Rocky does an incredible job repairing and setting up guitars. I had a project Stratocaster that Guitar Center butchered its nut. I thought the neck was done for, but Rocky managed to replace the nut with a real bone nut and did a terrific job setting it up the way I wanted. He also set up my double neck guitar and it sounds terrific! My project Stratocaster is now among my favorite guitars in my collection all thanks to Rocky.
Had my guitar setup by Rocky. He was fast and efficient. But most of all, he was good. Real good. My guitar played like a dream now and it feels like a whole new guitar!
My husband bought a shell of a tenor banjo. Broken nut, worn frets, dead head and wimped bridge, not to mention old rusty strings. Rocky brought it back to life. My husband plays it all the time now. Rocky is wonderful . Roll away the stone ! A jewel in the desert !
I wouldn’t let this guy work on a cement block. There is a reason his name is rock..that’s what he uses to work on your guitars.
4. Music Educational Services
Address: 77700 Enfield Ln STE C1, Palm Desert, CA 92211 , Indian Wells , California , United States
I walk in with a cowbell that had a dent from playing even though it had passed a month I was able to get another one thanks to Nick. Also my snare was having a little problem with the throw off and Tomas helped me with that the whole team in general is great!
Great people and they know their stuff
personal service, knowledgeable and experienced team
They have the gear!
The service people should know what versions of products they’re selling, as well which PC or macs they’re compatible with to save customers time, money, and equipment to return to be repackaged for use!
Other than that, my visit went well
Soso
horrible place… bad experience, terrible customer service…
I have been a longtime customer and I have seen the customer service dwindle and their product knowledge is now practically nonexistent. I would not recommend buying from them as you can find better deals online. There is no benefit in becoming a customer of theirs. Service is bad, knowledge is nil and prices are high.
TERRIBLE customer service! An employee there by the name of Josh (he also said he was the manager) gave my 2 daughters and I the worst most unprofessional experience. We walked in wanting to purchase a guitar and inquire about the music lessons they had advertised outside and ended up leaving feeling awful.
6. Crafted by Christoph
Address: 54110 Avenida Herrera, La Quinta, CA 92253 , Indian Wells , California , United States
I was visiting extended family in La Quinta Cove last week and needed to replace a broken guitar string. Thought I’d need to travel 12 miles to Palm Desert for a new set of strings and was delighted to find Scott was available right there in the Cove, just a few blocks away. He was friendly and efficient and provided me with an excellent inexpensive set of strings, offering to install them as well. When I chose instead to change the strings myself and broke a bridge pin in the process, I checked back with him, a bit sheepishly, to see if I could buy another set of pins. Finding I only really needed the one pin, he just gave me a replacement without charge. Definitely 5 stars, Scott, just like all your other reviews!
Thanks much!
Al
Very excellent service!
Christoph is highly knowledgable about all things guitar and goes the extra mile to ensure great quality work. All I needed was a strings replacement but he polished my guitar up and made some other improvements. His prices are also very reasonable! I highly recommend coming here if you need some guitar maintenance and you’re in the area.
7. Dale’s Records and Skate Shop
Address: 73754 CA-111 north, 73754 CA-111 Sutie A, Palm Desert, CA 92260 , Indian Wells , California , United States
Dale’s Records has more than an excellent selection of records. There’s a good amount of awesome vintage clothing, tchotchkes, and books. It’s also a rad skate shop. Dale (owner) is super friendly! My wife and I stopped in during our vacation to Palm Springs. Dale & co gave us a bunch of great ideas and tips for our drive through the desert, gave us the low-down on Desert X, and was just so happy we stopped in. I picked one shop to visit during our trip and I’m so happy it was Dale’s. Make sure you stop in! Oh, and the mural on the side of the building is dope.
Awesome local place – owner’s super friendly and vibe is chill.
Awesome spot, great selection of decks and parts, clothes, vinyl and more. Support local!
Not a whole lot to offer. Very limited record selection. It’s more skateboard shop with records as a side hustle.
Very cool shop with eclectic mix of vinyl albums, some books, turntable choices and other fun things.
The collection was small but fairly eclectic. The guy at the counter (owner? was friendly). The prices were good.
I’ve heard terrible things about this place, but I went to check out the records, nothing to special, there’s new records that are a little overpriced, only because they had damage that effected the playback, I spoke to someone there explaining how even brand new records are damaged a lot of the times and he completely dismissed what I was saying, and the records I’ve purchased there prove that sadly, so much for the vinyl community right, from what I saw seems like a cool skateboard shop, but for records, Barnes & Noble has a bigger selection, and if something is damaged they honor the customer witch is surly important for a successful business I’m sure. Hope this helps!
8. Palm Desert Piano
Address: 72171 CA-111 Suite 101, Palm Desert, CA 92260 , Indian Wells , California , United States
If you’re looking for a piano you have to go here. They have traditional digital and hybrid pianos. The customer service is fantastic. Very patient very knowledgeable. Extremely happy with my purchase.
