If you are looking for a guitar, this place rocks. Quality stuff at a fair price. My son takes lessons now, and I hope to take bass lessons soon.
Excellent music store.
Great place to get you’re guitar accessories with helpful staff
Nice small business. Very helpful.
Friendly staff and good service for a small buisness . your go to place if you dont want to drive a 100 miles to Guitar Center store .
Great local guitar store. Eric does a great job running this store.
I went in yesterday and asked about a Gretch open back banjo on the back wall that didn’t have a price tag. The reply I got from the bearded gent behind the counter was ” I don’t know, probably $300 or something”, and then he walked away like I didn’t exist. The vibe I got from him was “I dont want to help you. I won’t help you”. I buy a LOT of instruments and spend thousands of dollars per year on all sorts of music equipment, but this store has shown me that they don’t want my business and they aren’t interested in having any sort of customer care. I didn’t want to go to Guitar Center anymore, I would like to buy from a local store, but Guitars and More has discouraged me from doing any business with them. My advice to other customers is to go elsewhere. They don’t want your business and they don’t deserve your business.
The people are nice but the stuff you buy here is garbage.
3. Art’s Music Shop, Inc
Address: 4647 US-280, Birmingham, AL 35242 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
This is an excellent music shop with any kind of music instrument or sheet music you might be looking for – whether student model or professional level instrument they have it. Recommended
I called and they didnt answear
Friendly attentive staff, but not a single guitar cleaning product of any kind except what they had open for their own use. Don’t really understand that… Part of owning an instrument is maintenance
Took in my guitar to get set up and to get the fret buzz handled. They told me it would take them three days. I took it to them on a Monday and I called them Thursday. They hadn’t even gotten started on it. (They said it was school season but if you tell me three days then stick by what you say) I told them I needed it by Friday morning and they told me they’d have it ready. I go that Friday morning and it was “set up” apparently. They didn’t even do my intonation and I’m pretty sure they didn’t use the string gauge I requested. To make things worse the fret buzz was horrendous. Like my guitar was unplayable, even more than before. Horrible service to say the least. I absolutely do not recommend getting your guitars set up here. Downright disgusting.
Do not, I repeat, DO NOT rent instruments from here. All they want is your $$$. I can’t begin to tell you what a nightmare it had been renting our child’s instrument from them this year for school. I wish I could give negative stars. The breaking point was last week when we returned the instrument but was charged another $90 for the month of June. ITS NOT JUNE yet!!!!!!
Schools have no business partnering with companies like this!
4. Homewood Musical Instrument Co
Address: 1712 28th Ave S, Homewood, AL 35209 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
Knowledgeable, friendly guys with a great selection!
I’ve never been in here but I will be again for sure. Very friendly and fast service. I left with a smile and a laugh..oh and the guitar stuff I came here for
Good product, Good service.
Friendly atmosphere and lots of instruments.
I’ve never dealt with someone so rude over the phone. The owner tried to guilt me with sarcasm and acted like victim when I questioned a price. Full story: I asked to order a cello string. All was going well (owner answered questions about speed of shipping and availability of the string), but then he quoted a price ($81) that was far above what other shops charge. I said respectfully that “I’ve purchased the string for $45 at other walk-in shops” and he became sarcastic and argumentative with me, claiming he was “holding my hand” through the process, and said “Well, I have to pay $35 for this string so what do YOU think is fair for ME to make? $15? What is 35 + 15, huh? Ohhh, maybe $50 is more than you can afford?” A simple, “well this is my price” would have been fine as a response from him, but I felt disrespected so I hung up and decided I’m never going to spend a dime Homewood Musical Instrument Co. I advise everyone else to steer clear of this shop and the guy who owns it.
5. Guitars and More LLC. Cullman
Address: 103 2nd Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
Eric was great at helping my husband decide on his dream guitar.
Eric is THE MAN!!!!! I was hunting a particular tremolo bar and talking about some other problems I was having with an amp and he went above and beyond to take care of me. No need to go to the big cities for gear anymore when you have someone like him who makes sure that anyone who comes through that door is more then happy with their gear. Definitly wont be going anywhere else or online shopping anymore with service and selection like Guitars and More.
Great place to do business…cant beat Eric on customer service
Wouldn’t go here for the lessons, good service though.
The people are friendly but the guitars were little high-priced in my opinion
Not a good experience at all, they have rescheduled my grandson twice, mind you we did not miss any sessions, they rescheduled us and then just took us off the schedule period. Carried my Grandson anyway thinking he was on schedule and Sage came in 10 minutes late and finished 5 minutes early…making it a 15 minute session instead of a 30 minute session as paid for. Spoke really negative to my Grandson and then refused any refund for missed sessions that THEY canceled. My Grandson loves everyone but does not want to go back, I’m saddened that because someone is a child that they are treated with less respect.
6. Highland Music
Address: 3000 Clairmont Ave, Birmingham, AL 35205 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
First time in the shop today. Went in to grab some strings and ended up buying a new guitar!
