Family Band , very versatile, plays all different kind of music . We drive from the Bay Area to Sonoma twice a month just to hear a little german music and dance to their music. Love their music!
Absolutely wonderful people working at this store. Very helpful and very courteous and very knowledgeable.
I highly recommend them, outstanding staff.
The owner is a genuine kind human being who cares about the musica and musician ship. I went in and was looking at some acosutics and he gave me a mini lesson for free and even wrote down the guitar tab for me. Most welcoming music store in sonoma county. They care about the music first business second. Three thumbs up!
People’s Music use to be better, but it’s still a fine local music store for grabbing some supplies or renting a school instrument. It has the charm and “treasure hunt” qualities of a small-town music store, you can find a cheap guitar for a beginner or a full-on vintage Gibson SG, so it’s always worth a stop by.
Nice people
Nasty and uncaring owners; Get music somewhere else! pointed out a safety hazard in the store, where someone could easily trip, fall and be injured. I suggested yellow tape. The owners got mad and told me to “leave my store!” Avoid these nasty owners.
Friendly and knowledgable sales staff … outstanding selection of guitars and accessories. Experienced and honest repair staff.
Best Guitar store ever!! I drive from San Jose to shop here.
Looking for the perfect local music store? Look no further. Friendly and knowledgeable, Tall Road is the best. From my daughter’s clarinet for school to my latest guitar obsession, they cover it all. Love Tall Toad!
I don’t much like these guys. I worked right around the corner from them and saw them regularly. Fake would be a good way to describe them. Also the manager told me I could drop my guitar off (his idea) before they opened because I wouldn’t be able to leave work until after they’d be closed. I brought the guitar by a week later before they opened and he didn’t remember me. He gave me an attitude, just staring at me and pointing at their open time printed on the window. If you’ve got a personality best kept to a cubicle in the basement maybe you shouldn’t be involved in customer service, in any capacity.
7. Loud and Clear Music
Address: 8000 Old Redwood Hwy, Cotati, CA 94931 , Temelec , California , United States
Love this music store! Bought my last guitar here.
I bought a midi interface for my home setup from these guys yesterday. They were really helpful! They’re not just selling products, but they actually had some really useful information about how to get it working and to call them if there was an issue. Great customer service. Great selection of keyboards! And the general vibe of the store was just righteous. Really appreciated the atmosphere. Guy I spoke with was Matt and he was really really helpful.
Nice people good selection of items.
Limited selection. Stuck with a salesman I could barely understand.
Good place to consign music gear, they sold my Roland Guitar Synthesizer for a better price than expected.
They’d rather make $50 or so than lose a customer and get a negative feedback. Not sure that’s a winning business strategy in the long run, but best of luck.
So, I’ve been in here twice since I’ve moved from East Bay to Rohnert Park last year. On both separate occasions the staff watches me like I’m going to steal every item in the store somehow. Very, very, very uncomfortable to look up and have every worker in the store staring at you from across the room, yet not one word of helpfulness or a ‘hi’ or anything. I wont be stepping foot in ‘this boy’s club again’.
8. Music Connection
Address: 2425 Jefferson St #103, Napa, CA 94558 , Temelec , California , United States
Kimric Smythe, the owner, is a fascinating wealth of information and a joy to do business with!!
Did a great job repairing my concertina, fair price too.
Very knowledgable – fast shipping – fantastic.
One of the few accordian repair places in California. They do a good job on accordian repair and tuning. Their price quotes are on point, no hidden or unexpected charges.
Seems like they don’t want a customer. The people are not friendly. They look so irritated when we just walked in.
Well… I brought my fathers Horner there for repair. After 2 months Kim returned me the instrument basically without any exterior repair and said that he was fixing the engine, not the paint. From and estimate of 350 to 450, I was charged 505 dollars and after explaining my disappointment and frustration he said I could stop later for another 5 min repair on the fabric who is broken. If you spent that much time to fix the instrument, what would be anther 5 minutes to give me an instrument visually restored too? I feel tricked and frustrated for trying to support local business and leaving with a bad taste in my mouth. I find it important to write this down here so if someone else needs an instrument restored they make sure to understand the expectations . If Mr Kim is serious on showing some love to me and my instrument I would be willing to bring it back to complete the service.
I came to share a technical problem on an accordion which was under warranty, and ask owner’s opinion on whether this could be fixed or not. He basically just wanted to avoid spending time on it and did not even listen the problem. His behavior and comments were rude and unwelcoming, while he had been very friendly before I buy the accordion.
13. Stanroy Music Center
Address: 850 4th St, Santa Rosa, CA 95404 , Temelec , California , United States
I love Stanton music! Great people, super helpful. They have most of what I need and if not they’ll get it. All kinds of great music teachers work here in the studio section as well.
I take banjo lessons there and they give you a discount as one of their students
Friendly staff and really helpful
Easy parking lot of guitar’s and more stuff.went there for one item.very helpful sale personal.
Great guitar store.
Great, local, full service music store.
