Great prices, help and lessons, everything you need. Plus they have keyboards, 110%!
Great selection, awesome prices and great people as well ! I took guitar lessons from Scott and the lessons leveled me up 3X! Thank you!
Whiteys Music Shoppe is a good old fashion music store owned and run by a real live multi-instrumental musician who lived and worked in Nashville for years. They offer personalized customer service, lessons, a wide variety of sheet music and instruments, and a wealth of knowledge. This is really a gem right here on the Kenai Peninsula. I was so surprised to find someone of Scot Merry’s (owner) pedigree in a strip mall on K-Beach. Highly recommended. Check it out!
Whitey’s had a pretty good vibe. It’s not a huge music store, but it does have a decent selection of instruments to choose from. The staff was very helpful and helped me get exactly what I was looking for while making small talk. Overall a good experience. The only reason I don’t give it 5 stars is because it’s pretty small and might not have everything you’re looking for, but it’s worth a visit to stop by and ask.
Doesn’t open till 12 o’clock and is closed on Thursdays.
Update: drove 30 miles today to come to whiteys, only to find that they were closed on Wednesday at 530 when there sign clearly stated till 6 pm….I knew this hence why I drove that from to come here……..this is infuriating…….how’s a business of such low caliber stay alive……..too bad I have to give them a star at all
5. Old Town Music
Address: 507 Frontage Rd, Kenai, AK 99611 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
I bought an acoustic guitar from here and it’s been the amazing gift I hoped it would be! The owner was super helpful and zero pressure. I’ll be back!
Very happy with the work done on my old 12-string Guild. Will do business again.
These guys are great, simple as that. Very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful. I will definitely be doing repeat business.
Do not buy a guitar from this store unless you know 100% what your buying is worth what your paying.
I needed a guitar and when there
Payed 300 for a guitar came to find out it was a 75$ guitar from wall mart
Refused to do any return and stated to me
“ that’s just the way we do busyness”
I replied that he had lost a customer and if he continued to do busyness this way it would catch up with him.
Just a heads up.
This place will get you if you let them!
Avoid this place of possible. Since they open at 12 o’clock I sat there till one o’clock and they had yet to open I get the whole musician hours thing but. Not opening for an hour there’s no excuse besides pure laziness. I refuse to give such a business my money and you earn this one star.
Accused me of stealing my first time in the store, because of the age I supposedly look. Even tho I had items on the counter, and clearly was ready to pay. Not real great service in general. Rude. Won’t be back.
6. Mammoth Music
Address: 500 E 5th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99501 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
The customer service is exceptional! If they don’t have what I want/need they’ll order it.
Decades of knowledge and all the equipment you need under one roof. Scored some great vinyls from there as well.
Great bunch of knowledgeable music people.
These guys have great deals and their employees are very knowledgeable in all things instruments. I highly recommend Mammoth Music!
Great selection of instruments.
Nothing but problems. Been going to this place strings and such for 16 years now, but I would say I’m officially done. Would prefer to buy local but…
Staff is unpleasant unless they think you will be spending lots of money. Not knowledgeable. Not courteous. The only thing this place has going for it is a lack of competition.
I’ve been a customer for years and was sold a broken used guitar that the salesman later told me that they knew was broken. Forget these guys, at least Guitar Center won’t scam you.
absolutely horrible. rude and had no idea what they were talking about. they tried to have an unlicensed person work on my amp for $75 after they are the ones who messed it up to begin with. i will never go back and i advise anyone else to find another music shop. this place is garbage.
7. Petr’s Violin Shop & Guitar Central
Address: 1408 Hyder St Unit B, Anchorage, AK 99501 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
Will at anchorage guitar central “peters violin shop” always takes care of anything i need
Super friendly and helpful staff
Very helpful and extremely knowledgeable
At least its not a viola
They had small selection of bass’ but, their rosin and other essentials are just way to expensive and cost $80 dollars, not including the instrument.. {Cloth, tuner, stand end stop}
Friendly and informative staff
Went to this shop while visiting family in Anchorage…I’m from Ohio where there is plenty music shops….This is the only store I have ever visited where they didn’t want you to try one of there electrics without assistance…and they were Mexican guitars not even USA models….so I took my business to Mammoth in Anchorage, there I was free to try guitars. Employees were nice, but when I wanna guitar…give me space and let me try without supervision. Thanks Mammoth!
