Mad Music is a gem in ST Pete. I was able to try a bunch of different amps and get some great advice. Not many places like this anymore, gotta support these guys. Your buying from pros that play, musicians that gained their experience from being both glorified and humbled by the music business. Its not always an easy path so knowledge and experienced advice should be valued and supported . Real people selling real gear you can use. I recommend them and I’m grateful for the killer amp and deal I got.
I’ve been in this unassuming, seemingly small(well stocked) little joint quite a bit lately and if your looking for a decent buy(check their web site)they may have it.
I was short a couple of bucks and it didn’t matter. The purchase was done.
I was looking for a pair of drum sticks ( more less i had been thinking about when i get around to a music store and i was sitting at a a craft and drink / dessert place and saw the MAD MUSIC sign & desided to trot over and peek inside it was. pretty interesting and I got my drum sticks so now that I am retired living with my adult daughter 38 and 15 year old son its operation pay back time but I took it at the. Gee that would be a really enjoyable healthy way to keep my wrist limber ! who said aging wasn’t going to be fun!
Great tambourine
Guitars and selections ok
WOW!!
sorry to have to report this… Following a $1100 guitar purchase at MadMusic, got home plugged it in and realized I had a switch problem, called MadMusic and was promply told I didn’t know what I was talking about when comparing the guitar to one of the same make & model two years apart. I reluctantly opened the pickup cavity to find electrical tape failing Solder joints and floating bare wires, explaining the crackling clicks pops and inconsistent sound coming from the switch.
Not willing to even entertain the possibility there might be a problem with the instrument I just purchased, i’m left with the opinion, and I must report… these folks are liars and misrepresent the products they sell. What a drag, seemed like such a cool place.
Just two words, not professional. I have called to sell my instrument and the guy at the phone was rude and impolite. I have worked for many years in a shop in Milan, and I have never treated my customer like this. In my opinion, this guy should learn how to work and how to deal with people and understand that it is thanks to customer if he is paid. Manager should select more carefully the employees. I suggest you to go somewhere else.
Called store and Customer Service is non-existent, felt like I was bothering the guy. Spoke as if I was annoying him. This attitude just cost them a sale. If I could go as low as 0 stars, I would.
3. Rick’s Vintage Guitars and Repairs
Address: 6155 Fairfield Ave S, St. Petersburg, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Rick helped me quickly find the problem with my sound board and fixed the issue whe I waited. Very knowledgeable about the equipment. Thanks Rick!
Had a great experience buying a beautiful bass from Rick recently. Really cool dude and very welcoming! Deals in all sorts of gear from guitars, basses, drums, amps and pedals, and is always picking up new stuff. He also offers guitar set-ups. Definitely recommend checking him out!
OUTSTANDING LUTHIER!! RICK,
actually talked me out of some ” mod’s’ I wanted ( or thought I wanted) on a guitar and in the process ” cut himself out” of more money! Who does thar? Honest, reputable people that’s who. The set up and ” mod’s” were all 1st class. The turn around was lighting fast and the price was right! Super Cool Cat As good as it gets 5 Stars!
Great guy to talk with! Pointed me in the right direction on finding vintage guitars!
4. St Pete Guitars
Address: 6630 Gulf Blvd, St Pete Beach, FL 33706 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
I bought a Schecter guitar from Stevie while I was on vacation (down from Tennessee), He has it on layaway for me, allowing me to make payments. He has been great through this whole process!!! I highly recommend doing business with him and his crew!
Owner Steve very sociable guy very knowledgeable, set up man and chief service department dude Lee always has a joke for you. A must-visit for the true the true picker
I cannot say enough good things about my experience here. The owner, Stevie is so kind, knowledgeable and went above and beyond to help me pick out a guitar that was a gift for my boyfriend. I was so impressed and we will be going back for any and all guitar needs. I highly highly recommend this amazing shop! Shop local and please do yourself a favor and check these guys out!!
I think this is a trickle down from the former “Stevie B’s” shop in downtown St. Pete. Been by the store several times only to find it closed. This is in the afternoon during weekday work hours. Hard to tell what it’s like when you can’t get in. I’d love to see what they have, but that is yet to come. Today is 12/25/20 so I know they will be home for Christmas.
