If you’re looking for guitar parts services or lessons this is your place to go. These gentlemen we’re able to fix my daughters guitar in 24 hours a few days before Christmas
Went there because my bass needed saudering done, and they had it finished within an hour, excellent service, highly recommend coming here if you have any issues with guitars.
I dropped my pride and joy PRS for its first service in 15 years. I left it in the hands of Howie, their guitar tech, on a Wednesday afternoon just before closing. I received a phone call the next early afternoon that it would be ready for pickup. I can’t remember my guitar playing ever so well. Excellent service, reasonable and fair pricing, and VERY knowledgeable staff. An A+ experience in every way.
Good time talkin’ shop with the owner(s)!
Howe spent tons of time with us to ensure my son found the perfect guitar and amp. He put together a bundle of guitar, amp, and a Vamp…if you are looking to get an instrument, go to this place! Years of experience to help you is priceless.
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Tiny little place, not much to see unless you’re looking for overpriced foreign knockoffs
did an ok job setting up my strat. Not a fabulous job but not a bad job.
I am not that pleased with their general attitude they always try to pass off the cheaper products to me. I would rather go to a music store that tries to educate me rather than one that tries to benefit from any stupidity I may have.
i called and asked about a guitar hook and the guy on the phone didnt even know what it was i had to explain to him what it was and i asked about a tuner for a special guitar and he said that it was the same tuning just an octave apart and that octave in the type of guitar has to be precise im not going to call or go there for my guitar needs.
3. Wickham Road Music
Address: 4900 N Wickham Rd suite 106, Melbourne, FL 32940 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
Please note that despite what Google says, they are closed on Mondays. Very frustrating to waste the drive.
EDIT: I believe you are correct, sorry about that. Review changed.
Very knowledgeable and incredibly friendly staff! Highly recommend this business.
Nice place. A lil on the pricey side. They have good, knowledgable sales people. My complaint deals with their service. Maybe it was just my luck, but I brought in an item to get serviced and was told I would get a call when it was done cuz it had to be sent out. I did not get a call. Later..2 days after I was told it would be done.. I went to pick it up. It was finished, but due to me being in a hurry, i didnt fully check out the item before I left the store. I got home and found some problems with what was supposed to be fixed. I was able to fix most of the issues myself.. I’d consider going elsewhere if you need something like a guitar setup done..
Four stars because the owner rectified this issue and as far as i know, subsequent customers did not have this problem anymore. Props to you for actually caring!
One star because piano instructor Suzanne is knowledgeable and good instructor overall, so she gets the star. Issue is the owner seems to have an issue in his vocabulary or he is very dishonest. He recently started forcing students to pay a “deposit” equivalent to 2 classes. His excuse, “if you dont show up to class, we use the deposit to pay for the instructor’s time;” however, the classes are PRE-PAID which means, that the class is already paid for. When i argued this with him, he said, “well, we actually use that deposit for two extra classes when you choose to quit.” Well, i already chose to quit, so first of all, why would i want two more classes? an entire month is always PRE-PAID too, so no need for “deposit” since classes have been PAID IN ADVANCE. When i signed up, i told them, i was using 4 classes my mother gifted me. They made her leave a 2 class deposit; even though, again, she had PRE-PAID for the four classes. I told them i was only there for the 4 classes. So when i went to my last class, the owner said, “I dont give back deposits, worse case i could give you store credit.” Hmmm… DEPOSIT??? a deposit is something that is given back subject to terms. In apartment, if nothing is broken at end of lease, deposit is given back, in a car rental if the car is not damaged, etc. He is forcing people to prepay every month, AND prepay two classes that they have to take when they no longer want to take classes. Completely dishonest, misleading and rude.
Has some good stuff, but not a great selection. Very cheap or very expensive not much middle
There are many better reputable places to enroll your children for music lessons than this sordid place. Have to give at least one star to post this review!
The absolute worst customer service…More interested in making an extra few dollars now than in having a client for years.
I enrolled my six years old grandson in piano lessons…I paid 5 classes upfront (3 lessons + the 2 “security deposit”)…Unfortunately, the first lesson took place for the second lesson a week later; my grandson could not attend because several children in his classt tested covid positive…
And he had to be quarantined and tested; my daughter-in-law called the music store to let them know the very same day…The following week it was Monday, Labor Day…He did not attend either.
When I went last week to pay for the next month’s classes, I was told that my grandson would have no credit at all, covid or labor day did not matter and that the two weeks security deposit would not be credited either…I pulled my grandson out of the miserable place…
I should have known better when I checked the site the first time and saw the “music classes” that look like cells with no real piano to start with…You live, and you learn…
Went in for banjo strings. I know banjo is not a super popular instrument but they had only had one set off some off brand strings. They can do better than that with inventory.
