As always, I appreciate Guido’s welcoming as I enter his store. He is helpful and generous and a true Gentleman. I enjoy doing business with a guy who is a friend, honest and humble.
best guitar shop ever. you can get a gibson les paul for 600$ there when they usually cost 1200$ i cant imagine guido acting rude to his customers like what these people are saying.
Love this place..
Great service and reasonable prices.
Never been in the shop, only phone conversation. Was not helpful at all, and cut me very short. Moving on…
This is easily the worst guitar shop I have ever been in. His prices are outrageous for the cheap faulty equipment he sells. The 15$ guitar amp cord I bought from him recently broke within a week. WITHIN A WEEK , for 15$ I could have gotten quality cord. He treats customers as poorly as he let’s his shop look. If you want to buy shoddy guitars , faulty equipment, and be treated like garbage that has sat on the curb for a month then go ahead and buy from this crook. I DO NOT RECOMMEND BUYING HERE , if you need a guitar for someone who’s never played and you don’t what you need look elsewhere . Buyer be warned.
I bought a 1949 Gibson LG3 from Guido at the Arlington Guitar Show this past weekend that he stated to be all original. Within 24 hours I discovered the bridge had been replaced which effects its value greatly. I asked for some compensation for this change & Guido refused to give me a break on price & refused to take it back. He stated “I should give him back money from our last transaction or he would do nothing for me”. Is this how you want to be treated by a so called expert ? There was no offer ever made to buy back both guitars back from me at all. Never again will I be burned by Guido !
2. FYE
Address: 4501 Central Ave #142, Hot Springs, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
Very clean and organized. The store was well lit and reasonably price items, even a whole lot of clearance t-shirts. Didn’t find the movie I wanted but scored two really nice shirts. One for self and one for my daughter.
Love shopping for movies here!!
Man I left there with 6 out of 9 pops I hate I had to leave the other three behind. The lady that checked me out was so sweet and the other young lady was doing her job too. But that manger sorry to say maybe he needs to listen more and jump to conclusions less. Ijs
We got a great deal on backpacks here for back to school.
Pretty cool store just rude staff
Just walked through mall; store offering didn’t pull me in to browse.
Wandered into the Hot Springs Mall location. Yes, there is so much to look at but the prices are stupid high even with whatever sale they have going. Second, my 16 year old daughter was purchasing a marvel canvas and the clerk talked her into a 10% discount by signing up for a music online service that had a rotating fee. The clerk knew it was for adults over 18 years old but still convinced her to sign up. My daughter was happy about the discount when she told me outside but when I read the print at the bottom I had to explain what it meant and the clerk never told her. I went back into the store and confront the clerk who admitted to doing so to a child because she even admitted she gave a false date of birth to do the subscription. I talked with the manager about policies and procedures. Not happy with what happened.
Went to this FYE and the store was fantastic up until check out where the cashier tried to sneakily enroll me in a monthly magazine subscription without being upfront about it. I know employees are unfairly pressured to get a certain number of people to sign up for these things but this is not the way to get them. Very slimy, dirty, and underhanded.
3. Big Event Music
Address: 149 E Grand Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71901 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
Took my guitar to get a repair and Michael went above and beyond with the repairs in an incredibly short amount of time, and with amazing customer service. I’m very happy with my visit and will definitely be coming back for more business
Super helpful and really nice.
Really good people always taken care of
This place had what I needed for my karaoke show. Great guy there as well.
Does it have a recording studio? I want to make a song
Great people, over priced used stuff. Knowledge staff with understanding across most instruments. Some nice and not so nice used guitars in stock. BEM is part of the problem in this online society, people will come here to see things in person, then go to Musicians Friend to buy. Give it a try, but you will probably end up buying somewhere else. Jeff
Not enough inventory
I bought everything from guitar cases to a JBL top of line PA from them before I found out they are totally BOGUS! Sold me used merchandise as new, then got an attitude when I called them on it! Cuss me out when you’re a thiefing liar? I don’t think so! I wouldn’t buy a guitar pick from these people!!!
Holy cow. I didn’t even know this place was open until I went inside. Not very inviting and the whole building needs renovations. Seemed very trashy. Almost made me feel like the items there have less value just because of how badly ran the building is.
Found a great deal on a shirt I found online, had issues with my browser and called to order via phone (I’m in WV). Customer service was great, very friendly and helpful. Would definitely order from them again
Thank you for your patience, skill, and ability to make learning the piano fun for my son!
My son has taken lessons from Ms. Martin for over 6 years! He has truly grown as a musician under her guidance!
