Great staff. Nice selection. Lots of lower-end guitars/basses, but some REALLY nice top-shelf gems mixed in!
hello im drummer steve snow ive been shopping both buying and selling music equiptment. years plus here. well very fair . and good people to deal with. thank you music go round for supporting my music needs. truly liven for music. steve snow
Good place to buy gear if you are on a budget. Used guitars and amps at very reasonable prices for the most part and very friendly staff too. I bought a guitar online from another music go round, but did buy a practice amp from this location.
I enjoy coming to music go round to at the very least browse through the great selection of guitars and basses. I bought my acoustic guitar from here and it’s been great
I am very pleased with the extra level of customer service that the staff and the management at the Lilburn store provided me recently while working through some issues with the item that I had purchases. Highly recommended!
Absolutely abysmal and highly unprofessional experience trying to buy an instrument here. I found an instrument I wanted on the store’s website, and I called immediately to enquire as to its availability. Being told it was still available, I asked if it was possible to hold it for a student of mine who would purchase it pending me as his teacher trying it out. I was told they could purchase it and have it held until I could try it.
The day I had planned to come to the store, I called to inform them of the time of my arrival. They said they could not find the instrument and said it might have been sold, only to later discover that someone had put the instrument in an area where it would be later sent to a repair shop prior to shipping to my student. Fair enough, I guess people make mistakes. I arrived at the store and confirmed that the instrument was in good condition and acceptable for my student. The instrument was slated to be sent out for minor repairs before being shipped to my student prior to the beginning of school starting this past week.
This week, when my student called to ask when the instrument was estimated to arrive, they told them that they had indeed then accidentally put the instrument back on the shelf and sold it to a secondary party, even though my student had already purchased the instrument. Incredible.
I have never witnessed such ineptitude at any store in my entire life. This is unacceptable, and the best I got from anyone over the course of this entire experience was a shrug of the shoulders.
AVOID THIS PLACE.
Went in to buy strings for my son instrument and price is 2 times higher than others store
. Not very professional employees and store also Feels like Pawn Shop . Don’t waste your time and money.
Cheap, well used gear.
3. Town Center Music
Address: 4072 Suwanee Dam Rd NW, Suwanee, GA 30024 , Marín , Georgia , United States
A great music store!! The staff is helpful, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. I drove from Fort Valley, GA (southwest of Macon) to purchase another bass amp for practice and ended up with not only a practice amp, but another bass guitar….
Nothing but good experiences here. Fair prices, honest, knowledgeable staff. Recently purchased a bass. Also had significant luthier work done on my 80s MiJ Squire Strat that was well worth the labor costs. They’ve made it into the only Strat I’ll ever need to own.
(notice I didn’t say “want to own”, though!)
We’ve been coming to TCM since March when we bought our son his first guitar from Mr. John Michael. We were so impressed from our first experience and that satisfaction has only grown over the past 7 months as each week we stop in for lessons, a nice chat, guitar advice, and a restring/neck adjustment over the summer. Everyone there is super knowledgeable and kind. They have a wide range of price points for anyone from beginner to expert. His guitar teacher, Mr. Greg, is a fun and gifted musician. My husband and I are amazed by how quickly our son has been able to learn both technique and music and play real songs from his favorite bands. TCM, you have earned our business for life. We highly recommend!!
Much better store I not been here in a while the past manager was not a music guy or a manger known as a air head I will be back
Good
Taught my kids to play guitar
Went in there a couple days ago. Not a huge fan. Workers aren’t very pleasant people and they come up to you every 10 minutes kind of giving you the hint to leave if you’re not gonna buy anything like you’re in there too long.
Great for beginners I guess. Don’t come in here expecting higher quality equipment and experience. Name of their game is to hook beginners onto cheap equipment (which is totally fine) and get you out. No hanging out in there jamming for an extended time.
Maybe I came in on a bad day.
AVOID AVIOD
High prices not helpful run by a guy who looks 40 and still in a garage band no music
background not open late any place better then here. Manger is clueless.