Hours on their website and on their store front say they are open until 8pm. Drove over and arrived there at 6:15pm and they were closed. No explanation why they were closed early. Holiday closing dates listed on the store front sign did not include this date. Wasted time. Should have called first.
4. Music & Arts
Address: 1408 Highland Ave, Melbourne, FL 32935 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
This place is amazing ! Their customer service is Excellent and they even took the time to find a way to save me $40 on my son’s instrument.
Very nice place and staff
Great service, selection, prices and advice. Friendly and helpful staff.
Lovely store. Helpful employees.
Apprehensive staff and good inventory. This place is great for supplying up for school band stuff
Great place for kids to learn music. I have 2 taking lessons here and they are performing at a very level and considering i have no music ability im giving all the credit to their lessons
Never open even though it’s normal business hours. Never returns phone calls. The men that work there are friendly, but the female is rude. Will over charge your credit card on random days. Then instead of refunding will harass you, even at work for more money.
You’d think when you’re paying $25 a month for a used plastic clarinet you’d at least get decent customer service. I was told that my clarinet, that had been damaged and sounded awful since the moment I opened it, was extremely damaged (obviously) and when she asked what I did to it I told her I had no idea as I’d barely played it and it was this way when I opened the case when I received it. She then told me “Think hard honey because all our instruments are shipped in perfect condition.” Clearly untrue. I will not be giving business to this company again. Very overpriced and rude.
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As I’m reading through others reviews I see many people have had this same issue with the same woman I had an issue with. I hope the owner notices this and takes proper action.
We now purchase our supplies and music books online because of the rude older sales lady. Sad to see other reviews posted about her and she still works there.
5. CheerSounds Music
Address: 6905 N Wickham Rd STE 203, Melbourne, FL 32940 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
Great selection and friendly, knowledgeable service. Fantastic local shop that I’d recommend to anyone.
Very helpful..now we know where to go to get what we need. Very good customer service..will keep going back
I like this place. Because no matter how busy they are. Always try to help any way they can. They go over and above.
Great customer service
Helpful service
Has quite a few instruments for the size. Has a recording studio for what that’s worth. I’ve heard some of the noise that come out of there??
Don’t expect any service though. I think the average age of the employees is about 17. And of course they are all Woke and don’t have a clue. Didn’t see any Quota Hires? So if your buying strings or picks you should be good. I really tried hard to buy a guitar there a couple years ago. Ended up ordering a Taylor from Taylor because they wouldn’t. To lazy I guess?
ENTER AT OWN RISK
No part that I needed said they could get it it’ll take about two weeks I order to myself up on Amazon and already got it sorry sorry customer service
Dropped off hubbys fender said would be done in few days…went back in one week nothing done didnt even order part…gave another week still nothing done no part even ordered. Just picked up guitar will go to sam ash. Lost a customer.
7. Villons
Address: 304 Florida A1A Unit B, Satellite Beach, FL 32937 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
Don’t be fooled by the low cumulative stars reviewing this gem – looks like some disgruntled customers in a hurry visited here at the end of June 2021 and decided to trash it online – same names are repeated multiple times on multiple one star reviews. We were thrilled to find this place – coffee was DELICIOUS, service was unhurried and laid back as you’d expect in a laid back beach town. The quality rivals anything we’ve sampled in CA, WA, OR and VT.
If you are beachside go grab coffee from them. Super nice people and top notch product. Highly recommend.
What a great spot to start your morning. I’ve had both their specialty coffee drinks and just a basic Americano. You can tell they really care about what they make because they always check and ask about the amount of espresso I want. Definitely making this my regular spot.
One of my new favorite spots! I tried their flat white the other day and then went back 2 days later because I couldn’t stop thinking about it. The employees were super nice and the inside of the cafe/store is beautiful. Highly recommend and the prices are very fair! I will for sure be back!
Edit: I really liked this coffee shop but after going today, I had a pretty bad experience. One of the ladies working seemed to be annoyed and was pretty rude. I’ll go to the new shop opening downtown and give it another shot but I guess I need a little break from this location :/ sometimes the employees are nice and sometimes it seems like customers are a bother.
Don’t expect to find a coffee shop. This is a small food truck. Choices are limited and prices are higher than Starbucks. They didn’t even carry Splenda as a sweetener.
Cute Coffee Truck and really nice staff. However I spent $5.25 on not even at 16oz latte that didn’t come with a lid or straw and was packed with ice.
Very rude staff. Took WAY TOO long to get my order. way over priced. food was awful, hairs in it!!!
I came in and I wouldn’t recommend their breakfast sandwich. It was hard as a rock as it was microwaved too long, yet the sausage was cold inside. They took 10 min to make my coffee, and someone else took a drink out of it and said “oh that’s not mine”. The barista proceeded to hand me said coffee and my husband said that’s been drank out of. They’re not on the ball.
