Covington music is AWESOME! Any supplies or instruments you need and Bill Covington is an amazing teacher.
Great customer service and fair pricing. Love this store
Bill Covington always works to make sure his customers are satisfied. He does an excellent job helping me care for my equipment, and his classes are good for players of varying skill levels.
I went in to get Mr. Convington to change the strings on my guitar at the end of May 2018. It’s almost the beginning of September and I’ve heard nothing after almost four months. I left a voicemail and have tried to get in contact with him to no avail.
Deceitful man who runs this place. He lies about what he will do then tries to make you buy stuff.
3. Krilley Music
Address: 2981 Everly Rd #8, Bonifay, FL 32425 , Washington County , Florida , United States
Store is cleaned and stocked and has friendly cashiers…
Very clean and friendly staff. I was looking for something special and they really went out of there way to try and find it. Love the choice, Dollar tree and family dollar, they should split all the store like this.
8. Dollar General
Address: 3515 Elkcam Blvd, Chipley, FL 32428 , Washington County , Florida , United States
This store, despite it being the closest and only store in a 5 mile radius, makes my day any time I go in there. The staff is always super friendly and helpful when it comes to looking for something that may have been moved, the store is always clean and smells great. The bathrooms are nice and the staff is always keeping themselves busy which is great cause the more they do to clean up the store and stock the shelves, the more people can just get in and get out.
Good friendly staff
Better than Walmart
Prices are pretty good on cleaning supplies and some food items
Fast service wide variety of products.
Shelves are always empty looks like a tornado went through it. Theres stocking carts all over the aisles and makes it hard to shop and navigate through.
Slave labor and filthy stores. Walmart is cheaper, cleaner and has a better selection… Why bother with DG
Clean
Don’t throw away any packaging of products purchased from this store. Such as empty bottles, paper,
Plastic, cans, etc. Into there dumpster. They will CHEW your
a** out about it. Even if you explain
it all came from there store. My family was staying with me and with 8 of them our toter was full.
I said no problem I just take the extra bags to the Store from which
they came from. This was done 6 months ago besides today. It’s not like we do it
On a regular basis. I already had
deposited one bag. Should have told her to just jump into the dumpster and hand it back to me.
I really would like to spoon feed it
to her!!
9. Awesome Music
Address: 8344 Kingswood Rd, Panama City, FL 32409 , Washington County , Florida , United States
Awesome Bill will answer your questions and sell you just what you need. Lessons for any instrument. Proper set up for your stringed instrument. Amps and effect pedals to suit any genre of music.
This Place Is Useful But you must look carfully for the place
Amazing customer service. We have purchased a guitar and a ukelele from him and both are awesome. They have also been quick to help me with broken strings or pickups that needs reworking.
Great company, great customer service!
Friendly and very helpful. Prices are a little high.
A collection of acoustic and electric guitars, bass, drums, and more. Music lessons are reasonable and staff knowledgeable about music. The staff is also helpful and knowledgeable on products sold.
Ripped me off. Sold me a horrible chinese violin which broke within one hour of playing. They tried to pass the violin off as good for a beginner. The thing is literally disposable and was already used. Staff was also untrained and unqualified. Will NOT be back. DO NOT SHOP HERE
10. Walton Music
Address: 188 FL-83, Defuniak Springs, FL 32433 , Washington County , Florida , United States
Everyone is so nice. My daughter takes guitar lessons from Lee who is extremely knowledgeable and is an excellent teacher to my daughter.
Syill the best music i know.It’s run by some very nice women and it’s always been a pleasure buying from them and ofcourse we should all support our local community.. L.M
Extremely Nice! Great People! They know how to take care of their customers.. and when you need something they don’t carry they can get it quick and are very helpful! A++
Great little music shop. The service is top notch. My favourite music store in the area! Great selection of guitars, drums, recording equipment – and if they don’t have it they will certainly try to get it for you. They provide a great restringing service! My guitar was restrung within 20 minutes. 100% recommend!
