Had an electrical problem with an acoustic / electric guitar. He was fast, knowledgeable, proficient and solved the problem in a few minutes. In the words of Arnold: “I’ll be back.”
Fantastic fretwork, timely turnover, and very fair prices. Matt was also happy to take the time to explain everything and answer any questions I had. Great experience! Will definitely have more work for him in the future.
Matt is a consummate professional! Already brought two guitars over to him and they’re playing great!!
Avoid this clown at all costs: Took more than 2 months to finish replacing strings and setting intonation, set the action too high despite my request for the opposite, and didn’t honor the pricing he quoted. Worst guitar tech.
2. EFG Guitars
Address: 2770 S Ronald Reagan Blvd, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Great studio with an awesome history! Great things come in small packages, the acoustic engineering that went into this place was well worth it and it shows in the resulting sound quality! Both Nick and Will are very professional and knowledgeable. I’ll definitely make this my go-to studio for future business.
BEST PLACE EVER. If you trying to look for a place to record and meet beautiful people this is the place. They were very patient and humble! Super professional and diligent.
Great environment for all your musical needs! The staff is extremely down to earth & they are always giving their all to your projects.
Decent space, good engineers, good pricing.
Great rates!
4. YRS MIDI Systems
Address: 172 Oxford Rd, Fern Park, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
George does a great job setting up all your midi equipment and computers to work together, plus will explain and answer all your questions. Great place.
5. Allegro Music Center
Address: 1056 FL-436, Casselberry, FL 32707 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
James, jones Is an amazing founder/owner best place to get your instrument needs or to rent! I will never go anywhere else
What a beautiful letter.
Quiet little music store, great people.
Nice place to shop for your music needs.
Advertised wrong
Customer service was good just wasn’t aware that renting a instrument would put a HARD inquiry on my credit report which took 2yrs to remove…I can understand a soft inquiry but not a hard one it dropped my credit score 11 points and I was in the process of purchasing a house….be aware that a credit report is ran with a HARD inquiry
Great guest service but too expensive for me personally. Usually I can get a capo for under $15 dollars. Here it was $24.95 ( needed one right away for a recording ). I got strings as well and one already broke.
6. BrightLight Books
Address: 161 East State Road 436, Semoran Blvd, Fern Park, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Great store! Has a good selection and I love the employees.
Very good
I got all my required reading here in highschool! I continue to come back when I am in town. They always have what I am looking for. If they don’t, they are happy to order it!
Decent secondhand book store. Found a few rare titles. Some of the books could have been more reasonably priced but I think that’s just common these days with the rising cost of books. Selection was really nice too.
A nice used book store but over priced for used books. Bought clearly used kids books; writing, crumpled pages, missing sleeves for about $5.99 each. Total I got 6 kids books and spent $45 including tax. They had a free kids book shelf, one free book per customer along with purchase.
Really nice selection of books that will keep me busy and coming back for more.
Too little money back for what I sold … that was a total more or less of $35 dollars total…got back $3.00
I thought this place was cool so I decided to try to sell some of my books there , an employee told me she would call and let me know what I’d get for them and if I couldn’t get anything she would call so I could take them back or trade them in she said . A week goes by. No call no text . I call them to see if they ever got to it , turns out they had already donated my books to another store without telling me or even letting me know and I ended up not getting any money or a trade in for the 5 books I brought in. Not that it matters but this bad experience has ruined the store for me so I won’t be returning but they have a big and nice selection of books.
I hate to be a Debbie Downer but with the great selection of books, DVD’s, album, etc. The service and buy back system is poor. I understand being busy but I am also in the business of customer service as management. Stop doing projects and help your customers. When you do help them act like you want to be there. As for the buy back system for future customers they do not buy or trade everything just what they want to buy or trade. So you could drive 30 minutes expecting to trade in your items and they might not take anything. Again great selection but if you want help don’t expect it to be quality.
7. Orlando Backline Rentals & Cartage
Address: 364 Melody Ln W, Casselberry, FL 32707 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Kenny and his team met my every expectation, and beyond.