Not where u want to shop you find poorly trained staff and not music people I shopped here off and on for years . just not good pepole
4. Ponce De Leon Music Center
Address: 1060 Dahlonega Hwy, Cumming, GA 30040 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Always helpful staff during my few visits to repair an instrument.
honestly, i like this place more than guitar center. they have literally everything i need and saying that the employees are very helpful is an understatement. every time i come to the store, the employees are always kind and available to help me out, or tell me about instruments. these people really know their stuff. they’re also cool people to just chat with in general. they are very patient, too. in addition, the atmosphere is overall quiet, and it’s clean. all the instruments are basically spotless and they function perfectly, amps and everything. ian and katie are the best. this is truly my favorite store! 😀
— kaiya
Super friendly and easy to deal with!!!
The store is a complete music store with good inventory.
Great staff- very friendly. Good selection of acoustic guitar strings. I have worked with Grayson several times for string replacement, set-up, fret cleaning and conditioning for an old Ovation Balladeer, and she sounds and plays better than ever!
String prices are a little higher than a bigger chain like guitar center or ken stanton. But not much more. If you live in area you’d spend that in gas getting to guitar center. So very fair. Very helpful staff. They are friendly and receptive. Lots of guitars. And unique ones from popular brands. I be digging it.
Had to make a quick stop to grab a few things. I know it was closing time. I was trying to make it quick. When they started harassing my husband reminding him when they close he left and we took our business somewhere else. Customers want to feel welcomed, not reminded how unfortunate you are to have to lock the door right at 5:00.
The customer service is awful I definitely won’t be back there every again
5. Jerry Lee’s Music Store
Address: 101 West St Patrick St, St Marys, GA 31558 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Quality instruments and great service by knowledgeable people.
I had a great experience at Jerry Lee’s Music. Everyone I met in the store was friendly and helpful. Jerry provided professional and honest advice on my purchase of a new Breedlove. If you like guitars combined with personal service, I recommend Jerry Lee’s store.
We purchased our daughter’s trombone from Jerry prior to her first year in band this past summer. He’s great guy, very knowledgeable and knew exactly what we needed. We’ve been looking at a guitar for one of our other children (shh, don’t tell!) and when we’re ready to purchase, Jerry’s store will be the place because we know we can trust him.
Neat little music shop with some quality products. Not a huge selection, but they have what you need.
I just dropped off my daughters trumpet for a stuck valve. I was promptly greeted with a friendly smile. When I get the horn back I will up date my review.
Nice people. They also offer classes at reasonable prices for any aspiring musicians.
If you are into electric guitars, the selection is very limited, and even the ones in stock had problems.
6. Music Authority Inc
Address: 123 Merchants Square, Cumming, GA 30040 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Best place to learn music, all instruments. Dawn is amazing!
This music store is great! I needed help fixing my guitar and one of the staff members fixed it in 5 min and was so kind! Highly recommend this place.
Brooke Sutton is an awesome piano teacher. We have been with her for several months and my 5th grader is doing amazing!! Thankful for this program and Brooke!!
My 10 yr old daughter and I take piano lessons at Music Authority. Our instructor, Brooke, along with a lot of practice, has taken us from zero musical experience to reading and playing the piano in a few short months.
We enjoy the lessons each week and we learn something at each one. Our instructor is a gifted teacher. She changes up the lesson plans so throughout our lsns, and at home practice, we learn music theory, practice skills exercises, and learn songs. It pushes us to go further but doesn’t overwhelm.
If your looking to learn an instrument or two, this is a good place to start. Music camps and performances are offered as well. You can get as involved as you want.
Went in for a purchase. Didn’t end up buying, but one of the owners assisted me and had a lot of knowledge to offer. People came in and out for lessons and they were all treated very well… you can see the passion. The store could use a bit of updating, which is the primary reason for 4 stars instead of 5.
Mr.Mark is my son’s Piano teacher and my son enjoys his piano lessons.
Placed guitar on lay away, son decided he didn’t want it, the stated they’d give me back $13 of the $50 because they keep 15% of the full price of the guitar for a “restocking fee” I told them just to keep the damn $13 because it sounds like they need it. Although I lost $50 on dealing with these disgusting blood sucking ingrates I at least feel great that I didn’t follow through with the deal.
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Very unfriendly if you can’t use the exact terms correctly,
7. Gwinnett Discount Music
Address: 155 Gwinnett Dr, Lawrenceville, GA 30046 , Marín , Georgia , United States
They were very knowledgeable of everything and made the entire process of renting an instrument extremely easy.
Mitch is always a great help and very knowledgeable!
