I bought a Musican Man amp, traded some used gear for a new guitar pedal, had my guitar set up. Very good service!
Darrell Triplett and the Sound Shoppe in Florence Alabama, a five star experience every time.
Great selection of guitars at all price levels. This would be an excellent place to buy your first guitar. I was waited on right away and was shown exactly the kind of guitar I was looking for with no pressure to spend more than I was comfortable with. After I made a decision to buy, the owner made sure to point out a small defect on the guitar. It didn’t affect how the guitar played and I appreciated his honesty.
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Knowledgeable people
Always a good experience at the Sound Shoppe. Daryl is very good at working on my guitars. I trust him.
Knowledgeable staff. Great deals.
Came in to check out what they had to know if it was worth coming back to buy something… Sat down and played a few guitars that I was interested in and was told that if I wasn’t buying anything then… implying I should leave. No the type of service I expect to want to come back to a store
I’ve been shopping at this place on and off for over 20 years. Way back when it was in the shopping center on Mall Rd. It’s been a while ago, and I had honestly forgotten about my sub par experience until I stumbled upon this place on the net. I took a Les Paul in to get it set up. The store owner did it, and did a nice job. I then took a less expensive guitar in and paid the same price for a setup done on it. When I got the guitar back (my wife dropped it off and picked it up for me since I have a busy schedule) it was obvious that a full setup wasn’t done on the less expensive guitar (which was still in the $1000 dollar range). All that was done was a string change.
Also, while I’ve always gotten along good with the owner, the owners son is now in the shop almost every time I go in and he is extremely unpleasant to deal with. Acts like it’s a huge pain to have to deal with customers, and isn’t friendly at all. I’ve always gone here because I live in Florence, and it’s closer than other places, but from now on I’ll probably be going across the river. At least they are much more friendly there, and if I pay for a full setup they actually do a full setup.
Save your money and time – go to Counts Brothers or use the internet, which you know you should be doing anyways. I would write out what a bad experience I had last time I shopped here, but this is a small town and not worth the blowback. I’ll never go to this shop again.
3. Homewood Musical Instrument Co
Address: 1712 28th Ave S, Homewood, AL 35209 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Small business, original owner.
Very knowledgeable.
Bought a violin here at a great price, sounds great and it’s beautifully set up. Bob is the man, very knowledgeable and personable. Best music shop in town.
A truly unique, and amazing guitar store. They stock a small quantity of mostly high end gear, with a few exceptions, and they do the best tech work In town. So If u ever need any kind of gotta repair or a setup , fret job , relic etc….. this is the #1 place.
Good product, Good service.
Friendly atmosphere and lots of instruments.
I’ve never dealt with someone so rude over the phone. The owner tried to guilt me with sarcasm and acted like victim when I questioned a price. Full story: I asked to order a cello string. All was going well (owner answered questions about speed of shipping and availability of the string), but then he quoted a price ($81) that was far above what other shops charge. I said respectfully that “I’ve purchased the string for $45 at other walk-in shops” and he became sarcastic and argumentative with me, claiming he was “holding my hand” through the process, and said “Well, I have to pay $35 for this string so what do YOU think is fair for ME to make? $15? What is 35 + 15, huh? Ohhh, maybe $50 is more than you can afford?” A simple, “well this is my price” would have been fine as a response from him, but I felt disrespected so I hung up and decided I’m never going to spend a dime Homewood Musical Instrument Co. I advise everyone else to steer clear of this shop and the guy who owns it.
4. Bay Music LLC
Address: 409 N Section St suite c, Fairhope, AL 36532 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Great knowledgeable and friendly staff. Great prices and always helpful
Great place! Always so nice and helpful
Guitars are mostly off-brand but the store has a little bit of everything. Big store. Been on Broad St “forever”. Easily found everything we needed. They do have a very nice speaker selection.
Very friendly and helpful staff. This place was easy to find and had large selection of instruments.
Good selection and knowledge staff
My son’s band director recommended this place. Staff was nice, and allowed my son to try out a couple of instruments. However, when I mentioned we wanted to do rent to own, they said they no longer do that. We could essentially only purchase outright or finance. When I asked about discounts, I was told they don’t do discounts, but it would be cheaper to just buy the instrument outright. As of today, they still have the rent to own program advertised on their website, along with discounts and advantages of the program, which is the main reason we made the 1.5 hour drive. I also found the exact same instrument for over $200 cheaper somewhere else. People seem nice, but this was really disappointing. Please don’t advertise if you can’t offer it.