Vacationing at Disney World, I was able to keep in touch with my music playing, and to make my traveling office so much more comfortable.
Two big thumbs up.
It was our first time to rent an instrument. Kenny made it pretty painless. He went out of his way to help us pick it up and arranged for us to drop it off locally. Our artist was very happy with the quality of the instrument (stand up bass) as well.
Kenny was super responsive and efficient even renting gear. We were on a tight timeline and he was able to process the order and personally deliver it in a matter of hours. He was so positive and great to work with. Gear in excellent condition. Will definitely rent from them again, 5 stars across the board!
Dependable and Affordable. Could not thank them enough for the superior quality service they provided me. THEY’RE GREAT!!!!!!!
8. Rachel Durrum Music – Wedding & Event Music / Violin Lessons
We went back and forth on using live music for cocktail hour for a long time and am so glad we ended up using Rachel during our wedding. She was so easy to work with and was extremely professional on the day of the wedding. Her and her accompanist were able to play all of our requests and set the overall vibe we wanted and both were extremely talented!. They really brought that extra special bit of flair on our wedding day and we are so grateful for them!
Mrs. Durrum was amazing with my 8 year old! She is extremely patient, kind and helpful. I highly recommend her for anyone looking for a violin teacher!
Rachel Durrum provided music for my wedding ceremony and cocktail hour. I opted for the violin and cello and it was incredible. The music was beautiful and made my wedding so special. One thing I have always dreamed of for my wedding was having live music as I walked down the aisle and Rachel made that dream come true. I walked down the aisle to Canon in D and my bridal party & family members walked down the aisle to Annie’s Song by John Denver. The music selection process is very simple and Rachel allows you to customize it to your needs. I was also able to choose the songs I wanted played during cocktail hour! I would definitely recommend Rachel Durrum for your music needs!
9. Sam Ash Music Stores
Address: 912 Lee Rd, Orlando, FL 32810 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Solid selection, decent pricing, helpful staff that doesn’t push or pressure you. They’ve been in the business almost a century, which says something about their business model and adaptability. A delightful place to browse, too.
Went above and beyond for us. Great experience.
The staff is very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. Tyler made sure we had everything we needed…We are very happy and satisfied with our purchase. I highly recommend this location!
always enjoy trading in and up with sam ash. they take trades and it usually works out well for me
I have been at the store and have purchased several guitars over the years have had some great experiences. I used to shop there when Mike Spagnoli worked in the store. The staff seems to be nice and knowledgeable. However I found the store manager seem to lack professionalism. I was shopping at the store one day when one of guitar staff Made a political statement about kid Rock. I was shocked because his statement was totally unprofessional and very tasteless When I brought it up with the general manager he seemed to just shrug it off as to, oh that’s just the world we live in now and didn’t offer any apology for the actions of his staff. Don’t get me wrong everybody is entitled to their opinion. Just not at work I didn’t agree with him and honestly his language and remarks where distasteful. I just decided I didn’t want to shop at a store where the staff can just decide to deliver unsolicited tasteless opinions and language without recourse or apologies . Music stores are like my Disney World. I enjoy looking at guitars and playing them and occasionally buying one or two not to mention accessories.
Decent store and selection.
Como dicen en Colombia… musica adelantada nunca suena. El pasado viernes 7 de Abril mi amigo “COMPRO Y PAGO EN EFECTIVO700 dólares por un instrumento. Y nos HICIERON LA PROMESA de que el instrumento llegaría entre ayer y hoy NO HA LLEGANDO NADA…y aquí estoy en la tienda haciendo la fila para hablar con el administrador Y TODOS LOS EMPLEADOS PASAN POR MI LADO Y PRETENDEN QUE NO EXISTO…. QUE SOY INVISIBLE.
