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1. Spindrift Guitars
Address: 300 State St, New London, CT 06320 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (860) 444-2112
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.9/5 based on 97 evaluations.
Site web: http://www.spindriftguitars.com/
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Great selection of guitars from Taylor, Martin, Huss and dalton, Boucher McPherson, reverend, stock guitars and more. Staff was super knowledgeable and cool. No pushy sales vibes. They also build guitars and tube amps in house. Spindrift is a true guitar store.
Brought my dad’s 1940’s guitar in for repair. Corey was outstanding with an in depth explanation on what needed to be done, how we could do it, and giving an honest detailing on our choices and probable fees to get it working again. When all was said and done, he went above and beyond to make it look and sound fantastic after sitting in disrepair for 30 years for an extremely fair and agreed on price. They have certainly earned my respect and will continue to earn my business in the future.
Brought my LTD explorer for Whit to take a look at, it was by far the best experience I’ve ever had bringing my guitar into a shop. It was a relatively simple fix related to my signal/jack, yet he took the time to show me exactly what he was doing and did a great job explaining everything. Not only did he resolve the issue that I had going into the shop, but he went beyond and even did a quick truss rod adjustment. If you are in the area of New London, Groton, Waterford, I highly recommend you come into Spindrift. Not only was Whit extremely helpful, the rest of the staff were incredibly nice and helped make the entire experience that much better. I will be coming back in the future for any gear maintenance or to check out their collection of unique instruments!
Nice small ma and pa guitar shop
An amazing shop, beautiful selection of instruments and very helpful folks.
They really know their guitars.
I brought in vintage Gibson Les Paul custom for a Re fret and they completely ruined it there was surface scratches ,chips in the fret board the frets were un even and buzzed. After 4 attempts bringing the guitar back to the store with the problems only half way fixed every time or even new problems I just cut my loses and brought my guitar to a real professional if you want it done right I do not recommend bringing your guitar here for major repairs
2. Creative Music Center
Address: 701 Main St, Monroe, CT 06468 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 261-7301
Assessment: ★★★☆☆
3.2/5 based on 18 evaluations.
Site web: http://www.thecreativemusiccenter.com/
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Awesome staff and great deals! No surprise they have 5 stars!!!
The older guy really helped me with my guitar! He was so nice!
All of the staff, from folks at the register to the instructors to the director of music education, are professional and knowledgeable, with a warm welcome to boot!
I just went to this store with my violin wanting the sound post set and to re-hair my bow. When I walked in there were two ladies at the counter. As I opened my case asking the the lady in the white turtle neck with straight brown hair if they re-hair bows? She snapped that they didn’t. The nice girl next to her chimed in as said out loud “She re-hairs bows?” Then the other lady gave a look and said I would need to buy a new one! She then picked up my violin and started to point out things about my only violin that were not good enough for her to re-set my sound post! I then asked “How much to just re-set the sound post?” She refused me service and said “Good Luck!” AVOID THIS PLACE IF YOU CAN! I think I didn’t fit the “type” they prefer to give services to?
Brought my daughter’s flute in to be repaired. Over a month and they never touched it. No time table given for when they would fix it.
Terrible, definitely wouldn’t recommend it to anyone in this planet or another. I originally paid through Groupon just to see if the classes worked out for my son. I paid for 45 mins and they only gave me 30mins classes for my son ,that should of been the 1st red flag. But then they make you sign a paper and they ask you to put a credit card info even though I paid for the 1st month in full. So we tried that 1st month and decided it wasn’t for my son,he didn’t like it.so then I thought I was done with this establishment and they kept charging me even though I was done with them clearly, scammers.terrible customer service!
3. Turnpike Music Garage
Address: 1485 Black Rock Tpke, Fairfield, CT 06825 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 368-6874
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.6/5 based on 13 evaluations.
Site web: https://www.turnpikemusicgarage.com/
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Friendly staff and good price for instrument rentals.
I signed up through a coupon website for my four children. They enjoyed it very much!! I felt like my kids were in good, capable, knowledgeable hands and I would have continued lessons except for the distance, we live about 30 minutes away. Thank you Turnpike Music Garage!!