Thus shop is great. Their prices are usually the same or can beat what you may pay online. I think it is due to the owner starting the store as a retirement project and not with big money aspirations. The staff is knowledgeable and helpful. I know they have been in business since at least the 90’s and have expanded the store into neighboring locations for more room.
Good range of guitars, but be prepared to dicker, because the marked prices stink.
Great rental program
Good prices, knowledgeable employees. Weird location.
They want to charge me just to tell me how much the repair costs
I purchased a flute from here, one year ago, in hopes that my daughter would do well with it. Unfortunately, after a year that has not been the case. I contacted the store in hopes of transitioning her into another horn but the owner was unwilling to work with me at all, even though I’m a past customer. Therefore, I do not recommend this store.
The employee I spoke with was very nice. Unfortunately when I spoke to the owner about selling 2 of my instruments, he was quiet the opposite. He didn’t greet me what’s so ever, barely made eye contact, went straight to inspecting the instruments. He Told me he didn’t want one because it was “falling apart and it would cost more to fix” (which it wasn’t, it was barley used) and offered me an extremely low price for the other instrument, without any explanation. I ended up going to Music GO Round in Duluth and I’m extremely glad I did. Both instruments were in good condition.
8. Randy Wood Guitars
Address: 1304 US-80, Bloomingdale, GA 31302 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Great place to find a starter guitar or mandolin or a classic. Helpful staff.. a local treasure!
Cool place!
Very helpful and courteous
Good people here. May be a bit expensive.
Good selection and good customer service
Went to eat at Flacos Tacos.
Terrible service and terrible work.
Would never recommend to anyone.
Stay away!
Had a Gibson SG refinished here and it was terrible. Very patchy and uneven coverage. Worst of all was the headstock. I am a little perplexed though, they have many great reviews and other great pictures. The folks there were nice, decent selection of guitars for sale, no other complaints. I’m not sure why my guitar came out so bad.
9. Southern Music Company
Address: 1102 16th Ave E, Cordele, GA 31015 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Great place with great prices and knowledgeable people. Would highly recommend to anyone.
Best place in South GA, they did some repairs on my grandfather’s 1980 ibenez guitar and just all round great job, best people to do business with when it comes to guitars and other musical needs
Very friendly and professional services. They are reasonable on prices. All around great store very clean. Very good items to choose from.
This is a nice locally owned music store. Very good selection of guitars and other musical instruments. The staff is super friendly and knowledgeable. Stop by and support a small business!
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10. Music & Arts
Address: 12182 Hwy 92, Woodstock, GA 30188 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Cailey went above and beyond for us. We needed several things, and her store had one. She called other stores to get our items, had them shipped to her store, and called me when they arrived. We will definitely be shopping there again.
What a pleasant surprise to find this store in Walmart. Cailey was extremely knowledgeable and honest about the products in the store and she went out of her way to guide me through the process of buying my first violin.
I would like to thank Cailey for all she did to help me. Made a great suggestion as a gift for my grandson. Which help me so much. But she went out of her way to call different stores to find the item and then went out of her way to go and pick it up at a different store for me. Thanks for all your help. Great sales person.
Good service and very knowledgeable
This location needs to let people know that actual store hours because they do not open at 11am. Came by today to drop off an instrument and still closed at 11:45am.
They tried several times to take $800 out of my account for rental. Had to cancel my bank card-
Went to this location to rent a Cello because that is where the school told us to go. Despite calling to confirm they have every size Cello available, upon arriving, I was told by the Associate that she does not have anything to size my child for a Cello. When I told her we were sent to this store and if she can’t help us we would have to find a store that could, she said she was sorry that she could not help us and allowed us to walk out of the store. Will not be renting or buying from this store ever!
11. Guitar Center
Address: 970 North Point Dr Suite A120, Alpharetta, GA 30022 , Marín , Georgia , United States
Employee insisted I give my phone number after purchase in case I lose my receipt and that I would not be contacted. One week later and I get a call for a customer service survey. If they call me again I will file a complaint for being contacted without opting-in.
Good staff and service how ever they are too busy to answer questions usually.
Informational
Not the friendliest staff. Plus be ready to hunt down help.
You shouldn’t have asked!
I went, with big hopes, to get a Christmas gift for my husband (he’s a guitar aficionado) and I left empty handed! LOUSY, USELESS service!!!! And the kid that “helped” me, obviously didn’t want to be there or be bothered!