Estoy muy disgustado porque ellos ME PROMETIERON algo que no cumplieron y siguen pretendiendo que no ven. YA SABEN USTEDES con esta gente no se PUEDE HACER NEGOCIO
There’s no customer service no one trying to help you find what you’re looking for
I buy most of my equipment from American musical supply but i needed and adapter and headphones so i made the trip to your store. I was looking at the adapters for what seemed like a long period of time and not one person asked if I needed help. SO I grabbed the headphones and went to check out and the guy at the check out made a comment on how he did not make commission and was deciding on who to give it to is when I said no one because not one person asked me if I needed help. So i went home and ordered it online and it will be at my door tomorrow by the time i get home from work. Wont go back unless it is something I absolutely have to have right then.
10. Smoke N Vape
Address: 7800 S US Hwy 17 92 Suite 186, Fern Park, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Great shop! I was taken care of without any delays, and the store was well stocked with the items I needed!
I’d just like to say thanks to Rich when I went to the store he was respectful and answered all my questions helped me find the perfect set up I wanted also so thanks rich iam enjoying my new mod
Best priced place for most vape juices especially mellon/lemon twist brand!
Good prices for a brick and mortar store.
Plenty to choose from. Good little cigar room. Staff is friendly, helpfull and knowledgeable. I give it a 4star because parking can be a bit of a birch.
One of the most horrible places I have ever been. They discriminated against my husband and was very very moronically nasty and verbally abusive. I would not go there again if they paid me to. Bad bad bad place
this is to answer the response from owner. Your statements are down right lies. The person we dealt with was rude and said a heck of a lot more even as we were walking out of the door. The person he was speaking too even gasped as to what he was saying. As to safety of others please review CDC guidelines and exceptions to the masking suggestions. To many people masking is detrimental to their health, hence the 6 feet rule. SMH, can not believe that anyone can even spew such hate and ignorance.
They tried to sell me things I did not want or need and talked to me like I knew nothing. The man in the shop tried to tell me that another shop I go to was shut down what a lair. Will NOT be going back.
asked if i could haggle the price on a piece since its 75% cheaper on amazon, man working said yes and then when i gave him a haggle price he just said the same stock price over and over again and gave me a attitude . ended up buying the piece off amazon. if i get attitude off of a $10 piece of glass then i don’t want to go through the hassle of buying a $100 piece.
11. Pine Cone Studio
Address: 1501 E Altamonte Dr #1053, Casselberry, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Best customer service in Orlando Florida talk to Tina….. From ..#.PONYBOILIVE!
The staff are so friendly you want to take them home. Great experience.
Of all the pawnshops around town I choose to deal with this shop the most. Karen, Tina, Kelvin, Sheba and Bradley are very knowledgeable and provides excellent service. They are very appreciated!
Though this is not a check cashing service, as I had intended to use that service for my initial visit, it is one of the cleanest, well organized and friendly pawn shops I’ve ever visited.
CHANGE YOUR HOURS ON GOOGLE!!!! I RUSHED OVER HERE TO GET MY POSSESSION AND YOU WERE ALREADY CLOSED FOR AN HOUR!!!!
They just offered me $100 for my $800 ring. If you think that’s a great deal, this is the place for you…
Worst pawn shop in that area avoid at all cost they just get your money and not give it to you don’t do layaways at this location policy and attitude are bad even if you want to still get another item and do business
14. PM
Address: 757 Coach Lgt Dr, Casselberry, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
This is My favorite studio out of all the ones ive tried
This is the best studio in this city price right great engineer mix and mastering is super perfect here I recommend every artist to come here feel like home away from home I love this studio to the max great environment
Best that ive seen in my city for the perfect price .You cant beat that great quality an quantity only person i allow to engineer my music.
16. Music Shack
Address: 702 S US Hwy 17 92, Longwood, FL 32750 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Professional and easy to work with. We have rented since my son was in the 8th grade and lessons for the last year. Great group of educators.
I had a flute that hadn’t been used in years since a relative passed away. My grandson decided to play the flute. So Cleve repaired it by doing a complete overhaul. It’s amazing. Thank you Cleve for taking the time to repair this important instrument for us.
Yall ROCK the Pink! Bet ya can guess who this is. .
The staff were easy going and helpful .
