Discover the top 5 music shops in Mountain City

Great high quality finds. Very organized.

Lots of neat stuff

Just a reminder for this place, bring cash, because I don’t think the sellers inside take card. I mainly go when I’m visiting downtown Clayton, and this place is my main store to buy diecast at for my collection.

Mostly collectables but some interesting finds.

Flea Market, some antiques, toys, vinyl records, collectibles. Worth a stop couple times a year.

Lots of interesting things to look at.

The guy that sells sportscards and collectibles is a scam artist. Has cards that are worth $1 listed for $80 in his store. Multiple cards almost ever card overpriced by 100s%. Makes the hobby look bad. Do better!!!

Why this place hasn’t been shut down is beyond me. Everything is moldy, broken, dirty and EVERYTHING is musty….not the good antique store smell, but the wet basement of all that’s nasty smell. Run from this place. Make sure you are up to date on your shots before you go.

Over the top display of albums if you’re in the market for records. Nice leather shop with lots of belts, holsters, and other leather products. Not many of the vendors were at their booths. It was a Friday.

Chris at Ruth Guitars is pretty much the only person I trust w my gtrs. I play over 200 shows a year, and trust Chris w all my electronic work, set ups, he’s even lent me a couple custom made LG Series guitars for high profile gigs. His custom builds come standard w superior hardware including premium handwired pickups. From repairs to tone-shaping and beyond, Chris at Ruth Guitars always goes above expectations and over-delivers a product that is eye-catching, fun to play, sounds impossibly good, custom made to your specs, and affordable. Call him TODAY for any repair or maintenance, its getting cold out! You’ll want to get your hands on one of his numerous custom builds (If you can get it off his wall long enough I recommend the black LG model) and start spec’ing YOUR handmade custom model. Pictured below is the TC model w literally too many tonal options to list here. Your tonal palette is only limited by your own imagination. Chris can bring your dream sound to your hands! I wish I could give more than 5-stars!

So, I brought my project guitar to Ruth Guitars that I’ve been holding onto for years. I asked him to build it how he would like it. Oops! Turned out way better than I had ever thought! He was able to install the neck, wire in a crazy cool pick up, added strings and locking bar for the tuners. Superb work! I’ve played several of his guitars and they all have great action and are super comfortable! Highly recommended!