Rock Island County: Overview of the top 19 music shops

Great store, with a great vibe. Nice selection, friendly, and fair prices. Visiting from out of town, so glad I stopped in! Highly recommend!

Great place to find albums and CD. They have variety and good prices. They can also try to order if you are looking for a title they don’t have in stock.

Excellent selection of records and used audio and musical equipment. Definitely will be back!

Great selection of new records. Found better prices on used lp’s than their Davenport counterpart.

If you’re looking for a particular new release, and they don’t have it, they will special order for you! Just be sure to check back with them when they say it’ll be in. They tend to forget to call when the special orders arrive. [This happened to me twice here.] Also, be sure to specify if you want a CD instead of vinyl! Most people buy vinyl here (and cassettes, believe it or not)!! This is a great place to spend an afternoon browsing if you’re a music lover.

Small new/used record store with fairly large selection. I purchased several records and all were in great condition with reasonable price points.

Our experience at the Sound Conservatory was excellent! Looking to find a piano upgrade for our son led us to a great value in a used Yamaha grand there and we were very happy with the process and purchase. We visited the store on a Saturday and worked with Andrzej during the week on all of the details and had the piano delivered and setup just 1 week later! They even handled the delivery and have very friendly and helpful staff. Thank you!

Love this place, Andrzej is a superb teacher.

Andrzej went above and beyond to make sure my almost 100 year old family grand piano found its way to my home safely. He came over ahead of time to take precise measurements, and he and his team were so knowledgeable and responsive throughout the entire process. It was clear they genuinely cared about protecting my instrument rather than just moving a big item like the other moving companies I spoke with – plus they did it for a significantly lower price. I would highly recommend Sound Conservatory for all of your piano maintenance and moving needs!

He’s the best.

Great little shop. Mike will always have what you need to get your instrument up and running again quickly and at the best prices in town. Takes care of your amp needs as well. Great guitar setups!

Excellent work. I had a very short time frame for a much needed Mandolin set-up.. Very impressed. Time, work, and price all Excellent.. Thank you!..

Hate this store skanky

Doesn’t exist. This address is a salon.

Awsome place

Great selection of new and used vinyl records and CD’S. Friendly and helpful staff. I almost always walk out with something!!

Very cool place.the only drawback is they no longer have a location on the iowa side.

Shopped here for 25 years and overall it’s been good …

Great selection of vintage material. Very limited selection of new material..

I don’t have any stores like that near me any more. It was like a trip back in time. Great if nothing else for the nostalgia memories. A great selection though.

Bye.

Travis has been working professionally in studios for over a decade, and the experience shows. He is more than proficient as an engineer, but he’s also a great producer. If you show up willing to listen to his feedback and critique, you’ll end up with a much better product than when you began. TH Studios is a comfortable environment with quality equipment. It’s clear Travis genuinely enjoys doing this work. He works with many different genres and many different skill levels.

If you are like myself and love making/recording music/lyrics, and You Want the ABSOLUTE best sound from it! Look no Further! Travis from TH Studios is the man for the job, hes a jack of trades in this music game! Very KNOWLEDGEABLE, Fun, easy going, and has a great environment to do so!

I was wondering If you guys were looking for internships i really love music I can rap and mix and master my own work I have my own portable studio , Im very familiar with daw’s like GarageBand which is much like logic pro . Im looking forward to move on with things and get into audio production . I can some sample songs just hit me back with email .

Very professional and good venue.

Best value for recording in the QCs

This establishment was amazing the owner definitely has definitely has a right mind and direction of building a great business I went for a Canadian night and I definitely will be back

A bit small but they host cool events

Cool place old church. Cool venue.

Wish they would clarify the parameters on if you can drink alcohol or not. That aspect was very disappointing.

Pawn Central has the best employees. All of the merchandise that I have purchased from the store has been great and has good qualities. I recommend this pawn store to everybody.

Reasonable prices

I had fantastic service at Pawn Central. Heather and Jeriahmy greeted me when I came in and asked if they could help me with anything. They showed me a few products I was looking for and I was able to get what I needed. They are very friendly and super helpful. I will definitely be back!

Great people

I had to Break Down, and Pawn a Few Collectibles, so I could have Transportation until I get My 1st Check!$! They wouldn’t Help Me Last Year; They got New Management, or Decided to Expand Their Service, and the Manager did Pawn My Items for Me!$! He was Respectful, and Actually Looked the Items up!$! I’m Not Sure how Their Prices are on what They Sell, but I’ll Give Them 4 Stars for Now!$! At Least They’re Willing to Help; After Pawn King Lost Their Best Manager Angie, I’ve had No Good Experience in a Pawn Shop until Now!$!

Very excellent customer service.
Large selection of DVDs and games, At very reasonable prices.
Many electronics to choose from.

I love the environment there really cool people and great prices. Plus layaway.

Great deals friendly staff. A must stop at destination!

Super nice!

Helpful and friendly staff.

