Your Top-20 list of music shops in Culver City

Good service

On Wednesday you can rent a set of drums and practice.

Even tho she couldn’t provide me with the service I needed, the lady was so helpful. Prepped my guitar and then pointed me in the right direction.

Very small store.

Boulevard Music is one of those little gems in Los Angeles, tucked away in full sight….

Great selection of acoustics, amps as well as other instruments. Staff is super helpful and friendly.

My spouse gifted me a couple of private lessons at Boulevard Music. I think she was tired of listening to me trying to teach myself. I had been playing for about 3 years and never had the desire to take lessons because I thought that anything I needed to learn I could learn for free online. I was wrong.

Here is a SHORT list of things you won’t learn online.
Coming in late on chords.
Raising your fingers to high, slowing you down.
Not accenting the notes properly.
Moving too many fingers when changing chords.
Using alternative finger placement for quicker chord change.
INSTANT FEED BACK!
Position, timing, going too fast, going too slow, and …..

I have taken five lessons and have learned more in those five one hour lessons then I did in a year of online instruction. My instructor is Mr. Stan Ayeroff, our initial meeting on the phone was less then ten minutes, and yet when we met in person he came equipped with a montage of songs that were right in line with my interests. I told him I had never finger picked, but would love to learn, and he expertly took the reins. It’s just five weeks later and I’m finger picking my way through Dylan’s “Don’t think Twice, It’s Alright”

If you are looking to start playing, improve your playing, or are just looking for feedback, go to Boulevard Music, they have the talent you need.

They are pretty nice but… I bought a Martin guitar at a good price there. I am a practicing medical doctor. I am fully vaccinated, have no symptoms and wear a mask; I wash my hands and use antiseptic gels all day. My cuticle is cracked and bleeding from all the washing and gels. They will not let you enter without hand washing or antiseptic gel. The hospitals and clinic do not require this and the county does not require this (they encourage it, yes). They have a right to make up any rule they want, but this is not directed by the county health department.

No good customer service at this place the guy in the front did not help at all

This place tried to rip me off on trumpet repairs. I had a stuck valve, a small part of a bell that needed to be hammered back in place, and I asked for a cleaning. They tried to charge me $1049 and then they offered a price for my horn at $100. I found another place that was willing to fix it for $150. I have been playing for 20 years and have had repairs in the past, but never seen a place that tried to pull this kind of scam. Don’t go here ever. They will try to rip you off.

Took my guitar in for a Martin warranty repair. They are a Martin authorized repair place. I called them, the guy got every detail about me other than my SSN, on the grounds of good customer service.

When I arrived they stressed again how good they’re customer service was. They asked me if I received an email confirming the appointment, even though I was there for the appointment and insisted that I look for the email. Which was really weird lol.

They checked out the guitar and said they would call Martin first thing in the morning and let me know.

It has been a week. I called them today and got the cold shoulder. More questions, implying heavily that I did not give them enough information and was holding up them calling. Riddle me this, if you needed more information, why didn’t you call me?

When I asked “have you done anything about this guitar yet” the guy said “we have a lot of customers coming in” and talked me off the phone.

In a nutshell, don’t make a point of telling me how good your customer service is and then have bad verging on rude customer service.

Perhaps THE best mastering lab in the US!!

My eldest cousin works there. I’m proud of him

Eric Boulanger at Bakery Mastering just mastered 3 tracks that I mixed for Lucy Lowis. These tracks will appear on Kill Rock Stars 30th Anniversary Compilation. Eric did great work on our tracks, we will be back for Lucys next album. Highly recommend.

Good place to practice. Not fancy but also not too shabby.

Love musicians choice fully loaded rehearsal studios

This place is awesome they’re newly furnished and location are great!

Dollartree has friendly staff & they have a pretty big selection of foods. U can find just about any kind of toiletries. The best pstr is it’s cheap.

They like to raise rent.

Clean room and nice atmosphere.

The staff here will rip you off.

Beautiful Space. Not ideal for recording due to a buzz but perfect for band rehearsals and possibly remote live shows for streaming. Joe (owner) very nice gentleman. Maggie (not sure of position) not very nice. Blocked me mid conversation, while trying to figure out a security deposit return. Very short, non communicative and sarcastic attitude. Very little professionalism shown if you need anything. Nice space if you just want to go in and keep your head down.

UPDATE **

After being promised the return of a security deposit owner Joe contacted my business partner cursed her out and stated he would not return the deposit unless I retracted my reviews. Clear intimidation and manipulation.

I was blocked by Maggie when professionally requesting communication regarding the return of a security deposit after they were unable to fix an issue in the room. She was very rude and told me I should read and I would know they had 30 days to return it. We are 2 days from the 30 days and have received no communication. Nor the deposit (very unprofessional)

Alex is the man. He will take care of you and be a very interesting person when you get to meet him. Great place for lessons too!

This is the spot.

Alex recently helped my out with my new guitar. And let me tell you something, that was an outstanding experience! If you are looking for good musical store, look no further , this is the place to go. Thank you !