We were in search of a specific model Yamaha baby grand piano never expecting to find one. To our surprise, we found the exact piano in stock and ready for purchase at Palm Desert Piano. The owners were more than accommodating to ensure we were able to deliver the piano that same day in time for Christmas as a present to our Mom. They went above and beyond to make this happen. We’d recommend anyone looking for a piano to meet the wonderful people at Palm Desert Piano.
I am a professional musician. The pedal assembly on my 15-year-old digital piano suddenly broke. I visited Palm Desert Piano and met with Mark Miller. He was extremely cordial and knowledgeable, showed me several pianos he had in stock, and helped me make a decision on a new piano. Two days later Mark and Matt delivered my new piano and set it up. I was very impressed with the prompt service they gave and plan to recommend their store to my colleagues.
9. Academy of Musical Performance
Address: 73-525 El Paseo, Palm Desert, CA 92260 , Indian Wells , California , United States
Having my daughter Sofia attend your Music Academy was the best decision we made. Sofia has improved so much & so fast working with you. I could not believe how wonderful & beautiful her performance was tonight with River. Fire on Fire Thank you for all you do to sharpen these kids’ talents & keeping them busy enjoying what they do.
My partner, Mark Strickland and I were recently married, and hired Erica to play her harp for our wedding reception at the Ritz Carlton in Rancho Mirage.
We’re so glad we did! Erica is a highly talented artist, and she has a harp that is as lovely as she is. Erica played every musical selection we selected beautifully. Our wedding guests gave her rave reviews.
Erica definitely added a unique, extra touch of elegance to our special day. We would highly recommend her as a harpist for special occasion!
Mark Strickland and Larry Stahl
From the start to finish Erica was amazing to work with. Her music is a beautiful compliment to any event. I recently hired her to play at our wedding for the ceremony and cocktail hour. Her music made our magical day even more special. She has a wide rage of songs to chose from- from classic to current – she will keep your guest listening!
As an event producer and wedding planner, I am always looking to work with the best talent, people who are reliable, responsive and know and understand what we are looking to accomplish. Erica was a DREAM to work with. After hearing a specific song request from the grooms, Erica took the time to learn the song and share her progress with us. Everyone at the wedding (and especially the grooms) LOVED all of Erica’s music, and we couldn’t have been more fortunate to have worked with such a talented musician.
I could not recommend Erica enough, and I cannot wait to work with her again sometime soon!
12. Willow Creek Productions
Address: 74818 Velie Way STE 5, Palm Desert, CA 92260 , Indian Wells , California , United States
My daughter and I worked with John over 3 years. John is our piano teacher and a good friend of us. He teaches us the joy of playing. My daughter loves to play Disney songs and John respect her choices and together they rock the studio. He is great with all ages. He is a wonderful teacher with a passion for music
I’ve played at playing various instruments since I was 7 years old. I’m now 74. Four years ago I decided to seriously improve my piano playing. I was never very good. For the past 2 years I have taken piano lessons from John. As a result my piano playing has dramatically improved. He actually teaches me how to play songs from a lead sheet and while doing this he incorporates teaching me progressions, chord construction, scales and all of the basics……all while having fun. He has young students, older students, jazz students and classical students and students on professional tracks.
I’ve been working with John for over 3 years now, and I can say that my love for piano is because of him! He plays a variety of instruments, and is able to cater to almost any need! He has taught me so much over the course of these years, and I recommend everyone to work with him!
13. A440 Piano Works
Address: 44489 Town Center Way D, Palm Desert, CA 92260 , Indian Wells , California , United States
Steve did a really wonderful job with my upright piano. Excellent tuning job and a couple of key repairs. He gave me really good care tips. He was very professional and prompt to return my emails, and I’ll call him again. I fully recommend his services.
Always on time calls ahead of time and does quality work can’t say enough about him.
Steve tuned, regulated, voiced, and reshaped the hammers on my Kawai 7’5″ grand piano. It sounds better than it ever did before. The piano now produces a range of tonal quality I didn’t think was possible on this particular instrument. Stunning! Absolutely blew me away. A true artist of a piano technician. Recommend without hesitation.
14. The Master Musician – Palm Springs, Now Music & Arts
Address: 3800 E Vista Chino, Palm Springs, CA 92262 , Indian Wells , California , United States
Chandler is fantastic! This store is now a Music & Arts and she says they are getting lots of inventory within a couple of weeks. Can’t wait to see it then!