Hats off to rock island pawn king on 11th st for going the extra mile to find me a two ton car jack and jamming to Shawn Mendez In my blood

Decent

First impression of the manager was that she is a bit rough around the edges then I spent a little time browsing and realized she is blatantly mean! Not just to me was she mean but she wasn’t nice to any of the customer’s she “helped” and it was no wonder why employees were reluctant to say much, clearly they were inferior to her and she has made it known at one point or another. I will return to this location next time I was to conduct business in fear. #PawnNatzi

TOTAL DISRESPECT; DON’T CARE ABOUT CUSTOMERS, I DO NOT RECOMMEND TO ANYONE!$! VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ BOTTOM!$! Angie was Really Pleasant to Work with; it was a Great Atmosphere there, I was well Pleased with the Service I Received… I have been to the Store 5 Times Now; have had a Pleasant Experience Every Single Time, if Angie, or Anyone Else is Rude to you it has to be your Fault… I have been Treated with the Utmost Respect Every Visit; which is Very Refreshing, cause Usually Most of them Judge me Based on my Appearance because I am a Pirate… Never have they Treated me like I wasn’t Important; I have Always felt Welcome, this is a Very Professional, and Down to Earth Atmosphere… Will Definitely be coming Back; have Only been Able to Pawn it get Stuff Back So Far, but I Plan on Jumping on some of the Great Deals I’ve seen in there too… So if you want a Place to go that will Treat you with Respect; Give you a Fair Price for your Items, go Visit the Pawn King in Rock Island!$! Ever Since Angie Left; the Pawn King has Went Downhill Fast, and Today I was Treated like I have been at Every Pawn Shop I’ve Ever been to!$! I was Disrespected; so I made a Comment to my Friend that was with me about how Bad it Sucks that I am going to be Struggling this Month, and I Mentioned the Place wasn’t the Same without Angie there!$! I was then Refused Service for Defending the Honour of the Best Pawn Broker/Manager They Ever had; if They can’t Handle the Truth, Maybe They Should Try to be More like Angie!$! I’m Only giving Them 2 Stars because of the Interaction I had with Jon!$! If He’s there; You can Expect a Good Experience, he’s Trying to Continue the Great Legacy of Angie!$! If Anyone Else is there; it may be a Good Idea to come back at a Later Date if Possible, They’re Lucky to Even get 2 Stars Out of Me After that Disrespect Towards Me, and Angie!$! If They Lose Something of Yours; Expect to get Store Credit Only, They don’t Care about Your Items!$! I Called to Ask if They Knew Anything about an Unresolved Issue; the Manager Rudely Said They Do not, and I have to Wait for Corporate to Call Me!$! There was No Respect in His Voice, and I was a Loyal Customer, but I’m Not Going to be a Loyal Customer When I’m Disrespected for just Asking a Question!$! I Also Asked if They take Coins, and All He Said was “Nope, Sure Don’t!$!” With a Condescending Tone, and I didn’t Appreciate it!$! I’m Not gonna be Loyal when I’m Mistreated, or When you Speak Ill about the Only Genuine Good Soul I Know… I Will Defend Her Honour, and I Will Not do Business There!$! Angie was the Best Pawn Shop Manager that Store has Ever Had; She Treated Her Customers With Love, and Respect… Like Family, and They are Important!$! I Do Not Recommend Pawn King at all Anymore!$!

POOR at best, don’t try to sell gold there, want to give 10k price on 22k gold, they need someone who knows gold, they don’t that’s for sure.

Staff was knowledgeable and friendly. Very helpful with my saxophone needs.

Good place to get some good music o I for the important thing good people nice very helpful

I had a stuck mouthpiece that had had been stuck for awhile. We walked in and they got it out in less that 2 minutes. The employees were very nice too!

Staff was very helpful. Picking out guitar strings for my acoustic electric guitar.

Great place. Has what you need in the instrument line usually.

Good instruments, and good service

Brought my bow in to get the tip replaced. They replaced the hair instead. Now I’m out for the price of restringing the hair and bringing it elsewhere to get the tip redone.

Very strange experience. They did the school instrument trial with my wife and daughter at school. The sales guy convinced my wife to sign a several thousand dollar contract that specified almost nothing but a high interest rate and payment information. On the instrument line, it only said “French horn Eastman EXC”. No model information. My wife was under the impression it was rent to own for a NEW instrument. But the info line said “exc.”, like a used instrument rating. Lo and behold the brochure says the rent to own option isn’t new. Felt like a potential bait and switch.

I called to ask questions. First person said it “must be for a rent to own on an excellent condition horn”, but wouldn’t say new and transferred me. Second guy on the phone was nice enough, but kept giving indirect answers to my questions. I had to press for specific information, which slowly morphed into a specific new model.

The whole situation felt like it was either extremely poorly managed or thoroughly designed to take advantage of people that don’t know much about instruments. Either way, I’m out. I got a WAY better instrument deal elsewhere, could have financed better on a credit card even. Only advantage to using Griggs might possibly be some sort of damage insurance inclusion. I saved so much money, it doesn’t matter though. I’ll go to the instrument trial with my next kid and check them out again with lots of trepidation. In fairness, the straight purchase option with them was a pretty good price, if you wanted to go that route.

This place is a rip off. Don’t use the school program if you have more than one kid because you can’t transfer an instrument from one kid to another even though you are the one paying the bill! You are better off to buy an instrument through Amazon then pay the exorbitant monthly rental fees.

Fast service and very affordable

Great music store for band instruments! Owner is very knowledgeably guy!