Took my son’s electric guitar in to be cleaned and restringed, over $200. While we were there I ordered him a case to carry it to and from school, took tons of pestering on my part to get the case we’ll after the guitar had been returned to us. I went to pick it up, wasn’t even the case he described I was ordering and was a small flimsy case.. for $100?!?! I requested a refund, was tired of waiting. Would only do store credit. He should have refunded our money, it wasn’t our fault that he doesn’t know what he’s doing. Never gone back again!! Stay away from this place!!