Thank you turnpike music garage your the best we can always count on you got my baby girls cello for the orchestra right on time. Amazing place.
A little hard to find, but owner was very helpful in my search for a solid-woods Classical guitar. Looked at a very nice A/Yari. Has some nice guitars, but he is limited by space constraints. If the f-ups in Washington and the greedy sob’s on Wall St would all drop dead, this store would have a good chance of growing.
Had an excellent selection of strings. Plan on visiting again soon.
I got My sons cello at this store and the bridge was broken and the stand
4. Acoustic Music
Address: 4 Maple St, Chester, CT 06412 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 458-8353
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.5/5 based on 28 evaluations.
Site web: http://www.acousticmusic.org/
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Ian is excellent and the rest of the crew are excellent as well.
They are very knowledgeable about every instrument in the shop. Very customer friendly and will go the extra mile to make sure you are happy with your purchase.
They are very knowledgeable about every instrument in the shop. Very customer friendly and will go the extra mile to make sure you are happy with your purchase.
Had one of the best shopping experiences I’ve ever had. Knowledgeable. Passionate about music. Really took the time to show me the nuances of the guitars for sale. Can’t say enough positive. A++++++++++
Fabulous concerts in intimate surroundings. Guitar lovers’ heaven.
Had a guitar cable when I needed it.
No prices listed
Thé Owners are lousy business
Not many mandolins
5. George’s Music Center
Address: 905 New Harwinton Rd, Torrington, CT 06790 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (860) 496-9362
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.7/5 based on 70 evaluations.
Site web: https://www.georgesmusiccenter.com/?y_source=1_MTI5MDkzODMtNzE1LWxvY2F0aW9uLndlYnNpdGU%3D
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Best guitar and amp. store I been to yet.
Owner George is the most knollegable guitar and amp. Dude I’ve ever met, that’s saying something since I’ve been a pro. guitarist for 51 years now.
He carries PRS. Suhr, and has MANY pre CBS. Fender amps as well carries Messa Boogie!!
Great guy, great store, what more do you need?
Owner George is the most knollegable guitar and amp. Dude I’ve ever met, that’s saying something since I’ve been a pro. guitarist for 51 years now.
He carries PRS. Suhr, and has MANY pre CBS. Fender amps as well carries Messa Boogie!!
Great guy, great store, what more do you need?
Norm Cote
My son takes lessons here. They are the best.
George is knowledgeable and friendly. He did a wonderful job adjusting the neck on my guitar. I am happy to support this local business. If you need any instruments or gear, this is the place to go.
Nice shop
If you’re not looking to go too far to get musical instruments. Look no further. Expensive though. But if you don’t care about prices, go for it. Not much of a selection though.
Meh
After going to this place; I must say I will never go back there again. The owner is so rude and disrespectful. Its not even funny. The owner needs get off his anthropocentric state of mind.
This place is just awful. The owner is so rude to us that i will never go back. We rented an instrument from him because our normal music store didnt have the instrument and when the instrument broke he said it was our fault and that it wasnt covered and then bad mouthed our local music store.
6. Middlesex Music Academy
Address: 440 Main St, Middletown, CT 06457 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (860) 344-0525
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.5/5 based on 27 evaluations.
Site web: http://middlesex-music-academy.com/
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love it
I needed small studio monitors for a Yamaha YDP 323, so that I could record it without wearing headphones. Matt recommended PreSonus Eris E4.5’s. What a great set of speakers! No hum or distortion and completely accurate. The price was also great, no more than online while shopping local. Great store, great staff. Thank you!
Highly recommend for instrument repairs. Staff was knowledgeable and helpful. Got my sax playing like new again for a very reasonable price in 4 days. I will be back here.
The sales team made it possible for me to afford a piano for my son
I paid $80 for a setup on a guitar and got it back with the strings a mile off of the neck and the floyd rose studs so high out of the body I could park a car under it. The bridge pickup was raised until it was practically touching the strings and the neck pickup was lowered to below the pickup ring. The tech then told me that 10-52 strings don’t exist. They’re light top heavy bottom and aren’t even uncommon strings. Every time I go there they give bad advice and clearly don’t know what they’re talking about. My friend tried to buy a tubescreamer (basic overdrive) and they tried to sell him a phaser instead (completely different thing).