The deal was so good that I didn’t even play it in the store. Snagged a pre owned (and flawless) Ibanez RG5 with a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gate at the bridge, a Hot Rail in the middle, and an EMG H4 at the neck for $250! There’s more than $250 in pickups on it!
Will absolutely be stopping in regularly to check out the inventory.
Great selection of new and used gear.They have some very rare vintage guitars & amps
Great staff and selection. Real local musicians work and hang out here. Very cool place.
They generally have the best used stock in Birmingham, lots of great vintage pieces, really just lots of stuff. However, they are not online, not even something as simple as a stock list. it’s really disappointing because I would like to shop and but from them, but it is not easy to get to their location (middle of downtown area, near the hospitals and trendy eating, so lots of traffic). I would buy so much more stuff from them if they would put up anything that simply listed their current stock. I can’t call them and say “hey man, list all of your guitars and conditions for me” every few day, and I am not about to drive 60 minutes from my suburb on a whim. Although I would be up there like a shot if there was an online presence/list, and there was something I wanted. But, since I never know what is up with that place or their stock, and gas is $$$, I just occasionally go, and rarely purchase. Great store, but 4 stars for no way of knowing stock ahead of a long drive through terrible traffic.
Great selection of vintage guitars and amplifiers. New equipment also.
Got a good deal on a used Vox guitar amp. The staff are knowledgeable and friendly. I fully intend to return.
Twice treated very rudely by staff. I’m over it.
Pretentious and overpriced….typical music store snobbery
As a local of BHM I’ve been to Highland Music many times over the last 10 years or so. They’ve always had an interesting selection of gear. You’ll see the usual flow of second-hand gear pass through. It seems like a popular place to sell your guitar or amp on consignment. Highland also has some neat vintage stuff. They have several vintage CBS era Strats hanging out behind the counter. They have always managed to have a few other vintage Fenders too. They even have a literal wall of vintage Fender Champ amps that include tweed, blackface, and silverface era examples. So why the low score you ask?
The problem with Highland music is the people working there consistently give customers a negative experience. These guys are unknowledgeable in the gear they carry-not the biggest deal. That would be easily forgiven if it weren’t for their habit of just making up stuff to sound smart when they don’t have an answer. What’s worse than this is their attitude toward customers. Don’t bother asking to play one of those cool vintage guitars. You will only be met with a snide remark about how you probably can’t afford it. Both myself and friends have experienced this kind of rude talk from Highland Music, and it’s honestly lead to our decision of willfully not spending our money there.
I do not intend on bashing this store. I am not an angry internet troll, and this is not that kind of post. I genuinely want to see Highland Music succeed. Despite the faults I have complained about, I think it is the coolest guitar store we have in BHM. I would love to see these sort of things change.
7. Art’s Music Shop, Inc
Address: 1001 Commons Dr #2, Dothan, AL 36303 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
Great place has been here for many years. Good selection of variety of instruments and peripherals. Very friendly and helpful people. Have shopped here before and will again, I’m sure. Thanks again for a wonderful experience in your store.
Very helpful and courteous to children who show an interest in music
Excellent Service…
Very pleasant and friendly environment with caring and helpful staff that go the extra mile to help, looking forward to doing lots of business with them
I’ve had a terrible time working with people from this store to swap instruments. The sales person says that he has emailed and tried to call, yet there is no log of a call from his number or from the store’s number back three months and no email, even in the junk folder, in that same time frame. They seem totally bent on causing my son problems in band class because the teacher has no extra instruments for him to use during class time either.
Very very expensive
I walked in to look for guitar. When I ask for help the little boy said I can’t help you and walked off. I’m assuming because I didn’t have a mask on. I wasn’t asked to leave the store or that I couldn’t shop inside. The sign simply said “please wear a mask” There was no consideration that I have underlying conditions and cannot wear a mask.
You all should change your sign to “no mask no service“ instead of embarrassing people like you did.
8. Ron Partain’s World of Music
Address: 1914 Cogswell Ave, Pell City, AL 35125 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
Great locally owned shop with very friendly and knowledgeable staff!
Ron is hilarious! He hooked my son up with an acoustic bass and let him play for a while. We will definitely be back for a purchase.
Awesome people great experience.
It’s a shame places like this will be going out of business soon. If they would have what I needed or was interested in like certain pickups or more interesting pedals and better guitars this would be an awesome place the last time I went in there the walls were filled with Nashville guitars and they had a couple good electrics but literally every acoustic guitar hanging on the wall was a Nashville guitar and I was looking for a Taylor or Martin but I’ve never seen anything like that in that store I go there to buy picks and strings but that’s only because they don’t have a guitar store in Talladega. When they don’t have pickups I need they asked me if I want them to order it but in this day and age I can just do that myself and get it for cheaper because looking at the price of the looper pedals they’re not buying them wholesale they’re buying them straight off of a website and marking the price up.. The people are super nice I hate giving a three-star review but I’m just being honest.