We aren’t a musical family (we listen to it, we don’t make it.) but my 6th grader decided to try band. Knowing nothing we went to the Music Shack as it was on the recommend list from my daughters middle school. The woman who helped us was very nice and didn’t try to sell us the most expensive mouth piece for a tuba, knowing our daughter might not stick with it.
The other places I called about getting the items we needed charged 3 times the price. I realize that there is different qualities for the Bach 18, but the woman who helped us understood that $140 is a lot for something my daughter most likely won’t stick with. She also had everything else we needed and it was very quick and simple.
The only thing I could say that was slightly negative was a lot of clutter in the store. But that is more about personal preference than quality.
Friendly staff, knowledgeable of their products, good variety for a small store.
Very disorganized, have you running all over the place to just get one simple equipment.
Awful customer service. Sons middle school tried to push this business for band rentals. I called early on a business morning and Received their voicemail. I left a message and it’s been days where no one could handle to spend a few minutes to contact me back. I rather bring my money elsewhere.
Edited to respond to owner. Yes I’m aware everywhere is short staffed due to Covid. That’s why I was ok with waiting DAYS for a response but never got one. You did not hear my voicemail yesterday because like I said , I left it last week and have gone DAYS without the business following up. I was patient and understood that due to Covid I might not get anyone to answer their business phone immediately. I waited DAYS for the business to be able to catch up and respond to me but was left in the dark. If I can’t get a question answered before handing over my money, why would I trust that once you have my business I could get through to you for any rental issues in the future. Like I said I will seek other places.
Went for sax repair. Took about 20 minutes just to drop off sax and purchase one item. Sax repair was overpriced and only partially complete. Was partially ready two days after promised. Phil, who does the repair kindly explained to me that it was my fault the repair was not complete and that for an additional fee he would complete the repair. Worst customer experience I’ve had in a very long time. Will not be back.
17. Goodwill – Fern Park
Address: 7800 S US Hwy 17/92 Fern Park, Casselberry, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
You have to visit it often since you don’t know what you’ll find next for cheap.
Nice place with lot of items clothes, shoes and even decor items, nice place with huge space and the employees very nice
The store is far too congested. The location is congested and the inside of the store is congested. Though congested, it is neat (no clothes on the floor) and organized (most things had their place in the houseware knick knacks area). Take out a few aisles and space things out, then it’ll be more shopper friendly.
Great customer service!
I like,
I accidently left my Angle Tree gift worth several hundred dollars (all items unopened, in the JC Penny bag with my name and address) when I made my donation. When I went back to ask for it back they gave me my shipping bag back empty and no hint of where my items went. Very disappointed.
Every pair of shorts have a price of 2.69 found one pair of shorts and they refused to sell because they had no tag and wouldn’t ring them up manually claims to have new system in today and won’t allow over ride drove 45 minutes for wasted time
I wasn’t very happy the products are donated to the Good Will however I found your prices are way to hi for the people of the communities you seve. I’m a Pastor and I took a in need to the store to help them get on their feet and couldn’t afford to buy anything. To me that’s so wrong!
18. Pipe Dreams Smoke Shop
Address: 8385 S US Hwy 17 92, Fern Park, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Top store!! a lot of products, great prices, best people!
Nice spot to chill out at on a Friday night for live music. I attended last night for a birthday party. I enjoyed Yoshi’s performance. She was really sweet, had a great band, and backup singers. It can get loud, so l’m glad our seats were in the back. The dj was on point with the old school tracks he played. I didn’t try the hookah since no one in my party wanted to smoke. If you buy drinks, l suggest buying a bottle of wine or a beer. It seemed like there was less wine in my plastic cup then in the glass that my friend had. Lastly, l wasn’t impressed by the food. The chicken from Popeyes tastes better then the chicken l had from the vendor on site. I thought about having my birthday party here, but the food must be good before I pay for a VIP section and bottle service.