I would give Middlesex Music Academy a 0 if I was able to. I called to inquire about a $150 charge when I haven‘t been confirmed by John the guitar teacher. I made a request to Matt that Tuesday was my preference but John was booked so he scheduled Thursday at 6pm. I received a text and email from John yesterday that he had a conflict for Thursday and offered Friday. I responded via text/email that would not work and inquired if this was temporary or permanent to which I did not receive a response. I let John know this may not be a good fit then. I called today to have the charge refunded and Jim proceeded to call me names, saying I was yelling & screaming over the phone and I was being rude. No need to go into the dramatics but Jim needs a lesson in manners, telling the truth and understanding that being a manager does not give him the authority to behave poorly. Never once did I raise my voice but did correct Jim several times throughout the conversation all because i asked for a refund. Extremely unprofessional and a bad look for Middlesex Music all around. I will be taking my business elsewhere. Inexcusable & theater worthy performance by Jim today folks!!!
I signed up for a piano lesson trial online. Their site is very confusing and it’s not clear if the lesson is in-person and online. I called them, left a message but they never called me back. In the day/time of the lesson, I called them 3 times because I was having problems to contact the teacher. The guy who works there, Jim, clearly doesn’t have any customer service skills. He was rude and unpleasant. He didn’t make any effort to help me, told me a was confused and nobody else had problems. I just canceled the future lessons there. It’s easier just hire a private piano teacher. Hopefully I will never have to deal with this guy again.
7. Goldie & Libro Music Center
Address: 380 Washington Ave #1, North Haven, CT 06473 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 239-2263
Assessment: ★★★★☆
4/5 based on 23 evaluations.
Site web: http://www.goldielibro.com/
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Been doing business with Goldie and Libro for over 35 years. They have exceptional customer service. My most recent purchase was a violin for my daughter. The violin is a beautiful piece. It came in fast, he supplied extra strings. And gave my daughter a music book to go with it, he called to make sure that she was enjoying her new instrument. I had a great experience with this store and i look forward to doing business with them in the future.
Amazing service over the many years I’ve used their store for my music students. Jack and Carole are so helpful and great people. Highly recommended for anyone that needs help with quality instruments.
Goldie and Libro provides prompt, personal and professional service at level worthy of earning my repeat business over time. For the past few years, they have handled my instrumental product and service needs with precision, expertise, and flexibility when needed. The team at Goldie & Libro listen carefully to your questions and make suggestions as to instrumental product selection and preservation. They also stand by their products and take care of any potential issues that may arise unexpectedly going forward. Ideally, when choosing a music store, you are embarking upon a long term relationship. I recommend this business to you without reservation.
Steer clear of this place!
They were supposed to call me with the cost of the repairs to see if I would authorized them. It took them 12 days to call me back and tell me that they have repaired the instrument. They made repairs WITHOUT authorization, then I had no choice but to pay for the work. The service was terrible, it took too long, they went ahead without my authorization and I got stock with the bill.
If possible, will NEVER again do business with this place. I am already giving my business to the “Music Center” near by.
They were supposed to call me with the cost of the repairs to see if I would authorized them. It took them 12 days to call me back and tell me that they have repaired the instrument. They made repairs WITHOUT authorization, then I had no choice but to pay for the work. The service was terrible, it took too long, they went ahead without my authorization and I got stock with the bill.
If possible, will NEVER again do business with this place. I am already giving my business to the “Music Center” near by.
I went to this place this morning ,the owner no nice to us ,because we are first time here ,we need somebody help , we won’t come back in the future.
They were absolutely no help. Don’t waste your time.
8. JC Music
Address: 529 W Main St, Meriden, CT 06451 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 630-0234
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.7/5 based on 52 evaluations.
Site web: http://www.jc-music.com/
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Great establishment with a helpful staff and reasonable prices. I was here last week, and JC was very helpful walking me through all the options for a new set of coated strings for my acoustic guitar — they have a large selection of strings, so the guidance was useful. I hear the lessons here are high quality, and I plan to return here to get my violin ‘tuned’ up.