Wonderful music store.Friendly staff. Very helpful in supplying me with what I needed from instrument to private music lessons.
Nice place. Good selection conveniently located.
I read reviews for this shop and thought it was an honest place to sell my gear. I walked in with an Epiphone AJ 220, with an Epiphone molded hardshell case I bought seperately, and an Epiphone “Snake Pit” 15w practice amp. ALL in like new condition. She plugged the guitar in and it was only the fourth time it had ever been plugged in. I never put the guitar in the case without wiping it down first. Look everything I listed up for yourself, and you’ll see what I lost. I messed up and let the lady know that I was in dire need of money for my family. The old guy asked where I bought it, and when I told him, he said he’d lost alot of business to “places like that”. No. I looked around the shop, and all he had was used gear that had been repaired and put up for sale. Junk. My guitar was the nicest instrument there! The reason he’s losing business is because he’s trying to sell junk and beating people in need out of what their instruments are worth. The lady acted like she was on Pawn Stars! If I hadn’t had needed the money really bad, I would have told her where she could stick her $200! That’s all they gave me for everything I brought in. Look up the items I listed, and you’ll see I did my part to support this business! The reviews I read must have been friends of theirs, because they definately misled me. Not fair at all.
Walked in today to look around and from the moment I walked in the door, the older gentleman (I guess the owner?) had his eye on me and was watching me like a hawk, made me feel unwelcome to be there. He asked if I was looking for anything in particular and when I told him very politely he didn’t have what I was looking for he arrogantly told me “I opened this store in 1973 and everything you see in the store is priced the same as you’d get it online” like ok bud I wasn’t complaining about the price you just don’t have what I was looking for. When I told him I wasn’t looking to buy today, and was just looking around he made a sarcastic comment about “well if you’re not buying, we can just put this back on the shelf” ??? I continued to walk around and look at some more product and he continued to watch me like a hawk until I got in my car and pulled out of the parking spot. All of my musician friends have recommended I don’t frequent this store, and I can honestly say, after that experience, I will not and will tell anyone that asks not to either. Lousy excuse for customer service.
9. Metro Music
Address: 155 S St Andrews St, Dothan, AL 36301 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
After a Mandolin neck reset & new strings, I consider Metro Music The Only Go To Place for me-John took a problem and turned it into a pleasure-Thanks so Much Friends!!!
Great place
Great guitar shop!! The owner has been around for a while and knows his stuff.
Not very well stocked. Had to go to a different music store for the rest of what my son needed for band, or I could wait a week.
Fun friendly staff
Only giving 4 stars because l never give 5. In the event I’m ever truly blown away by a business where am l to go if I’ve already peppered 5 stars everywhere…
That being said, I do repairs and mods from the house. So l usually order my supplies online. I was pleasantly surprised that metro had everything I needed to finish a job in a pinch. They hat the exact 500k pots and capacitors l needed in stock. Knew exactly what l was talking about and had it in my hand and out the door in less than five minutes. At a reasonable price too…
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10. Mikes Music
Address: 2922 Ross Clark Cir, Dothan, AL 36301 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
Great selection of instruments, knowledgeable, and great service when needed.
Bought my daughter a saxaphone here. Great prices and much better quality than the cheap instruments on Amazon.
Mike and Shawn are both super knowledgeable and helpful guys. They really know their stuff and are quite fair. Worth stopping by and is very beginner friendly, but also can cater to the pro. Thanks for the great shopping experience.
The guy there at the desk was very helpful. Not only did he find what we were looking for quick and efficiently, he also gave us tips and other information about the different levels of thickness on each reed. Very good place for beginners and for those who need more equipment.
Great customer service and selection. We highly recommend Mike’s music. We have purchased several items and will be returning.
Will never shop there again. He doesn’t stand behind his product. Brought a brand new keyboard from him and didn’t even have it for 2 months. All of the A#’s/Bb’s went out and he wouldn’t even take a look at it or even offer anything to help fix his shady product. Thought I found a place to get good quality instruments at a reasonable price but definitely was wrong. Now I have to spend more money on a new keyboard. I will never shop at Mike’s Music ever again.
Came back for a second time hoping that it was better than a previous visit which occurred maybe a year ago. Nothing changed! Had a sarcastic attitude and told jokes. This guy has poor customer service. I wouldn’t dare step foot in there again after today.
11. What’s on 2nd
Address: 1101 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
Owner has tons of stories about his growing and varied collection
Great assortment of period pieces.
You’ll find some gems and treasures here. Lots of cool history
Cool place expensive though
This place has everything from retro video games to campaign buttons from 50 years ago, and everything in between. Definitely check them out if you’re in the area.
Great items
Generally over priced junk that you could find at a thrift store for the most part. Some items that were decent but it does NOT live up to the hype.
He wanted top dollar for his stuff but was only willing to give 125 for at least 700 dollars worth of stuff
12. Fretted Instruments
Address: 2906 Linden Ave, Birmingham, AL 35209 , Olho d’Água do Casado , Alabama , United States