Shelley is really good with my 9 year old as a new student. She makes it fun and interesting for him. She’s very experienced in teaching music lessons to all ages.
9. EZ Money Pawn Superstore
Address: 5462 Central Ave, Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
Best pawn shop in Hot Springs Arkansas. They have computers and all types of electronics. Guns and tools of all types. Do you collect movies because they have lots of them. Are you looking for some jewelry for that special person in your life, then you should check out their jewelry collection. Do you enjoy fishing like I do? They have many rod and reels to choose from. Need a small loan? Then bring your trade items to EZ Money Pawn Superstore. They are really good folks.
Myself and my fiance had a great time with elite limousine service
Excellent customer service and very professional
Do they have ez points with Lana card?
Friendly attitude, helpful
This Is also Elite pawn shop. We stopped to pawn our rings and they offered us crackhead prices for them. But I do have to admit very nice people
Nothing special
They are NOT open 24/7. This is a lie.
10. Best Buy
Address: 1462 Higdon Ferry Rd, Hot Springs, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
Don’t expect to get help or waited on if you’re buying anything. You literally have to track down the sales people!!!
Updated: I’ve been going over all of my reviews and have noticed this one didn’t give the store justice any longer. From three years ago…I CRINGED when I had to go here to buy anything. NOW….the sales people are everywhere wanting to assist. Good job guys!
Was awesome they installed my radio. He was very helpful and quickly put the stereo in. Very pleased.
They had exactly what I wanted in stock. The staff was friendly and welcoming. The sales woman that helped us was very polite, knowledgeable, and went the extra mile to see that we were satisfied and got the right product that we needed. I would definitely recommend this store.
Awesome place sales reps are helpful and not too pushy. So much tech stuff tvs are always cheap. But explore entire floor as they have cheapest best deals right at the checkout.
Not much help from associates here
They answered all the questions with my purchase I asked for so
Inventory was abysmal and no one offered to assist me.
Tv delivered from Best Buy broken. Hot Springs said they would replace it the same day but after 30 min on the phone they finally said to ship it back ups! Clown show
The Establishment in my town closes at 11 p.m. I showed up at 10:45 pull up in the parking lot and what I’m guessing is a manager in a white shirt gave me a don’t do it sign with only 15 minutes left like they didn’t want to service anybody I only needed to go in to grab a cord and out but never got the opportunity to do it I guess they don’t like making money
11. Wonderland
Address: National Park, 5917 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
I went with a friend and she was told they would be right with her. Unfortunately she got skipped over twice and we ended up leaving.
Neat
Don’t bother. Order what you need online. This place is insanely overpriced, and even though they have a couple of really nice employees…the others are just snotty jerks.
My daughter went into this shop to look into getting her first tattoo. May I mention she is 18 With An ID. One of the employees looks at her ID which clearly states she was 18 an told her she had to leave. Mind you he let her friend stay. The employee told her friend he kicked her out due to him wanting to hit on her male friend. This place is very unprofessional an i dont recommend this place.
I swung by for the $1 vape juice sale. When I went to pay with my card the clerk asked to see my ID. “cool” I thought “he’s just going to match up the names and… WTF?” he was copying down my ENTIRE Driver License Number and birth date. This was totally not cool and not how normal businesses operate. I would highly encourage anyone thinking of stopping by this place to think of other alternatives.
12. Billy’s House of Guitars
Address: 201 E Broadway, Glenwood, AR 71943 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
There is no other place quite like this one. Antiques and music memorabilia they would normally expect to find in a museum can be found right here in Glenwood. I was fortunate enough to meet the owner a few years ago but but even today the story is still amazing
Awesome!! Billy was super nice and the history in that place was amazing!!
Always have loved this place ever since it opened years ago…
Interesting place not a store as much as a museum
13. Walmart Supercenter
Address: 4019 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
Clean store, friendly staff, can always find what you need.
Loved it
Affordable prices, exciting views from time to time, awesome staff, clean environment, my kids love the toy section
Its a Wal-Mart. What more needs be said
Have what I need.
Good place
Still not any better than the last review. Bad management when you won’t even put hamburger meat on sale for the 4th of July! Everything about the place gives Walmart a bad name! I don’t recommend and I try to avoid it at all cost. It’s a crying shame that the 1 and only big shopping store happens to be run so poorly and cheaply! When any other big industry chain store opens up within 25 miles this place will be bankrupt as I know I’m not the only one who can see the problem clearly! Avoid when possible as I do…
Worked all day spent over a 100 dollars and not one lane open so I didn’t fill out an application to be a cashier and where is my employee discount to self checkout my own groceries . This is pitiful for a company to want to save labor and the consumer has to scan their own groceries . Sucks for the community as there are no jobs out there because your too cheap to hire them just to save money.