Very pleased with my experience at JC Music. I thought they were very knowledgeable, able to assess the instruments I brought in, make repairs and sold 2 items for me. I got a fair price, sold sooner than I expected and I received a check promptly. I have dealt with another music consignment shop and was not satisfied with them .This store was very efficient. I would recommend them for buying or selling any musical equipment.
We love it here! My son has been taking drums here for a couple years and just loves his instructor! The staff is great, really helpful and knowledgeable. We have also bought instruments and accessories here at great prices. They offer just about any kind of music lessons and have great inventory.
My grandson really enjoyed the music lessons and they are very professional and knowledgeable. Highly recommend them.
Would like to obtain some nice brushes and some type of top hat set used and very sturdy since I break percussion instruments all the time when I perform?
My son, Roberto Luis and Rosa live in Meriden. Are you far from the mall? I have spent a lot of time jamming in Puerto Rico to salsa, merengue, etc but my favorite is funk like Buddy Miles.
This was a horrible expierence. They need to get their stuff together, they had already-sold instruments on shelf. They had an amazing guitar sale and when I went to buy, it was already sold! They got my hopes high and let it down and I will not give them my money any longer.
Completely disappointed. I placed an order in store on a instrument that was never placed with JC music. The customer service was poorly displayed and the options they gave us was not acceptable. I asked to speak to the owner several times and would not get on the phone and made his new employee talk to me. I ended up going somewhere else that was amazing
Never have any of the literature or instrument parts I’m looking for. Took 3 months to repair a trombone. I tried to return an item and they wouldn’t give me back the cash to go to another place. The owner has blatantly disrespected my mother on several occasions and doesn’t have much knowledge of much of anything outside of rock music. As far as i’m concerned, this is the worst music store i’ve ever set foot in and would not recommend to anybody.
9. Greenwich Music
Address: 1200 E Putnam Ave, Riverside, CT 06878 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 637-1119
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.5/5 based on 35 evaluations.
Site web: http://www.greenwichmusic.com/
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Ray in the guitar department ws incredibly helpful! spent a lot of time helping me and my son.
I bought an EVH Wolfgang Special from Joe at Greenwich music that was used that they listed on Reverb. Joe is a stand up guy and was honest about everything and loyal to the customer. I Would definitely buy from Greenwich Music again!!
Great
It’s a nice place! It’s a bit small but otherwise it’s nice.
We were kindly helped in the store, but we were buying a guitar for our son and we don’t live in the US. We were having problems with internet so we couldn’t research correctly at the moment, but they assured that the amp could be used in 220 current. We arrived home and we connected the amp and it didn’t work. So the amp was burned. Apart from that the price was a bit higher than the same thing in other stores, it’s not nice to pay 50 dollars more, but that is just business and anyone can charge what they want. It was our fault that we didn’t do a good research before buying. But the very kind person that assured us that it would work because he used to be an electrician, and it only needed a basic adapter, was totally wrong and now we are home and we lost an amp, so we paid extra for the set and it didn’t work. You were very kind indeed, but please if you are not sure about something, don’t sell it. Because we lost money and we can’t go back because we don’t live there.
Their hours aren’t very convenient and I was having a guitar strung and I dropped it off and I didn’t get a call before the store closed and then they were closed the next day Sunday so I didn’t get my guitar until Monday and that was extremely inconvenient. They also have a very small selection of basses.Update, they aren’t even open a couple hours on the 4th of July so I won’t get my guitar till Tuesday I am very upset with this store.
Terrible customer service. Called and said I would be by in 10 minutes for an emergency repair. Guy was nice on the phone. When I arrived 5 minutes early they had closed up and locked. Super helpful…
Rudest customer service I have ever encountered. The man I spoke to on the phone yelled and hung up on me. When my daughter went in person to drop off the instrument for repair at the agreed upon time, he remained upset and kicked my daughter out of the store. Strongly encourage anyone looking to have their instruments fixed to look elsewhere. Disappointing experience to say the least.
10. Music & Arts
Address: 989 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT 06107 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (860) 231-9562
Assessment: ★★★½☆
3.9/5 based on 53 evaluations.
Site web: https://stores.musicarts.com/ct/westhartford/music-store-0073.html
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Great store with really professional and knowledgeable employees.