I bought 3 djembes and 1 Cajon for Jordan Faust, Julia Faust, Chaz Baxter and Chase Baxter for Christmas. .can’t wait for them to have a drumb circle on the beach. ..so drop by and get you one so you can join them…
The gentleman begins the counter was great. Very nice and helpful and very friendly. Will be back for sure.
Needs variety
Good selection of instruments and knowledgeable staff. It is a nice touch that they are involved in the local community as well.
Nice little place, but somewhat disorganized. Nice folks, lacking on the communication side. Lessons are good!
I used to go before the ownership change to have my violin serviced. I went to the counter and talked to Seth and I left wanting to cry. When I opened my case he picked up my violin then out of the blue asked if I wanted him to take off the finger tape. He said he didn’t like his students using it since it was a crutch. I said no thanks I like having it and he said “oh… ok” in a very judging and condescending tone. He then asked how much I paid for it (super disrespectful and unnecessary?) and when I told him he scoffed and said he wouldn’t have paid half of that. He then proceeded to turn over my violin and point out every imperfection (something about the bridge being too high, fingerboard not angled properly, and spots of varnish). He said it looked “haphazard” and was shocked I paid that. This was a violin I’ve had for years, absolutely love, and that my parents worked hard to afford. I was too shell shocked to take the violin back from him and leave, and after all the insults Seth said “it seems fine you don’t need service” then asked if I wanted lessons from him. The audacity?? At least he didn’t try to sell me stuff I suppose. I know this is a small business and I hate to not show support but like I said before I left in tears and with a horrible experience. I can’t recommend this store and especially not Seth for your classical instrument needs. I don’t understand how anyone can stand him for a lesson, I’ve never met a more condescending person in the customer service industry.
Went in to purchase strings, was charged double the price for them. Next time I will get them online, put a end to that kind of crazy happening again.
14. Leitz Music Company (DT)
Address: 508 Harrison Ave, Panama City, FL 32401 , Washington County , Florida , United States
Nice people, friendly atmosphere and a decent selection of affordable instruments. It’s my default music store in town. I’ve always been pleased with their service.
My favorite place in Panama City
Good store and they are helpful, the techs have been excellent. There seems to be a renewed atmosphere in the store. I actually had some one greet me as I entered. I love the selection of percussion instruments. Guitars run the gambit of styles and prices. Fender dealer, Martins, Gretch, Ovation, and any Ukulele you might need.
Very disappointed in the two salesman. Didn’t care if I bought a guitar or not. Very poor attitudes. Not interested in me at all. I was being friendly and told them that I couldn’t play very good and I have bought a guitar from them in the past. I finally asked them to think about one for me and call me back. I said do you want my phone number and he dropped a pad and pen in front of me. My friend who was with me said I don’t think they want your business. Iam 64 from Atlanta and just wanted a guitar while I was visiting my daughters. I’m a retired paramedic firefighter and those salesman need help.
Really cool shop with demo rooms and helpful staff.
I wasn’t to please with my recent visit. I paid to have a few instruments fixed and they fixed one but the other one was in the same condition as before. Knobs making noise and the input popping. I brought it back thinking maybe it was an honest mistake. Turns out they had sprayed it with canned air before for $20. When I brought it back he did the same again. Issue was never fixed nor a refund. I am normally pleased with their customer service but I felt like I was conned out $20. This last time I took it and blew with my breath into the input and some dust came out and now it plays great.
Happy they fixed my first guitar but not satisfied with my bass and the last time I asked for advice on what cable to grab, they gave me a trs cable for a balanced input that come to find out doesn’t work right, so I am giving this two stars.
Called to ask if they had two common guitar items in stock, and was promptly told they do not carry those items. Stopped by an hour later to find they did have them in stock. While brousing the store more than half of thier merchandise is packed up (bare shelves), and I was instructed by the staff not to touch anything I was not going to buy.
Unacceptable Service! It seems as if they just rather be closed, and don’t want any one comming in to shop. Ridiculous.