Update: I have been here three more times since my original review. I attended my friend’s birthday celebration last month and had the time of my life. It’s cool that they have the bottle parade for birthdays. We came for the R&B Underground event. I’ve also been here twice for CHL which is held on Thursday nights. Tonight was awesome. It was raining as l was approaching the door and the owner took my umbrella for me, folded it up, and put it aside for me. I came by myself and Jabez was kind enough to find me a seat. The service staff was very attentive, DJ Squirrel played some great hits, and the band was awesome. The Wolfpack hosted tonight’s event and the food they brought in was plentiful and delicious. Lastly, the blue chill drink will now be my go-to. It gets you right!
Good drinks but a little pricey. A little hard to find, but a nice venue!
It’s a very confusing location and parking can be a bit hard to find but the place itself is amazing. I was here for a burlesque night and I loved it! Very unique and intimate location.
Very chill, seating is nice and spacious. Just a good place to chill out with friends. There’s also a smoke shop attached to it if your interested in that.
19. Bass Central
Address: Fern Park, FL 32730 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Very small inside. Small selection available on display.
Great slection of equipment and they have been around for years and family owned.
Nice place to rich for my blood though
I wanted to relay a horrible experience I just had a bass central today. I will be as objective as possible.
I have been a customer of bass central in the past and have purchased about three grand worth of equipment from them over the years and have referred many colleagues and students. I inquired about purchasing a very expensive bass today and spoke with their manager who said he was the be all end all of the company. I was questioning their excessive 10% restock charge. This individual said he would only charge me 5%. When I mentioned I would like to speak with Beaver or Dave, he said that he was the ultimate person in charge. I politely asked to speak with the owner to see if something could be worked out. He said this conversation is over and hung up on me. I called back a short time later and asked again and he said not to call back any more in a threatening manner. Needless to say I am shocked. I will make certain that I will never call again. I would be very careful of doing business with this organization. The economy is still not the best and they just lost 5k sale if this person worked for me I would fire them. Maybe they no longer care how they treat people? I would be curious to see if others here have had bad experiences? Other high end bass stores that I have purchased from offer a much better program and have a better attitude towards their customers. When a client asks to speak with your manager or owner you pass that information to the owner so they can make the decision to act. I figure I have sent them about 60k in business over the year in referrals. I normally do not post these types of comments but this is an outrage!
Terrible customer service. Guy on the phone was a complete jerk. Not a good way to talk to a new bassist.
This place has a large inventory of basses on-line but don’t expect to walk in the store and see them all. There are maybe 20 or 30 basses on display but many of the website basses are in the back.
The problem is the owner (I think he was the owner… cowboy hat and ponytail type of guy who acted like he owned the place and didn’t want anyone to step foot in the place and buy anything). I walked in with a bunch of money to spend and was excited to buy a high end bass.
He was very negative and acted like he didn’t want to sell anything. It was a real downer.
To top it all off, after much price comparisson, his prices were higher than what you would pay just about anywhere else new or used.
I was trying to support a local business guy and all I got was a crappy attitude.
Look elsewhere
20. InEarz Audio
Address: 170 N Cypress Way, Casselberry, FL 32707 , Fern Park , Florida , United States
Here is a review of InEarz by my dearest Japanese friend, Mr.D.
I hope you all like Mr. D’s review. I am posting his review on his behalf.
I almost forgot to add one thing. In case you are not familiar with Japanese, I just go ahead and summarise his review in English. “All in all, Mr. D’s impressions with InEarZ is simply superb, and he is as satisfied as he can be.”
I had my first custom IEM’s reshelled here recently and could not be any happier with my experience. Kaysen handled my account and was extremely helpful in answering my many questions and inquiries–(too many—-I was a little excited about getting these just right). My order involved some complex stipulations on an already complex pair of monitors. They came back to me on time, as promised and as beautiful as I had hoped. Thank you Kaysen and Inearz!
TT
Super disappointed! Made the jump and paid hundreds for custom monitors and after very little use over the almost three years I’ve had them, the left ear failed. Cost to repair one side, coupled with the uncertainty that the other side will also fail soon made me decide not to throw more good money after bad. Also, techs were not able to definitively identify the cause of the failure before I agreed to the repair cost.
