Matt is the man! Fantastic guitar teacher and all around great musician. He can fix most anything with a string. Always friendly and easy to talk to. Customer service is top notch. Very personal guy that won’t oversell you. You can go wrong with Tweed music.
I’ve never been to a guitar shop I like more than tweed. Matt’s knowledge and skill as a luthier Is incredible. I’ve had 5 guitars setup at this shop and they always come out perfectly. Matt has always been friendly and helpful regarding any questions or advice I need, and has never tried to up-charge or oversell me. If you’re looking for a great deal on a guitar, I’d also recommend stopping by. I’ve bought both an electric and acoustic here, and have gotten a great deal on both.
Super friendly, laid back atmosphere, but he definitely knows guitars. Expert, professional, and approachable; unlike the big chain places that make you feel like an outsider.
Very cool place.
7. Lisenby’s Music Shop
Address: 831 S Memorial Dr, Prattville, AL 36067 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Excellent service and very good price and guaranty recommend!!
I’ve known the owner Lance since 2006 and there is no way I would give anything but a good eval. Always wished that I was as positive as him. Anytime I need something from strings to guitars if he hasn’t got it, he’ll get it. Made me ,mad when he moved to Prattville, now I have to drive an extra 5 miles to get some strings. LOL.
Lance and Tracy are nice folks. They have a good selection of strings and accessories. Neat place for obscure instruments.
8. BEATS BY THE KEY STUDIOS
Address: 2112 Lauderdale St, Selma, AL 36701 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Everyone was not only friendly and helpful but extremely knowledgeable too! The person who helped me had a degree in music! (So much more than just a sales clerk.)
Great place for instruments
Staff is always friendly and helpful.
I called and they didnt answear
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
Good. place to shop for all your. music. needs.
If you want to resell any instrument that you previously bought from this company, don’t do it. Don’t waste your time. You will not be offered anything close to what the store sold the instrument to you before.
This place is a joke. I called and asked about a mellophone and was told that they had several from me to choose from. I get there and they had one that was new and one from the 70’s they tried sell me. I will stay with Bailey Brothers.
Late or Cello repairs, They had my Cello for 2 days to reset the bridge (takes 15 mins) I had to pick it up and do it my self.
12. Art’s Music Shop, Inc
Address: 3030 Eastern Blvd, Montgomery, AL 36116 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Art’s is the best music shop you could ask for! All the staff are friendly, helpful, and incredibly knowledgeable. You can tell they enjoy what they do. They have repair technicians in-store who specialize in almost any category of instrument. The repair process is incredibly easy and feels like taking your instrument to a good friend that you trust. I came in for a minor repair and was able to have it repaired and returned the same day!
Brandon is a wealth of knowledge. The customer service you get from him and the team at Art’s cannot be matched at the big box music stores.
Son got what in needed in a short period of time.
Friendly staff.
It’s a great place all repairs have been flawless the only thing is it opens later in the morning which can sometimes be a problem.
Good place to buy musical instruments.
My daughter gave them all the correct information for her banking and the 3rd month they billed her for overdue payment. When she called to make sure they had the correct information they still refused to take off the late charge when it was evidently no fault of hers. They rip people off!
I contacted this store about purchasing our instrument. I was instructed to contact their salesman, Mike, to set that up. He picked up our intrustment and advised in a couple of days we would hear back. After 3 weekdays, I called to check in, their staff acts like they have no clue what is happening. I must’ve repeated myself 10 times before I was told that the manager had not reviewed our instrument for purchase, so I waited several more weekdays. I called back again, got the same runaround and was told again that the manager hadn’t been in the office and had not reviewed it still. I was told she would let me know something soon, but the manager had to review it and he was out at a doctors appointment. Literally 2 minutes later, the girl called me back and said they do not carry Blessing instruments. I laughed and said okay, I’ll just have it picked up and brought back to me. Basically this company lies to customers and when they’re too lazy to inspect an instrument that they asked me to send in and then say they don’t carry that brand. Mind you, my instrument was picked up and taken to this store that is 200 miles away. What a huge waste of time and energy on my part and the salesmen. Poor customer service all the way around.
Very nice store but wasn’t able to find what I needed
13. Bailey Brothers Music Company
Address: 4673 US-280 Suite # 7, Birmingham, AL 35242 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Waylon was a really big help today on helping my son pick the best guitar in my son’s budget. Very nice !
A very pleasant experience !
Awesome store, very large diverse selection of fine acoustic and electric guitars. Many other fine instruments. I was just there for the guitars. The sales people here are very helpful and nice!
I needed to buy instruments for my Middle School kids. They were very upfront with their prices and seemed to have the best deals.
Good selection of musical equipment. Be prepared because they strictly enforce the muzzle mandate inside. They make you wear masks.
This place is awesome, need customer service? DONE! Need a repair? DONE! Need to place an order? DONE! The only thing I did not like was the lack of extended range instruments. You will not be finding fanned fret, 28 fret, tap guitar, etc. You want those go to WARR guitars or order them off of a musicians website.
Recently brought a used instrument to these guys to be cleaned and conditioned. They charged $230 and I’m not really sure what they did beyond $40 worth of repairing. I even priced the individual parts myself and they cost a total of $23. The instrument was very dirty and they didn’t even do a good or complete job of wiping it down. We didn’t get any paperwork explicitly stating what they were going to do so we can’t really argue the point. The inside of the instrument wasn’t even touched during cleaning because there is obvious dust and grime that was there when we gave it to these guys.
We also bought a mouthpiece for the instrument, I previously priced it at $10 online and it was $35 at this place. An outrageous markup.