Great shop, great toys n goodies, great staff, and great customer service! Found my treasure there!
Happy new year!
This must be a hobby because 6hrs a day is a joke. People work etc..
Owner of this joint has two ears that he never learned to use.
Service I have had here has been above average. They have been willing to work with me and been very patient with me trying different guitars. I went in today with intent to buy and Lee had to be badgered into putting on a mask. He seemed less than thrilled to actually abide by his own stores standards and this really rubbed me the wrong way. I described to him that I wouldn’t be comfortable shopping with any individuals who did not have a proper mask on and if this wasn’t something achievable I would leave (noting that the store has a mask mandate). While I was shopping, a customer without a mask came in and Lee went right to being buds with him. I was very uncomfortable and just got up and left. Seems like a really neat store but I just don’t wish to shop somewhere I cannot feel safe in.
5. The Disc Exchange
Address: 6712 Central Ave, St. Petersburg, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Great service, great price! Got exactly what i was looking for, shop local!
Great dude. Amazing selection if he can find what you want among his seemingly endless rows of boxes and crates.
Great selection of vynal records and dvds .Buy pre owned and save. Guy was very helpful. He can also get the new items as well.
He has a lot of records but they are expensive.
Nick was a great help! Great to talk to and very knowledgeable! We bought a few CDs and when we got home we realized we already had one of them. The next day we went back and Nick let us swap it for a different CD without any issues!! We will definitely buy from here again!
Knowledgeable assistance
Completely disorganized. Every isle is stacked waist high with shipping boxes full of records so the CD racks are inaccessible. Don’t bother going here, go to Sound Exchange instead, they have an online inventory as well.
High prices where is anything
I believe the owner should be better aware that travelers will be trying to visit his establishment. Having certain simple accommodations (such as a place to place a bag, in my case) would be beneficial, IMHO.
I paid a $40 Uber only to be turned away at the door, unable to spend my remaining time browsing. First time running into this situation in all my travels. I do tend to wonder if it was the color of my (black) bag that was the issue, but maybe I’m jumping to conclusions.
6. Michele Smith Inc
Address: 6860 Gulfport Blvd S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Stevie is an awesome music teacher ! Takes his time and goes over the lessons very thoroughly.
I have known Steve for fifteen years he is one of the most talented musicians I know now he is teaching and doing amazing things with the people he teaches from five years old to seventy five he is still performing and brings his experience to all his students
Stevie creates such a good rapport with his students. Not only does he encourage his students to use all their musical skills, he is extremely talented in various instruments.
8. Audibel Hearing Center
Address: 1155 Pasadena Ave S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Rhonda Smith is the ultimate professional at the Audibel center on Pasadena Ave. She is compassionate, caring, thorough and knowledgeable. She has helped me with my hearing aids since day one and I am very fortunate to have found her. It’s amazing how my quality of life has changed for the better since purchasing these hearing aids.
Pasadena Audibel is a very caring and loving Hearing Aid Center. Rhonda Smith take full care of my Hearing and Hearing Care needs at each and every appointment. I feel very fortunate to have Pasadena Audibel servicing my Hearing loss needs.
Always friendly, on time and go above and beyond to help make your experience great
Excellent Service Great employees
I have been using Audibel hearing aids for about six years. My contact is Rhonda Smith at the South Pasadena office. Rhonda never fails to be pleasant and helpful in every way, at all times. I know that I can count on her to fix any problem I have with my hearing aids in an efficient way. Through the years I have come to consider her a dear friend.
My wife needed a hearing aid tube for her hearing aid and since most hearing centers stock tubes, ear buds, and batteries, we stopped in to ask.
This is a self change $5.00 item, and we asked if they had one.
The receptionist said that we would have to leave the hearing aid, and that there was a minimum $150.00 charge.
We live near by, and have many senior friends.
Do we think that they will not be told about this?
Word travels very fast .
Specifically told the call center operator that I had Phonak hearing aids and wanted to send them back to the manufacturer for servicing under my service agreement. He said that they would handle shipping them back and suggested I take a complimentary hearing test with the results being included with the hearing aid shipment.
An appointment with the Pasadena office was made. I waited 45 minutes and was told there was a problem with their testing equipment. I returned a couple of days later, waited 15 minutes, met with the audiologist who informed me they don’t handle servicing for Phonax hearing aids.
