Picked up my first Guitar, Beautiful variety to choose from for a Great price! Thank you
It’s a Really nice guitar store in Hilo, Spencer is very knowledgeable and easy to talk with….plus they have Awesome Guitars!!!!and All the stuff you need for it!!!!
A Must see, and convenient location, plenty of parking!!!!
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I was in Hilo and needed to rent an amp for an early morning gig at a local school. The owner Spencer was super cool and even opened up a bit early so I could come grab it and get to my gig on time. I’ve dealt with dozens of music shop owners before and Spencer stands out as one of the best. Thanks for everything! If I’m in Hilo again, there’s no question I’ll be here again.
Spencer is a very personable individual who is very knowledgeable. The store itself is quaint and stock can be limited but it has pretty much everything that’s needed in general.
Drove an hour , website said open, answering service said open, closed during advertised business hours.
3. Agasa Furniture & Music Store
Address: 30 Ponahawai St, Hilo, HI 96720 , Hilo , Hawaii , United States
Irene was a joy to work with! She has an extensive Ukulele selection with reasonable prices. Agasa has the best selection of Ukes on the island. I tried numerous stores in Kona & in Hilo too – none had the stock of ukes that Irene does at Agasa. I found exactly what I needed, and at a good price. The store has a friendly vibe too, and Irene is knowledgeable about her Ukuleles.
This is one nostalgic furniture store you must visit!! Go see Irene, Douglas and the gang and just feel the old style of welcome and just a home feeling!! Not only beautiful furniture, this music family has the best selection of stringed instruments in the whole islands and affordable! If your in downtown hilo, you gotta just peek in and check it out!! You’ll be impressed!! Aloha!
I love that place. they have a good instrament repair guy.
picked up school instruments
Went in to shop local, bought an item to be shipped to our daughter for her birthday, paid for FedEx the lady boxed it up saying it would go out the next day in time for our daughters birthday in 5 days. They put it back up and dropped shipped from California UPS, still not delivered over a week later. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THESE PEOPLE 1
Shop looks nice and people are quite friendly, but unfortunately i experienced very poor customer service on an attempted ukulele repair. i have since gone to Rogers Guitars in Keaau for ukulele repairs and had an exceptional experience.
Yesterday, I was sexually harassed at Agasa Furniture & Music Store in downtown Hilo. I was wearing a t-shirt with “Reach for the Stars” splashed across the front, and one of the customers said “reach for the stars” and made hand gestures as though he were squeezing my breasts. The manager, Irene, looked horrified, rolled her eyes, and walked away. Another store employee who had been talking with the customer just laughed and laughed.
Stunned, I left, did my errands, and returned to talk to the manager. She apologized profusely, but said she had to be careful with how she spoke to the customer since he spends a lot of money there.
I’m not sure about the quality of their products and services, but apparently if you spend enough money there, you can sexually harass the women in the store for free.
Sam is an amazing engineer and a genuinely nice person. Working with him is easy, fun, and 100% stress-free. If you want high-quality sounding music or any other audio, look no further!
We’ve been a gigging band based in Hilo, Hawaii for a good number of years and this was our first time in the studio. Right away we could see that Sam at Sonic Sculpture was a pro. He was super approachable and just made everything work (and sound really good). He had all the recording gear necessary to capture our “live funk” experience in digital form. He had tons of great suggestions ranging from tone and sound to composition and instrumental interplay. He even knew exactly when we needed to take a break after hours of grueling recording so that we could nail down one particularly complex groove. Worked like a charm. Would definitely recommend Sam at Sonic Sculpture Recording to anyone looking to document and preserve of their sonic artistry for any end use.
8. Adonijah Imgrund
Address: 157 Mamo St #22, Hilo, HI 96720 , Hilo , Hawaii , United States
My goodness this is a GEM! We had a wonderful time at their Monday night jazz jam session 6-9pm. Completely free event that asks for donations, and/or patronage of the bar. The musicians are very talented and we loved watching them work pieces out and show their stuff. The venue is awesome and an eclectic collage of the community.
Everything in one that you will need for a healing and fulfilling experience. The music and atmosphere is inviting in the most genuine sense. If you dont make it here while visiting… you wasted your time.
Heads up: Cash only bar
Donations welcome
Kukuau Studios is not chic, its funky and cool! The best evening in Hilo is to be experienced every Monday from 6pm til 9 pm at the weekly Jazz Jam! Bub and the jazz jam regulars perform called toons with a full small combo. Got yer ax? Call a tune or just sit in! No cover, all ages, donations accepted. Bring your dancin shoes!!
If you are looking for the funkiest, most eclectic dive bar in town, this is it!! No real seating downstairs as this joint is all about the players. It’s their jam and you are welcome to sit upstairs and eavesdrop. A great place to people watch as it is clear lots of locals come.
Some competent playing but some real wandering wankery too – hey, it’s jazz! We left after the 4th song as it’s not really our scene.
By donation, $5.00 drinks.
Maybe I just caught this place on a bad night, but it didn’t leave a good impression. I love supporting local music and hate to leave a bad review, but wanted to caution anyone considering performing here. I went to an open mic here last night and the owner was very unwelcoming to some of the musicians, making snarky comments and almost skipped over some of the performers, even though it seemed that everyone had signed up in advance and there was a schedule for when each person would perform.. The place was set up really cute and I wanted to enjoy it, but I can’t watch someone being unkind and not say something.
One of the especially uncomfortable moments was when a gentleman came onstage with an acoustic bass and the owner (who also handles the sound) seemed to purposely ruin the sound for his performance. I’m not a sound person but it was really obvious to the whole audience. At first there was too much treble, so the musician asked if they could turn down the treble, and the owner turned it WAY up and then turned away and started talking to his friends while the musician tried to play an instrument that didn’t sound like an instrument over the speakers lol. He ignored the musician trying to signal to him that he needed help even though there were loud clicking sounds blaring from the speakers that everyone could hear. Eventually the person performing had to borrow a guitar from someone in the audience because the owner was not wanting to help. It gave me a yucky feeling and I was glad I didn’t sign up to play music.
11. K.M.K. C. Maintenance and Landscape Svc
Address: 272 Kapiolani St #104, Hilo, HI 96720 , Hilo , Hawaii , United States
Larry Pollack makes Custom High Quality Guitar ans Bass Pickups with true Fidelity!!! Thank you!!! Larry for being Awesome!!!!
Larry is extremely knowledgable, experienced and detail oriented. He made an incredible set of pickups for my guitar with custom string spacing and matching wood covers. They sound amazing!
Great products to tune your instrument and buy a new one. Great atmosphere, cool people.
15. Lumphrey Piano Studio
Address: 90 Kamehameha Ave # 9, Hilo, HI 96720 , Hilo , Hawaii , United States