8. Marion Music
Address: 4970 Stack Blvd #B3, Melbourne, FL 32901 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
Great place and Friendly service every time I visit there.
Nice store. I was there to get an instrument cable. The price was right so I got one. It works well so the next time I am in that part of Palm bay I’ll get another.
Nice guy helped me pick out a guitar
This place is a rip off….cost me 60 dollars to have my 12 string worked on and when I got it home the electronics still didn’t work and when I complained about it all I got was a runaround. They wanted 150 dollars to replace the pre amp in the guitar and I told then no way. I went on ebay and bought the pre amp for $8.83 and it took me about an hour to fix it. Also the brand new strings they charged me for were all corroded. Beware of this place I will never ever do business with them again. Twice they have ripped me off.
Super nice guys but when I tried to trade my mint esp 1000 deluxe with case and a marshall amp with a footswitch for a $512 takamine acoustic guitar they also told me they wanted 400 bucks. I get they are a business but didn’t know they were trying to straight up butcher me on the trade. On the phone the dude named Mike told Bruce that my ESP is selling for 700. Kinda wrong imo. Nice people though
Went in for an acoustic replacement part and the guy gave me a part for another guitar that was close but not right. Being an instrument shop, the guy should know what works and what doesn’t…or at least what to look for, for compatibility. It’s no big deal that I wasted the time and money…it’s the lack of knowledge from their part. I’m going to measure everything myself and order online, cheaper.
Also, come on, guys, every time I’ve gone in there (over 9 years) it’s always the same…dirty and dusty with a bunch of used unorganized crap everywhere. There are always people just sitting around and talking. I’m all for a cool hang out, but how about getting up off your butts and working your store a little. You have so much room and stuff, clear it out, clean it, and put it back in a better/improved way.
Lastly, your used acoustic guitars are miserable. I understand they’re used…but your prices are high and every guitar I looked at had major issue (cracks in the sound board or missing electronics with gaping holes).
Local shops are being killed by Amazon and the online retailers…you’re not helping to motivate us local musicains to support local shops. You could be the best in Brevard…but you need to do something and better yourselves.
9. Wholesale Music Instruments
Address: 3000 W New Haven Ave, West Melbourne, FL 32904 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
Great selection and professional advice. Family owned and operated and they are always willing to discount your purchase.
They were very helpful with my son purchasing a new guitar
Great prices and excellent service. Highly recommended.
Live music? Wow
Came looking for a case for an odd-sized guitar, found a live sit-in jam session, how delightful.
Owners were friendly and knowledgeable. My case was out of stock, he was happy to order more in. All in all, a great little shop.
Knowledgeable
Gene and…Kevin? are cool guys. I get a bit of a push-to-sell vibe from Gene, but that’s no surprise. Got to make money to eat and grow the business. Wish they had a proper luthier in-store and maybe a sound test room, but lot of good selection for merchandise.
I went in today to purchase some bass strings. They only had one brand to select from called Hi-Beams. He also stated that “bass strings now are ranging anywhere from $40-$70”. This is absolutely absurd. I’ll go on Amazon and purchase Ernie Balls for $17.
I actually came back to this place to give them a second chance, and still had a terrible experience. Taking a look at the Google responses from the owner too, it looks like he can’t take criticism to improve his business. I’ll continue shopping at Wickham Road Music and on Amazon. Thanks anyways.
Don’t shop here unless you wanna pay more for less. Also reading the owners responses to his reviewers tells me he is not interested in making improvements to his store and that he is obviously never wrong.
Don’t ever try to trade with them you won’t be happy!
10. Atlantic Music Center
Address: 150 East Dr suite c, Melbourne, FL 32904 , South Patrick Shores , Florida , United States
I love my new piano and I am so grateful to Brian and the folks at Atlantic Music for helping me find the perfect piano for me. I highly recommend anyone shopping for a piano to visit Atlantic Music. They are awesome!
The owner, Brian, is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about pianos. His center’s reconditioning and rebuilding work is top notch. He helped me find the piano that had the right sound and feel for my space and budget. Would 100% recommend anyone purchasing a piano to do so with Atlantic Music.
So I have not bought a piano from this dealer, but I HAVE noticed that in looking at their reviews, every site I look at, share the same reviews, same exact text. It makes the reviews look like they are planted from the business. Where do I go to get a real review of this business?
I end up buying my piano somewhere else because I just couldn’t get straight answers and responses from them.
Today he was also the second time they said they would call me back and didn’t. They’re close enough that I can walk to their store but they don’t seem to respect me so I don’t feel like shopping there.
Took Brian a week to get back to me with 1 sentence that said they were too busy to repair my piano. Happy to look for service elsewhere!