9. Redbox
Address: 6851 Gulfport Blvd S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Hours say open til 7 today..but got no answer…very inconvenient
E no n
Such friendly guys working the counter. Great service and features!
New owners been in charge how long now? And cant make a few clicks to change the hours online. Place and employees where much better when christina was in charge. Dont think ill be wasting my time here again. Get your sgit together or get out of pasadena.
I went to the store and the owner is charging double the price for phones and plans. I drove 5 minutes to the other Metro and I got half of the price plus a free phone.
Always went to this location because I knew the owners who were great to work with. Went there recently and the new owner was rude and not helpful at all. Will not be going back there again.
11. bealls
Address: 6864 Gulfport Blvd S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
I frequent Bealls outlets and this location will not disappoint. They are stocked better than most locations. I was pleasantly surprised. Scored a few work tops. Will be back for more shopping!
This is the place to go for clothes, shoes, trinkets. We went a few times, can’t find the same stuff in Wisconsin.
Nice clean well stocked stores, not sure I’d call prices outlet.
Nice shopping place
Good prices , nothing special
I will say more stars.. however all jeans and shorts are designed for fat people.. my size is 33 inch waist too 34. Sometimes 30 depending upon what foriener is mesuring. Like Beall stores but can’t find my butt size
Sad
I went there because a friend said they had reading glasses but their selection was quite poor.
12. Publix Super Market at South Pasadena
Address: 1075 Pasadena Ave S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
I love this store, everything well sorted and clean, the associates are kind and helpful. Very recommended
Good as always. What Kroger should strive to be like.
Great store. Fresh fruit veggies and deli.
Your typical Publix.
Expensive but pleasant shopping experience
Order your pub subs from somewhere else. We’ve ordered online 10+ times and it’s NEVER once been ready. Ordered online at 6 for pickup at 7 and it’s currently 740 and still not ready.
The employees here are so rude. I asked the deli workers to help me locate an item and when I thanked them they mocked me, i literally thanked them if I said something rude to them I could understand.
Keep getting rid of items and changing stock. If you want any sort of consistency never go here.
13. Winn-Dixie
Address: 6851 Gulfport Blvd S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Like all stores down here no decaffeinated ice tea in bottles or in mixes
Over priced, more than anywhere else!!
Everyone is so nice here except the cashier Twana. I said “hello Twana.” She corrected me although I pronounced her name exactly as she corrected me, and she was very cold and extremely rude. She wasn’t friendly to the man before me, either. He asked about the price of something on his bill, and she completely ignored him. Then, she proceeded to be so kind and friendly to the nice people next in line. I hadn’t been here in months, and I definitely will NOT return!!! If I wanted to be treated poorly, I’d pick up an extra job and get paid for it.
I have never have left a bad review before but I am really mad.. I will never go back to this store again… today was the last straw..I had the snottiest cashier named Michelle (thank a Karen who has to get a job)..she ran my bags into the prior person in line and tossed my bags down the belt..I should have put my stuff back in the cart and gone to another person but I didn’t and she copped an attitude for the rest of the transaction…I’d rather go to the Winn Dixie on Madeira Beach..the people are so much nicer
Very small beer section!! Odd smells throughout the store but excellent the purell sanitation was right by the doors!
14. Rally
Address: 1080 Pasadena Ave S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Mix and match craft beer!! And little snacks for the beach (packs of two Oreos instead of two whole sleeves)!
Love this store, I’ve come for years it’s nice to see happy smiles and great service! Desire is awesome and very passionate about her customer service, thank you much dear keep on the good vibes!!!! Love it!!!!
Always friendly
Awesome beer selections, gas is Shell, so Winn Dixie cards work there & coffe & snacks are plentiful, not to mention great music while you pump gas!