Excellent staff Is very nice helped me with everything the prices are better than guitar center……. simply loved it
Excellent service, vast knowledge of music, staff very knowledgeable and day pleasant, bilingual expert in all areas of music and instruments, it’s great to see this kind of professionalism in this day and age. Thank you for your help and guidance. OHK
15. IW Coffee
Address: 74-995 CA-111, Indian Wells, CA 92210 , Indian Wells , California , United States
This is a really nice place to go sit and have a cup of also when you’re there definitely try the triple chocolate cookie they also have a gluten-free version that is very good. If you go early it is very crowded and probably will be a long fine but worth it
Two days in a row! Found the good stuff! Thanks for the brew!
Really great coffee looks awesome too
I came here based on a suggestion from a friend. It’s a unique little coffee shop compared to the seemingly endless amount of Starbucks in the area. The staff was friendly, and the store was extremely crowded. Giving four stars because the store isn’t something I would go back to (I just didn’t like the vibe) and it was way too noisy.
Friendly staff. Great coffee. Nice outdoor patio.
Great place for a non conglomerate coffee – but extremely busy so be prepared to line up or get there early …..
The worst coffee ever! But if you prefer to drink cold brown something and add syrup to it and you call it coffee so this place is for you. But if you like a good and quality cup of cappuccino for example this is not that place.
Ordered an iced coffee and got charged $5. The menu says it’s $2.60 for a medium coffee, I get it you charge extra for iced but how did I end up paying double? Also the blonde woman (owner maybe?) was the one that overcharged me and is super uptight /rude to her staff in front of customers
Coffee and food are great, employees are not nice.
16. Music Heals inc
Address: 280 N Palm Canyon Dr, Palm Springs, CA 92262 , Indian Wells , California , United States
I just had the best experience at this shop because of a gentleman who goes by the name Winston.
I had nothing in mind to buy but this man was so captivating & intriguing regarding his passion and enthusiasm about the products this place sells, I kept browsing until I struck gold.
Thank you Winston, I will be back and tell my friends about this shop because of you.
Great deals and great feel. Thanks W
Store is messy and the photo shown on Google map is pretty much a lie. don’t have a lot of selection of shirts as in the photo.
Maybe if they at least showed they’re closed when they’re showin they’re open I would say something positive. Wack as hell
Never again. Limited selection, difficult to browse and very overpriced. $20 for a Al Stewart album, ridiculous.
Bad customer service,the guy was so rude!!!
17. Heatwave Production Studios
Address: 42575 Melanie Pl, Palm Desert, CA 92211 , Indian Wells , California , United States
EJ is excellent. Our daughter took lessons with her for three years. Then became a teenager. I hope when she is ready to play again EJ will still be available.
She is best piano teacher in the desert if you want to go far. She has a ph.D deep understanding, knowledge about music. Her advanced students play very long complex piece of piano , aiming for music career.
I have no background in music ( my brain is not make for music) , I just want my kids to enjoy music, learn piano to learn ” how to learn” , can appreciate classical music rather than ” baby shark chow chow song”; to play piano to decompress stress in life later on.
Ms. Kim is excellent teacher, can motivate the kids. she deliver results, my son can play decently .( I do have to take lessons with her to learn piano myself, to get my sons over the steep learning curve).
So luckly that we found her in the desert.
20. Best Buy
Address: 79220 CA-111, La Quinta, CA 92253 , Indian Wells , California , United States
We can pretty much always find what we are looking for. There are always enough sales people to help and the cashier line moves quickly. My family likes it here!
Organized and helpful staff. We are always looking forward to Black Friday to purchase our electronics here – the best location for organization, patient and extremely helpful staff even during the chaos.
Great customer service, very impressed
Definitely following Covid Guidelines great job
Good selection of major brands
Hoy me toco muy buen servicio gracias a la señorita Minerva Herrera y gracias por Haberrme hecho el cambio
¿Cuánta excitación provoca una televisión? Descúbrelo aquí.
I have never been in a Best Buy like this one. Looking to buy a tv. Couldn’t get help! 2 associates helping one customer as they talked about amazon and different manufacturers. 15 minutes waiting for them to finish there conversation, the customer not buying a tv and the 2 associates walking away. My husband had to go track one down. You can’t say they didn’t know we were there the customer kept backing into my husband and I. Now we have an associate, we show him the tv we would like to purchase. We are told they don’t have it. No checking other stores telling us he can order it or that we can order it. Just they don’t have it. We waited 15 minutes for help was out of the store in 16 minutes. Looked the tv up online and went down the road to another Best Buy. Was in and out of that store with what we wanted in 7 minutes. Now that some service. Will not be returning back to this store again. I will drive the extra 7 miles next time. I wouldn’t be giving one star for this store but there was no option for none.
Looking for rechargeable battery. Best buy it from somewhere that has it
One good sales person. Several very poor salespersons. The supervisors are the worst. They will try up the prices on you and con you out of $ faster than you can reach for your wallet. I cancelled a $1200 deal when the supervisor tried to slid a $50 increase by me. In other words they are not to be trusted. I will not do business with that store again!