They help me every time I come in and they are so kind.
The seller was nice and did a generous discount for us. Guitar prices are good compared to online sources.
Limited retail space, but the staff is helpful and knowledgeable. Music lessons are offered on site.
Yeah it’s good!
I have condensed my original rant down to the following- we really like our children’s teachers- but the front desk needs saving
When ever I place an order for a left handed Guitar it takes like 6 weeks for it to get to me horrible ordering process
Very poor service. I had gone few days ago to order a rental violin size 1/16 according to my son teacher recommendations, and a violin for my wife. This week I received a call letting me know that the violins were ready for pick up.
First thing I was told when I arrived was that the violin 1/16 was not there, after I told the associate I have received a phone call, he went to check again and sure enough he found it.
He mentioned that the violin ha a tag outside saying it was 1/32, but that it was a size 1/16 because it has been measured.
He proceeded to fill up a rental contact that I signed, however I suspected the violin was indeed a 1/32, I then open the violin box and inside the violin there was a mark for 1/32 size.
I mentioned to the associate that I thought the violin was a 1/32 not a 1/16. He was visible frustrated and said that his manager had I don’t remember what degrees in music and that he had measured the violin ant it was a 1/32, he then told me that I could check online the dimensions for a 1/16 violin, which I did, and sure enough the violin was a 1/32 according to the measurements they have online. I told the associate that I preferred to wait, he replied that the contract was already done, I said that I did not care, because I wanted the right size violin. All along this discussion the associate attitude was extremely rude.
I would not recommend this store, however unfortunately there aren’t too many options available.
First thing I was told when I arrived was that the violin 1/16 was not there, after I told the associate I have received a phone call, he went to check again and sure enough he found it.
He mentioned that the violin ha a tag outside saying it was 1/32, but that it was a size 1/16 because it has been measured.
He proceeded to fill up a rental contact that I signed, however I suspected the violin was indeed a 1/32, I then open the violin box and inside the violin there was a mark for 1/32 size.
I mentioned to the associate that I thought the violin was a 1/32 not a 1/16. He was visible frustrated and said that his manager had I don’t remember what degrees in music and that he had measured the violin ant it was a 1/32, he then told me that I could check online the dimensions for a 1/16 violin, which I did, and sure enough the violin was a 1/32 according to the measurements they have online. I told the associate that I preferred to wait, he replied that the contract was already done, I said that I did not care, because I wanted the right size violin. All along this discussion the associate attitude was extremely rude.
I would not recommend this store, however unfortunately there aren’t too many options available.
My child joined band program at her school in West Hartford. Using their online system, I placed an order for instrument rental and a book for the program. The date I placed my order, they charged my credit card.
However, they never delivered the instrument until I called and confirm the status. The book was never delivered with the instrument. A week later, I called them to confirm about the book. They told me that it was back ordered. Since the book was available in Amazon for next day delivery, I asked Music & Arts to cancel my book order.
After few weeks, I still did not have my credit back for the book. I called them to ask for the refund, and the customer service told me that I have to return the book (which was never delivered!) in order to get the refund and hang up on me. I used the chat function on their website to explain the situation. Here, the customer service told me that they would never charge the credit card unless the item is delivered, and conversation did not go anywhere. (Again, my credit card was charged on the date I placed order!) Not knowing what to do, I called the store in West Hartford, left my phone number with an employee so the manager can call me back. No one called me back. I sent polite email to the manager, and also emailed the customer service. No response from anyone.
I will NOT order anything from this business in the future.
11. P F D’Addario’s Music Inc
Address: 1660 Barnum Ave, Stratford, CT 06614 , Piera , Connecticut , United States
Phone: (203) 377-1315
Assessment: ★★★★½
4.6/5 based on 24 evaluations.
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Always have my sons guitar strings. I just love this place.
Been coming here since I was 12 years old. Service is 2nd to none, prices are fantastic, and Al is a great guy. Why use anyone else?
Wonderful place!
Very friendly and knowledgeable people working there and really helpful and try to save you money
This store deals with quality and they can get you what you need.
Operator left a note back in 45 min.. never said when they left….