So I used to go to this store all the time because it was in my way to school. I agree with most of the other reviews they used to be really nice, polite, and friendly. It had been a couple years since I had been to the store, now I’m a delivery driver in that area and 2or3 nights a week I drive my other bosses Limo (I buy a lot of gas) anyway a couple months ago after I finished filling up dual 28gal gas tanks I went inside with my Yeti coffee mug and filled it with ice… Just ice. As I’m walking out the door I held up my cup and said “I just got a little ice” (own cup) Guy behind the counter snaps at me like I was trying to steal something. He then proceeds to tell me cups of ice cost the store money. I pointed out I brought in my own cup and that the cost he was thinking of was the price of the cup. Well apparently I forgot to consider the price of the water. Sir I’d be more than happy to reimburse you for the cost of water that went into my cup of ice……Just as soon as I get around to cutting a penny into a million pieces. Considering you’re the closest gas to St Pete Beach after 10p I’m gonna give y’all a second chance. Don’t lose a bunch of business over a cup of ice
Everything is double or even triple the price of other convenient stores. Rude staff.
Got gas, slow pump no bigger, but when I wanted to clean the bugs off the windshield!! The one window washing wand they had was torn up.
The bathroom is always gross and I just walked into one of the clerks not wearing a mask coming from the bathroom
15. Vino Simpatico
Address: 722 Pasadena Ave S, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
awesome, beautiful boutique, upscale without the attitude, friendly, knowledgeable, very clean, warm, inviting atmosphere, huge selection…i have learned so much more about the art of wine thanks to mike and patti 🙂
Great service and selection. Very cozy place to sample wine.
Great wine, great service, great friends!
We went to Vino Simpatico last night at the recommendation of a friend and it was the music featured that drew us in. It’s super cute but there is a MAJOR issue of comfort. The bar stools. A) They are cheap and you sink down in the seat and then the frame digs into your legs and/or behind. There is no adjusting to be comfortable. Plus, the stool at the bar, are counter height, so when you sit at the bar, the counter actually is at your chest. it’s so uncomfortable in many ways. We were hoping to drink a few glasses of wine and enjoy the music but, unless we wanted to stand all night long (we didn’t), it’s impossible. So, its a good place for one glass of wine while standing, then move along. I hope they invest in some new bar stools and I will gladly come back, but otherwise, there is not point.
Great wine tasting
Selected upscale wines in an intimate setting, now w/ live music tonite. A favorite performer, Autumn June on vocals/ guitar.
Bought a bottle of Old Pearl Cabernet for $19.95 as it came highly recommended by the store staff, which btw was the cheapest bottle in store. Came home to find out that the same bottle retails for $9.99. Wine tasted disappointing. Worst is the feeling that they duped me.
If you aren’t a regular, not a very inviting or friendly place
I was disappointed in more ways than one. First they charge you $10 for some average tasting cheese and crackers. They serve you 8 different wines with a mere two small sips of wine. After tasting 8 different wines it’s difficult at times to decide which were good enough to buy. ( although we did buy on two separate times).
Here’s where my main complaint lies: when asking for an additional taste to better decide, we were denied an extra pouring. I should have said something at the time, but nevertheless, we haven’t been back since. And I have told several people of our experiences.
16. Books At Park Place
Address: 6800 Gulfport Blvd S ste 113, South Pasadena, FL 33707 , South Pasadena , Florida , United States
Had an excellent chat when I stopped by- employees are very helpful and great with recommendations 🙂 good selection- popular, trending reads to niche finds at a good price.
Wonderful place to get books and gifts
Great place!!
A bookstore with a point of view.
So good to find any bookstore. Wide range of books,good place for new books. I got knowledgeable assistance from the seller and bought a new book set in local area. Looking forward to going back.
I’m conflicted because I wanted to give a heads up review but I really didn’t feel comfortable in the store. A lot of the books seemed to be of one genre.
Closed and gone.
I have not been to this place before but based on a phone conversation i had with one of the workers to speak to him on behalf of the Gay and Lesbian community and Immediately disregarded me and said he was not interested. For a potential customer this is not a good look and from my perspective if i were to eventually visit this store i would possibly feel uncomfortable because i am gay.
Baywood Audio makes it easy and fun learning and mixing music!!!
This Waves Melodic Preset Pack is full of different sauce to spice up any vocals. Using it has saved me time and allowed me to have smooth workflow. Definitely a no brainer. Baywood is the literal sauce plug. Thanks for all you do, much love and energy your way.
OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE!
Joey Holli, you are the MAN! Ran into a few issues, but was able to quickly resolve them with Joey’s help! Highly recommend!