All of this was after agreeing to a monthly payment for an instrument only to be informed the day before it was needed that they didn’t have any in stock so we had to scramble to find a different option. Because of this, they also didn’t send us a cleaning kit for the instrument that had been fully paid for.
I will be looking for another place for any other instrument needs.
manager and owner very racist!
I left my guitar with this store in February 2012 for a simple repair. In June it was still hanging waiting for them to repair. I had been told on multiple occasions that it would be ready in just a few days. I picked it up today June 24, 2012 and no repair has been done and I was still charged a bench fee. This place sucks. I will never go in there again. Good luck if you do.
14. Hart Sound Studio
Address: 650 Co Hwy 35, Gallion, AL 36742 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Great music store. Knowledgable staff and good selection of gear.
The staff here is great. They are VERY knowledgeable. I brought in an amp to get serviced and you could tell the guy (can’t remember his name, sorry!) really knew what he was talking about. Also, Jason helped me pick an amp and guitar out, he was super patient and also extremely knowledgeable. He was able to answer literally any question I had. Go check these guys out!
Wonderful place to visit, absolutely helpful staff. Was considering a pair of expensive headphones, and they pulled it and a few other models out of the boxes to let me try them.
The manager was very helpful & the prices were very reasonable on what we were looking for!
Lots of instruments. Knowledgeable staff who are willing to help. Try here before you go to guitar center. Be warned seems like some of their prices are kind of high.
Told the repair guy I was on my way. When I got there he had left. I was going to wait until the two employees I talked to just laughed instead of apologizing. I went to Lisenby’s in Prattville and they took care of everything.
I have supported Bailey Bros. since I was a kid, but it’s time for the Montgomery store to be put out of its misery.
I usually try and call in before I go into the store and these guys usually sound like they don’t really have time for that. Quick to get off the phone, I ask a question and they respond with one word and are very blunt and just overall just seem to be uninterested in what you as the customer wants unless you’re trying to buy.
16. Guitars and More LLC Gardendale
Address: 1128 Main St, Gardendale, AL 35071 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Went to get my daughter’s guitar tuned. Eric was super helpful, he answered all our questions about ukuleles and guitars. We will be back to buy more.
Great shop with a great staff! I’ll be going back
Super nice employees, fair and reasonable prices.
Great sales,super repair work!
Nice small business. Very helpful.
Great inventory and excellent friendly service from a fellow named Ken. Very knowledgeable
The people are nice but the stuff you buy here is garbage.
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.
17. Guitars and More LLC. Cullman
Address: 103 2nd Ave SW, Cullman, AL 35055 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
So while visiting Cullman,I stopped by guitars and more looking for a cable setup that guitar center a nation wide company did NOT have in stock,but not giving up needing it for Sunday I stop at guitars and more and amazing they had everything I needed and more,even thee smallest counter item that guitar center didn’t have back then “moon gel”,I was told if it wasnt in stock he wouldn’t give up looking for what I needed and would order it and ship directly to my home,,I WILL DRIVE EVEN AN HR AWAY JUST TO RETURN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT TO DO MY BUSINESS FOR NOW ON FOR MUSIC ITEMS,AMAZING STORE AND ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EMPLOYEE,, VISITED 10/3/2023 MAJOR MAJOR THUMBS UP,AND NOW A NEW CUSTOMER
I love music
Went with friend he was very satisfied
Wouldn’t go here for the lessons, good service though.
Went with my husband
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.
18. Gadsden Music Company
Address: 607 Broad St, Gadsden, AL 35901 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
I LOVE GADSDEN MUSIC! I have been going here for 22 years and will keep going.
Great Musician Trap….
Friendly staff and very helpful. They know music.
Very friendly and kind staff. Good selection of instruments.
Really nice guy working there not to pushy but let us nknow he was there if we needed him. Oh and the selection was huge and reasonably priced
Guitars are mostly off-brand but the store has a little bit of everything. Big store. Been on Broad St “forever”. Easily found everything we needed. They do have a very nice speaker selection.
Rip off & don’t know measurements for nuts/ saddle’s probably anything just a store that takes suckers for a ride
No Gibson or fender really no variety.
We were overcharged for a high hat cymbal that we ordered. When they refunded the difference, they did not refund the taxes on the difference.
We try to support local business as much as possible. But when they are not considerate of the value of our money, it’s time for us to find another store.
19. Maes Country Store
Address: 11700 US-80 W, Marion Junction, AL 36759 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Just passing through. Had a good experience and felt welcome. They even had a sign to remind me to pull my pants and turn my music down…. Wasn’t even saggin….LOL Will definitely make a stop when I pass through!
Best chickie biscuies. ❤
I am walking across the country to raise awareness to Veterans issues. Mr. Frankie let me sleep in his storage room for the night rather sleeping outside. He is a great guy and supports our Veterans.
Great friendly little country store. Hot pizza and limited deli items
The man seemed unfriendly at this store. I did not feel welcomed at all. I wont be returning.
20. B&C Music
Address: 314C Billy B Dyar Blvd, Boaz, AL 35957 , Perry County , Alabama , United States
Great place to shop your musical needs, I highly recommend visiting! Connie is very helpful and a pleasure to do business with!
I’ve known her since Albertville, Connie is Alright!
Great experience
Excellent locally owned and operated business!
Eeeeh
Good site
The people are not friendly, the merchandise is overpriced, some equipment is not even new (and it is damaged) although they don’t disclose that information, and getting around in a wheelchair is next to impossible. The lady at the register didn’t know anything about the equipment. It is definitely worth the drive to go somewhere else.
I felt watched and rushed.Two women were working there that day, one was very friendly. I did not feel comfortable asking questions and also it was so hot in there.