Rip off & don’t know measurements for nuts/ saddle’s probably anything just a store that takes suckers for a ride
Bad staff
6. Jerry’s Music
Address: 1140 25th St W, Jasper, AL 35501 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!! Don gave me a great deal on an amp, and let me play it as long as I wanted with every pedal in the store. I can not say enough about how great these guys are. If you want great tone at a great price, Don is your man.
Don is a really cool dude. He has a great selection of guitars, all different price points but one of the few places in the Shoals to have a consistent supply of the medium to high end guitars. Some other stores seem to focus on the lower end because they fly off the shelf. He also has a myriad of amps. Plug and play!!!
He also has amp repair, and the number one guy is there…. Daniel Claytor. There is nobody that can even come close to the quality of work as Daniel. He makes no compromise when it comes to quality and he takes great pride in his work. He is also developing his own line of custom amplifiers which sound…. amazing. Go check them out!!!!!!!
Amazing place
Nice place. Good people and guitars. If you play or just interested in guitars check this place out.
Helpful and friendly
If you were looking for a vintage guitar, look no further.
It had moved from the address that I was given
Well we drove all the way there and they were closed
SUCKED!!!!
8. Art’s Music Shop, Inc
Address: 4647 US-280, Birmingham, AL 35242 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Service was awesome. They were patient, informative and gave several choices of the instrument.
Very knowledgeable and helpful. They had strings for a 1/8 violin we had been looking all over town for. Definitely the place to go in town if u need items for string instruments other than guitars.
Friendly atmosphere
Attended a Breedlove Guitar Showcase. Art’s Music Shop in-store acoustic guitar lineup includes Breedlove, Michael Kelly, and Yamaha.
Very helpful but the instruments are pretty expensive
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Do not, I repeat, DO NOT rent instruments from here. All they want is your $$$. I can’t begin to tell you what a nightmare it had been renting our child’s instrument from them this year for school. I wish I could give negative stars. The breaking point was last week when we returned the instrument but was charged another $90 for the month of June. ITS NOT JUNE yet!!!!!!
Schools have no business partnering with companies like this!
Arts is overpriced.
I brought in something for them to look at in January and it’s been 3 and a 1/2 months and they haven’t called back. I’ve called 5 or 6 times and the manager has been on vacation every single one of those times. They stole my instrument. DO NOT GO HERE
9. Counts Brothers Music Inc
Address: 713 Waverly Ave, Muscle Shoals, AL 35661 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Had them fix a microphone because my soldering iron isn’t working. Prompt service, works well, will definitely use again.
Always great service and staff is awesome
James and the entire staff of counts Brothers music are top notch there’s no place else in the Shoals that you can go and speak with professional musicians about any instrument they have for sale they have everything from the beginners guitar to the professional drum kit and they have someone there to demonstrate everything if you are not capable of demonstrating it for yourself
Great shop had lots of stuff new and used !! Good people great store!! A must stop kinda place !!
My go to store. Knowledgeable and helpful. Use their luthier services and amp repair services. In the last two years have bought two acoustic guitars, one new tele pro, new vibrolux, cables and a new set of tama drums. I Never try to negotiate prices because I want our local stores to thrive. Im a weekend regular. This may seem silly but Im knocking off a star because for a regular customer who does spend money and not just kick tires they should throw in a little something every now and again. A t shirt, a cable. A guitar strap, etc. When i bought the drum set and acoustic on the same day i picked up 6 generic guitar picks for which I was charged. Personally I would thrown those in for free. Hope this doesnt sound petty and this will continue to be my store for as long as they will have me. This is meant as constructive criticism only.
Many instruments in there such as acoustic and electric guitars. They come at a reasonable price and the people also have guitar lessons available for around 70 a month, I think.