I have never written a negative that was negative for the sake of being negative. I’m doing this as a service to the community. Anyone that knows me knows I’m Fair if anything lead towards the business when writing reviews. With that disclaimer I would like to say that the oil and lube department at Walmart has the absolute worst people skills. I recently took my vehicle in to get tires without a problem. So when I needed my oil changed I went to the same exact Walmart. They were rude. they were horrible. I was the only car there there was no other customer so it wasn’t an excuse of being busy they went out of their way not to work. They sat around laughing and carrying on as if nothing in the world was wrong. Once they finally decided to help us it had been 20 minutes. Then I said my job would have to wait because I was behind other customers there was no one in the bays no one to pull in and had not seen another customer. I highly recommend not going here for any service whatsoever I know it won’t do any good but I felt better about letting the community know if you have a good experience consider yourself very lucky. #LANEtv
14. Pak Plaza Pawn Shop
Address: 3601 Central Ave, Hot Springs National Park, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
I tried not to look at the guns when I was there but they do have a great selection, I just didn’t want to have to spend the money…twist my arm here guys. Ended up looking at their extensive tool selection. They have a very good selection of drills, wrenches and stuff. I ended up finding a laser level that I have been hunting for months. These guys had the exact style I wanted and they gave me a fantastic price. I will be back when I am in town next. Friendly helpful staff too!
Wonderful selection with delightful surprises. The customer service is amazing.
Great people , good prices, and easy to deal with.
It was fine
The place is ok, good staff, lot of guns and gutairs and whatnot but, when i went to the gun section, all the guns you could ever want, just cheapest gun I looked at was about 300$ wish they had the old Saturday night specials I like.sadly i think the 22 pocket revolvers are going out of popularity
This place is crowded with stuff. Prices are pretty high imo. They are asking premium prices for some things that you would otherwise have trouble giving away
Owner was very un professional & rude , make sure you remove your attachments to your guns before you pawn had a very bad experience with this group of individuals never again never again!!!
My husband and I were just in to look around. He ran across a hand gun he was very interested in. He had it pulled out to hold, talked to the lady about the details. He didn’t have his wallet on hand. He said let him think a second and grab his wallet. Even talked about how much he needed for layaway, talked about price along with what comes with it. Lady agreed to hold it for second while he gathered his thoughts. We walked out to car, grabbed his wallet and then back in to purchase said hand gun. And the lady sold it. Very unprofessional, this all happened in a matter of a few minutes. The lady could of double checked to make sure my husband wasnt purchasing it, which she would of found him walking back from car with wallet. We purchase several firearms yearly from local pawn shopes and never seen a business transaction go so shady. Even as a by stander in the situation, my jaw dropped from the lack of respect and dishonestly.
I would not recommend this establishment to anyone and will let other local gun collectors know as well.
Heads up anyone thinking of looking for ammo here, they have it priced at about double the market price.
Shady shady shady
If I could give zero stars I would.
So I have used this pawn twice. When I have needed money for bills real quick. The first time, I was able to get 45$ for my item, and was told since I paid on time, that I would get the same price next time if need be, well a month later I was in the same situation, and I go in and was told that they had to lower the price because the price we got last time was too high and should of never been given to us. The owner lowered the price down to 30, but its the same exact item I brought in the first time. Today I got my item back, took it home and started cleaning it since its electronic, and as I’m cleaning I see something move in the back vents, well I move the item a little bit and a bug comes out of the vents, and to the front of the item in a USB port, I get some tweezers and pull the bug out, and its a roach! And a baby one at that, so I now have to completely take apart this item to make sure I didn’t bring bugs home!!! I will never go back to this place. The customer service was horrid, and they don’t honor their own words, at all!
15. Shuffield Music Company
Address: 610 Main St, Arkadelphia, AR 71923 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
My “go to” place for any band gear, lights and sound. Paul knows his stuff and is always ready to help. I love dealing with an Owner Operated family business.
Best place to find the things you need for all your audio, video, and instruments. Even better service, they stand behind everything they sell and do!
Good folks here, it is a pleasure to deal with Paul he is a kind hearted person and eager to help, he also is a great musician and knows his way around the guitar.
Not to bad
Great local music store. We have shopped here for years.
Rude
Good place to buy guitars, don’t ask them to fix anything you own uness you want it damaged.
16. Hot Topic
Address: 4501 Central Ave, Hot Springs, AR 71913 , Lake Hamilton , Arkansas , United States