Took my vinyage 70’s modified stratocaster to be flipped from a righty to a lefty and they didnt even flip the nut they just used some glue to raise the strings to make them fit. Seemed like they didnt care about doing a good job or doing the job right just to get it done as fast as possible and collect there money. Dissapointed because i always try to help local business over corporate monsters like bananas but even at bananas i feel like the staff is more attentive. If your a high class snob this might be your perfect fit.
I was pretty amazed by the amount of instruments that were in the store, it was pretty cool. I walked in, only greeted by a man behind the counter, facing towards the wall, raised his hand with a half-attempt “Hey.” I was there to pick up some tenor sticks for marching band, so I walked over to the stick rack. There was almost no marching percussion sticks, but a really good variety of other sticks. I found some tenor sticks, poorly packaged and plastic with some cuts and tears. There were only 3 pairs, so I picked one up to see the price… Sad, I must say at the least. I spent $30 on ONE pair of Promark TS8’s. I didn’t want to buy it, but I had no choice. Probably won’t be buying from there anymore, I’m better off getting 4 pairs of TS8’s on Amazon for $30 !!!
Muchos instrumentos musicales hechas en China .
14. Uglyfingers Productions Recording Studio
Address: 19700 8th St E, Sonoma, CA 95476 , Temelec , California , United States
Moved 1036 full upright without a hitch. Fast and friendly. Affordable.
Great little music shop, I play guitar and ukulele and they have a great selection of both. Their customer service is excellent! Will be doing most, if not all of my business with them in the future!!
Best food in that part of town, big portions and great salsa!!
Very expensive but has some good brands to pick from
A lot of instruments, friendly staff. Very cramped space though, otherwise I’d give it a better rating.
I chose this establishment when it came time to decide where I was going to buy my guitar I had a good relationship with a former manager who sold it to me. I have been in and out of the store from time to time and purchased a few items here and there but honestly I was not happy with the phone conversation I had yesterday with whom ever picked up the phone.
He was very cordial and businesslike of course which anyone but expect from a well-seasoned established neighborhood outlet. I have enquired about a couple of items I needed to complete a project he said that he can order them for me but when I added I believe I can get them on eBay as well he said okay thank you very much and rudely hung up on me.I don’t believe that’s just because I choose to get one or two items from a different resource that I should face such reprisal and for this reason alone I will not return to the store and it really is a shame when you walk in you get that old time flavor that was so calm and many years ago. It was just not professional behavior and now my trust is lost. Sorry I just left this message by way of microphone I think it may be hard of hearing completely Miss worded the whole thing
Wayne at this shop was rude and unprofessional. His shop mounted the music rack on incorrectly on my vintage Steinway, drilling holes in the wood in the wrong place. They moved my piano as well and did a fine job, but I can’t get past the terrible customer service and drilling error.
I have only dealt with the owner Wayne Searcy one time and it was very unpleasant. He cussed me out on the phone because he didn’t like my price for a service he wanted me to provide to him. I tried to call him back and politely talk with him and hopefully have a more civil conversation but he cussed me out again and hung up. In my opinion as a business owner this is completely unprofessional and I would caution anyone looking to spend their money at this store to stay away. If an owner treats his customers this way then they don’t deserve your business period!
Do not do business with this store. We stored our grand piano with SRMC for a few years. At first, they were really responsive and professional. They picked up our piano, and were very careful and communicated well. That was 2019. In 2022, when it came time for us to have our piano out of storage, the owner, Wayne, would not return phone calls. When I could get him on the phone, he would tell me that he was working with a customer and that he would call me back, but never did. He got an additional 6 months of storage fees out of me just due to his refusal to work with me. Then after we finally got the piano out of storage (which was exactly a year ago) he continued to charge my credit card the storage fee for months. Once again, multiple calls and visits to the store were useless. Every time I showed up during business hours, no one was there. I worked with my credit card company to stop the charges, but nothing short of closing the card worked. As of last month, we are finally free of this battle, and only because we had to close the card.
18. Luthiers Mercantile International Inc
Address: 7975 Cameron Dr STE 1600, Windsor, CA 95492 , Temelec , California , United States
Consistently reliable and excellent in spirit as in work.
Will call remains available. The turn around was about a day from online order to will call. The quality of materials seems fantastic. I can’t wait to start building.
Awesome place, the website update is AMAZING with updates happening consistently! Excellent customer service and easy to deal with.
A chain is only as good as its weakest link salesperson PAU will take care of u
A huge zero in customer service,
failure to stand behind their products.
I bought a fretboard and a wax and it was the most horrible shopping experience I had ever had. Upon receiving my package I had problems and I wrote to them and they take too long to answer so that in the end tell you it’s your fault and be more careful.
Good products but horrible website. Do not trust the website!!!! Call in all your orders or you will be sorry. Ordered services on a fret board thru website. They shipped without services performed. When I call to explain, they let me know it was all my fault. Poor response to a good customer.
19. Sonoma Valley Music
Address: 20540 Broadway, Sonoma, CA 95476 , Temelec , California , United States