Seems like some decent prices but very stale service.the blonde at the front desk acts like it hurts her face to smile r speak someone done told her she cute 1 to many times
Over priced needed Reed’s and I can get them 10 for 28-32 dollars any where. Theirs was 10 bucks as. And I had to have them that day. Nope I’m done with them
10. Art’s Music Shop, Inc
Address: 1001 Commons Dr #2, Dothan, AL 36303 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
It was very nice this man had a really nice and understanding voice and it was very well organized
Very pleasant and friendly environment with caring and helpful staff that go the extra mile to help, looking forward to doing lots of business with them
Very good customer service
Repair service is reliable, but prices for band instrument rentals are twice what Playground charges ($99/mo vs. $45/mo. for the cheapest option on my daughter’s french horn), and Art’s does a hard credit pull. Playground is fine with having a credit card on file, no ding on your credit score for a hard pull.
I’ve had a terrible time working with people from this store to swap instruments. The sales person says that he has emailed and tried to call, yet there is no log of a call from his number or from the store’s number back three months and no email, even in the junk folder, in that same time frame. They seem totally bent on causing my son problems in band class because the teacher has no extra instruments for him to use during class time either.
Didn’t care for them
I hate the fact that they take all your bank information Debit card checking account before they do a so called credit check. And then don’t get back in touch with you when they say and when you call them, o we sent you a letter on Saturday. But it’s ok. Paying over a thousand for a used instrument is not even worth it. So thanks for doing me the favor and not approving it.
11. Bailey Brothers Music Company
Address: 4673 US-280 Suite # 7, Birmingham, AL 35242 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Easily the best music store in Bham. Great selection, knowledgeable and friendly staff. Always have what I need!
Went to look for Double bass drum pedals. The initial phone call, drums guy was polite, explained and answered questions in a manner that didnt feel rushed or annoyed. Off to the store. The Drums guy showed me their selection and prices, explained a little about each set then backed off and let me make a decision without the classic Guitar Center upsell attempt “just buy this one because [ insert cheesy sell line here] “. Dude that spoke volumes about this store, they werent watching people like police, *cough* Guitar center *cough* they have a better product than other stores in particular the Mapex $119 double bass set has better reviews and looks more sturdy than the Mapex double bass pedals sold at GC for $129 on sale at time of this review for $119. Then on to sticks, again took time to understand what i wanted and what i was desiring to recommend the right product and not the top dollar one! Now off to the front counter, set my stuff down at the reg and told them i was going to wait because i also needed guitar strings. I naturally went for Ernie Ball, but the cashier guy began to tell me about different brand he uses, explained why and also hit all the issues with strings i was having on the head. Its nice to go to music store where people are actually musicians and know what theyre talking about and selling. I definitely will be back. AND i definitely will tell anyone who asks about a music store about them!
BBM did some repair work on my Taylor 912c. Not only did they do a great job on the work itself, but they cleaned the guitar and figured out what strings I like (in the case) and put brand new strings on it. I feel like I’ve got a brand new guitar. Great store too…my kids didn’t want to leave! Thanks y’all!
Great customer service. Great selection. However, I was NOT thrilled to see their logo custom printed onto the snare head I bought. Would have received 5 stars if not for that. Going to remove it with some acetone.
Helpful and kind! Will be back to see them soon.
Usually get good service, but I took my guitar nut to be repaired after my guitar took a spill. I let them know the guitar had fallen and hoped they would fix. The nut was replaced poorly but the guitar had a buzz. Took it back 2 more times. The last visit, the person in charge of the repair (2 weeks later)said I had heavy fingers and raised the stings to a height that made the guitar unplayable. I took to another repair shop and they repaired the nut replaced by Bailey Brothers found a couple of uneven frets repaired the frets adjusted the neck and had to re-setup the guitar from the disaster repair at Bailey Brothers. If in need of repairs I will never return to this store.
Waited 15 minutes for someone to help me but instead was ignored. Ended up leaving empty handed. I literally just needed drumsticks and the person at the front was aware. Will never go back.
I would use profane language, but it would not adequately describe the crap this company pulled. Basically, I took my brother to trade a PRISTINE first-owner amp, and we could prove it, in for a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, used, which is of equal value….and my brother coughed up $100.
I took off work to take him to initially buy the thing. I took off work to bring it in for repair when we discovered sticky crap on the power tubes, and I ended up working until 10PM thanks to these guys. They wanted me to take off work again, after having spent 5 hours in their store. I basically spoke up and said, he might be the customer, but I’m the wheelman, and I’m furious. I mentioned the fact of the wasted gas, wasted trips, and the at least 6 hours of driving they were expecting of me.