Petr is taking advantage of being one of the few violin shops in town. He is charging $63.00 for a pair of d’addario helicore full size violin strings. You can find them online anywhere from $33.00- $38.00. I am all about keeping a small business alive and don’t mind an up charge to do so but come on. The strings don’t even come in the original packaging so he is obviously getting them in bulk. Give us a chance to support you Petr’s Violin Shop.
Nice selection of stringed instruments.
Young woman at front counter helpful, smiled, and made eye contact.
Guitar room guy not engaging or helpful, more interested in his phone than engaging with me.
Every guitar has a “do not handle” sign with a sign that there is a 5 minute limit on handling a guitar. No place to sit and try an instrument.
Other staff did not acknowledge me at all.
I was the only customer at the time.
I would maybe go back if I needed something but the customer service was absent at the time of my visit.
8. Anchorage Guitar Central
Address: 1410 Hyder St unit a, Anchorage, AK 99501 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
I ordered a custom jaguar body and neck from Warmoth, as well as the hardware and electronics needed from various places to make a guitar. Once it all arrived, I called Guitar Central to see if they would put it together for me, they said no problem. From what seemed to be a straight forward guitar build ended up being a nightmare to put together. Things didn’t fit right and had to be routed, electronics didn’t reach and weren’t up to snuff. Also, me being an amateur when it comes to building a guitar, didn’t know exactly how much went into putting something like this together. After all was said and done, Will the technician got it put together and sounding beautiful, and I know more work was put into it than I was charged for. Thanks to Will, I now have the guitar of my dreams and couldnt be more happy. If you’re looking for great customer service and knowledgable staff, go to Guitar Central and talk to Will.
Petr added the guitar side to his violin shop. You can get anything you need here. It’s great!
Pickin & Grinin!
DO NOT trust these guys. I paid $250. For a small guitar for my son to learn to play. After getting home and put new strings on it they sold me it exposed a huge crack at the box and neck. I called them she said it was used so as is…expensive lesson!
NEVER AGAIN GUITAR CENTER.
9. Fiddlin’ Red’s Music
Address: 111 Church St, Sandpoint, ID 83864 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
Fiddlin’ Red’s is a great place to find an honest deal and great service. I went in to see if I should have work done on a violin, long story short, I walked out with a new violin for the same cost and he played a live concert 😉 my kids still talk about it every time we go by. Thanks Red!
Good ‘ol fashioned service! I broke my son’s guitar string and was in a hurry to have it fixed. Red took care of it immediately and didn’t even charge me. Shop is full of wonderful guitars! Friendly place. Will definitely be going back for any guitar needs. Thanks again, Red.
I take fiddle lessons from Red, there affordable and REALLY helpful. Also he has some really neat instruments in his shop. Go check them out!
10. Alaska Music One (formerly Rozwick-Giles Music)
Address: 9380, 9340 Glacier Hwy #43A, Juneau, AK 99801 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
Large assortment of new and used instruments. Very helpful, knowledgeable and friendly
I couldn’t be happier with my purchase – awesome customer service and my guitar was shipped out very quickly and packed EXTREMELY well to ensure it reached me in the best possible condition. Thanks!
Es un sitio pequeñito y muy bien surtido. La calidad de quienes lo atienden hacen mucho mejor la experiencia!
Awesome store , great service
Was actually at hi fi store.
Stopped in and pick on guitars for a while, friendly atmosphere.
Sexist, rude, and over priced.
11. Wilburn Custom Shop
Address: 118-B N 2nd Ave, Sandpoint, ID 83864 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
This is the greatest little guitar shop! The Wilburns are extremely knowledgeable about all things guitar. They, build, tweak, tune, and do just about everything you can imagine at the highest level. I highly recommend them to anyone looking to buy a guitar or just wanting to talk shop.