A music store run by music lovers!

Ferme à 16 h : trop tôt quand on travaille

Just checked it out. Wasnt greeted, the place was dusty and old, and staff was opposite of warm. Apparently the boss is out of town because none of the employees know anything and there’s no prices on anything so they’re literally in a hiatus until he comes back.

Was trying a guitar out and was asked to leave if Im not buying. Left a bad taste in my mouth. Beautiful guitars but I dont think Ill come back after that.

If I could give 0 stars, I would.

Came in for fretboard oil, they said they didn’t have any. Cool, no problem. I asked if I could simply browse around the store to look and admire the guitars, & the owner/employee said “look around but you’re not gonna find oil here.”

I tried to look at the guitars in the entrance but he and another associate? were blocking the way, they both stared at me and the owner? said look around the rest of the store then come back as if it were ME who was in the way.

If you like going to mom & pop shops where the owners treat you with no dignity and like an unwelcome guest, this is the perfect spot for you.

Very nice owners, barefoot. I felt an instant connection of our old souls. Filled with rare old instruments. Very personable.

Very good customer service. Thank you.

In and out with no problems. Made an exchange with zero problemos.

Good spot!!

CT provided awesome customer service with helping us decide which TV to buy. He was very knowledgeable and personable

Staff’s knowledgeable and they’re helpful, even, though, that extremely expensive, PRODUCT INSURANCE, for which they’re trying to get you to sign up’s a SCAM!

Der Klassiker “Best Buy” man findet alles was Elektronik betrifft mit sehr motivierten Mittarbeitern. Als ich den Laden betritt wurde ich gleich gefragt was ich brauche und zudem zum ensprechendem Regal geführt.
Die Preise sind auch ok, bin im allgemeinen sehr positiv überrascht!

Unhelpful. Going here is as pleasant as getting hour teeth drilled

They have no idea what customer service even means. Sold me a broken firetv stick and refuse to take it back. Way to go bestbuy, stealing my $40 won’t make me poor or make you rich, but today you lost a customer, thieves!

I bought a refrigerator supposed to be Friday they delivered it they never delivered it because the guys supposed to be delivered trying to get Park King I went to the Store in determining the water Delivery monday is enabled Delivery my Never went to See That indicate the presence of the same day I went to the Store anyone with the big truck and didn’t have any process to deliver is the worst Company Best Buy two days without the artwork to Get Down the refrigerator

Always great products and friendly, knowledgeable service!

I have been shopping GC for years. Always have my DJ needs covered.
Andrew is a great resource for all your DJ requests.

Helpful staff, large product. Pretty pricey but overall good. Very professional, all staff knew their department and where to help.

Great variety of instruments and a nice service.
They have the Hollywood Rock Walk, where you can see the hands of the famous rock legends.

Inventory is a little sparse(understandably), but the main gripe was the staff isn’t as enthused as they used to be. Not a huge thing, but that personable vibe is missing. Besides that, still the place to go to let the eyes and imagination wander.

Helpful staff but pricey

Just came in here one day just check out some amp found an amp I was under the assumption that I was able to put anew amp lay away then to buy it later I came back about a week later to purchase the amp and turns out I could not take the amp the day of buying it I had to wait 11 days I was in no mood to wait I was willing to buy the amp at a higher price just to be able to take it the same day amp was on the sales floor I was willing to buy it but the lady sold it to someone else and told the customer that I bought the same amp but I couldn’t take it upsetting that she told my business to another customer so I decided just to buy that amp on ebay turns out that a pawn shop had it for 200 dollars less than guitar center thank you ebay and Union pawnshop on pico

Always shop in Sunset store great service and in Westwood great also… except on Sat 4/2/22 @ 6 pm -7 pm 1st floor lighting area terrible service the ignored me and my boyfriend and when needed help had to raise my voice a little loud got their attention but still had personal conversations and really no help until needed to pay but was not satisfied myself spoke with Robin Mgr. Of the store only apologized and said thank you for letting him know and by phone not in person. Sad … and we invest alot of money on my partners band.

THE WORST!! Avoid this store at all costs!! Horrible customer service! They hate their job and are incredibly rude. They act like they are doing you a favor to serve you. Horrible in every sense of the word. The moment you walk in the door, the security guard will tell you what to do as if you just walked into a prison. I am appalled that in this day and age customer service is NOT about the customer nor the service!! This company has a huge lesson to learn. Better to buy online and not go through this. I am turned off by Guitar Center and all my friends and family will know about this. You are only as good as the way you treat your customers and YOU Guitar Center need to go through a whole lot of training with your staff!! The worst experience of my life was walking in your store…unreal!!! I hope my review will save others from a horrible experience..DO NOT GO THERE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCE….THEY ARE THE WORST!!! and to think I was ready to spend at least 1k and with a great salesman could of sold me more!!! Well, everyone will hear what I went through…They lost big time!!! Need to hire NEW staff ASAP!!!

This is the studio that I hope to end up working with but I only give this place 5 stars because this is twenty one pilots’ studio