They checked OUR amp out very thoroughly, and even treated my brother like a criminal, saying they are getting his DL in case he stole it. SERIOUSLY people….
I tried to talk some business sense with them, asking them to do something for the trouble, and it would not have taken much. They said no. Then I asked if they can just reverse everything since ALL of the stuff was still in the store…. The guy made up a story of a law, which actually doesn’t exist, then claiming he has to charge extra to reverse it all. Guitar Center evidently doesn’t know about this (fake) law.
Not ONLY that, but the smug, d-bag attitude that the guy gave me when pushing my brother, his CUSTOMER aside to say “you don’t think we’re trying to rip you off do you?” He did this to put me on the spot, and tried to make me look like the bad guy.
In the end, my brother spent another $170 to get a new model. In the end, he got what he wanted, but we are both appalled by how the guy behaved to our faces. Beware, their used gear has NO warranty, but they represented at sale that they would ensure the gear works if something went wrong like the day we get it… Well… it did.
You don’t take someone’s $700 amp + $100 and then give them junk, and not try to do something proper after dragging someone thru hell. That’s the bottom line. I tried more than the guy at this store. You won’t catch us in that place again.
Considering the tens of thousands that my brother spent with other companies, Bailey Brothers missed an opportunity… Not good business. Dishonest, rude, and outright condescending. Smiled at us when we expressed our frustration with the runaround….
manager and owner very racist!
12. Jasper Music
Address: 52 N Walston Bridge Rd suite 104, Jasper, AL 35504 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
If you need any form of music lessons be it drums, guitar, piano, etc. Nick is your guy. The establishment provides a very relaxed and family friendly environment. He keeps all the accessories in stock such as strings, picks, and instrument cables. Jasper Music is highly recommended and a breath of fresh air in our community
Started to buy a more expensive guitar as gift but after owner ask me several questions realized it wasn’t right for my nephew. Got what I needed at a better price and my nephew was elated. Music lessons are customized to age, ability, and what kind of music you like. My nephew was playing a real song after a few lessons.
A+++. Fixes all my basses. Does everything electronically, changes strings, etc. Good work.
The music store had the banjo strings I needed.
13. Highland Music
Address: 3000 Clairmont Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Great place to find instruments and instruction! The staff are all knowledgeable and friendly. Good amp selection, too.
Great selection, very reasonable prices. Picked up a wonderful amp at a price that can’t be beat. Highest recommendation!
If you love music and you need an instrument repair this place is a definite gem.
Guitars are really overpriced, but the guy behind the counter was courteous.
Really cool spot, found some really cool old gear…… owner doesn’t seem to want to part with any of it though.
I guess they have some unique items which is cool but the folks behind the counter really seemed like they were annoyed to put their conversation on hold in order to help me and were also EXTREMELY condescending and pretentious. I’m a fairly experienced musician and these guys spoke to me as if I was completely ignorant and always would be.
Pretentious and overpriced….typical music store snobbery
About what you’d expect. Pretentious, unhelpful, and offended that you’d dare shop in their overpriced thrift store. But they’ve been in business forever and they ain’t changing.
14. B&C Music
Address: 314C Billy B Dyar Blvd, Boaz, AL 35957 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
Very good selection for a small shop, The lady was Very friendly and helpful! They carry a lot of unusual items that you probably won’t find in other stores.
Love this place, always very helpful and has a great selection of equipment and accessories.
Eeeeh
Friendly local place and with high prices but a good selection and knowledgeable.
Good site
I felt watched and rushed.Two women were working there that day, one was very friendly. I did not feel comfortable asking questions and also it was so hot in there.
Awful place with cheap brands and overpriced / broken used instruments.
The people are not friendly, the merchandise is overpriced, some equipment is not even new (and it is damaged) although they don’t disclose that information, and getting around in a wheelchair is next to impossible. The lady at the register didn’t know anything about the equipment. It is definitely worth the drive to go somewhere else.
15. Fairhope Music
Address: 247 S Greeno Rd, Fairhope, AL 36532 , Flexeiras , Alabama , United States