Bought a guitar case for our son here because the one we ordered online somewhere didn’t fit. Sarah was very helpful fitting one to the smaller size. About a month later, we came in to buy new strings. Sarah was very knowledgeable, pointing us to the right strings and stringing the acoustic guitar for us in less than 15 minutes. This friendly local family-owned shop is where will be coming for all our guitar needs in the future!
We had limited knowledge as this was our first guitar. The young lady who helped us was very knowledgeable. We would definitely recommend their store to others.
Scott did a great job repairing the neck and frets on my strat. Friendly, knowledgeable, and honest service. This is a well stocked music store for any musician.
Family owned and ran by father daughter, won’t help you if you have cheap guitar and, supper opinionated about Taylor’s. Wish it could be cooler but does not pass vibe check.
I recently bought a guitar and case and spent a good chunk of money. When I got home I was looking at the invoice and noticed they snuck in 3% fee on top of the 7% in taxes! This fee was for not paying in cash. The invoice said there is a 3% charge for debit or credit. This was an extra $20.46 that they did not tell me about. If I had known this, I would have paid cash. I was so excited about my new guitar I didn’t check the invoice before leaving. Plus, who does that! It reminds me of sleazy car dealership tactics to pad their profit hoping you don’t notice. It really surprised me they get away with this in such a small town. I will be going to Couer d’Alene for my guitar needs now. And like another post said, the vibe there is not good.
Make sure dad is there before going in, they can’t take are debit or credit card unless daddy is there. Went in twice with no luck, this is why people shop on the internet, ugh so annoyed
12. Matanuska Music
Address: 280 N Willow Dr, Wasilla, AK 99654 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
I’ll always recommend Mat Music. Great people who know what they’re talking about and are willing to work with you. Every piece of gear I own has been looked over here because I either bought it here or I took it in for a proper set up.
They are very knowledgeable about all instruments.
Nice place and staff , well fast and I will say Johnny on the spot .
Unfortunate that this is the only shop in town. They’re pretty expensive for almost everything. I’ll stick to Amazon.
Great prices, great service. Good selection of guitars. Not much selection on other instruments.
Purchased a guitar and amp with all of the accessories for a new player. Upon picking up the guitar, the amp I picked out was sold, and another amp was put on the table with no explanation of where the other amp was. The amp was a decent brand, so I didn’t say anything, and the amp was also new. After using the amp, I had significant issues that I had to troubleshoot. Nothing worked. I returned them amp and explained what I had done to troubleshoot, and they did not want to look at it. I asked for the original amp I picked out, and the staff became angry and aggressive. I attempted to calm things down and solve the issue, but then they gave me the amp that I had originally played and asked me to leave. I will never return.
These Guys has absolutely no clue about what they’re selling/doing.
Better drive 100 miles more instead dealing with these non professional “sellers??????”
Keep you money don’t buy here
13. BackBeat Drum Shop
Address: 2110 Browning Way, Sandpoint, ID 83864 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
Great drum- / percussion-focused shop in Sandpoint. I’ve found everything I need here, from shells and heads to thrones, stands, sticks, snare wires, etc.
Also taking lessons with Chris. I feel like I’m learning drums the *right* way, methodically and comprehensively. He’s thoughtfully adapted my lessons around my goals. I’m having more fun and playing more confidently – in a shorter amount of time – than I expected.
Great instruments, teacher, and leadership
14. Wood and Wire Guitars and Music
Address: 3020 Glenn Hwy, Palmer, AK 99645 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
I love this place it’s like my litter hide away the second you walk through front doors you feel like you just found a little lost jem
Great place,,,good helpful staff
With excellent equipment.
Two thumbs up
I really like this place, just really good vibes here the people were really nice, really easy to talk to, very informative and there was some really beautiful guitars there as well. I haven’t gotten my guitar repaired there yet but when I do I will definitely review that as well.
Nice assortment of guitars and stuff and Todd is awesome go in and check it out
15. Sand Point Airport
Address: 268 Airport Rd, Sand Point, AK 99661 , Sand Point , Alaska , United States
Not a very good airport to land an Airbus A380 at. We actually ran off the end of the runway and into the water! Couldn’t believe it! Dammit!! Why don’t they make the runway longer??!!