Bought some cables and stuff from you guys when you had the store in pier park was great now you closed it cause you say it too expensive well guess what your a music shop stuff ain’t cheap. Looks like we just need guitar center or musician’s friend out here they take care of their customers and will not close their stores complaining there to expensive to keep open how much money do yall make off your inventory and you can’t keep your stores open thats sad!!! And oh not to mention yall also don’t know how to stay open decent hours like why close at 5? Most people ain’t off till then how you expect them to buy anything? Maybe thats why yall had to close the one shop
15. Playground Music Center
Address: 27 Harrison Ave, Panama City, FL 32401 , Washington County , Florida , United States
Playground is THE Best! Wonderful customer service.
Highly recommend this music store they’ve got buy one get one on guitar strings right now I don’t know how much longer that will last that’s a pretty good deal quality strings quality equipment quality service I definitely recommend this music store
Well located pleasant store with great variety of instruments, including wind instruments. I went there because my Yamaha PSR-740 had a loose key. They took care of it and charged me a very reasonable price. Customer service was exceptional. Big shout out to Jeremy for being so helpful. I definitely recommend this store!
Do not pick out an instrument on their so called rent to own plan if you are picky about that exact instrument They were supposed to fix a sticky tenon and instead gave my daughter a diff instrument that she disliked. I tried to get a response via email and they did not get back to me so I called and was told that I could not get back the original. I was contacted by the store after much hassle and then spoken to like a non musician and given back the flute without them doing anything about the sticky tenon! Only go here if you are wanting to try beginner instruments!
Very knowledgeable and professional
I went in looking to switch from viola to cello. Paul was super nice and helpful. I highly recommend this place if you’re looking for an instrument.
I’ve had a few dealings with this establishment over the past 10 years and overall am not very happy. The first time, I had them refurbish my wife’s mid-level flute, which I believe they contracted out to another location in the FL panhandle. The service rendered it playable again, but the technician scratched the silver in a few places. More recently we rented a French horn from them for my son. After a year, they would aggressively solicit us by phone and text to upgrade the rental to a nicer horn (at a rate of over $150/month). They continuously addressed me by the wrong surname and/or salutation even after I offered corrections. Furthermore, they mislead my wife and I about the credit we would acquire through rental towards the potential purchase of an instrument. This benefit is extremely limited and restrictive! The guys working in the shop were nice and helpful, so I have to believe that all of this is really an issue with management/ownership. That said, I can’t recommend them as a good music store.
Update: Thank you for your response. Just to clarify, I understand the cost of these instruments quite well. My wife and I just do not feel like a 7th grader is worthy of an instrument that retails for roughly $5-6k and felt that the sales calls were far too pushy. With regard to the flute incident, this happened many years ago, and I did reach out to you by phone. I was transferred to the repair technician, who explained that the cause of the damage was difficulty in disassembling the keys. No offer was made to polish or repair the scratches at that time, and I’m not even sure if this could be realistically done.
Accounting department is lacking. Starting with their company rep incorrectly completing Rental Agreement, billing errors (which I called to correct), followed by their text messages threatening repossession without the courtesy of a phone call has led yo more headache than it’s worth.
I have called Lamar’s person # that was given. me by the school Numerous times, as if this date, I have not received any form of response. Initially we went to band night ordered starter kit. Finally ended up going to Metro Music. They were very helpful. I now have everthing needed.
So bad my child had to experience a bad start to something that is so wonderful . Go to Metro Music, or their other affiliates, you’ll be happier.
16. Sound Collective
Address: 1113 Beck Ave, Panama City, FL 32401 , Washington County , Florida , United States
Workers are fantastic, prices are absolutely outrageous though. For a corporation making billions, the company could be passing savings onto their customers
Would help if they had more than 2 checkout lanes open.. I cant stand self checkout.
Above average
Could yall like answer the phone at some point? Like anyone
Down right horrible not one price listed on the shelf was what was rung up. Store was dirty and unfriendly staff.
The worst Wal-Mart I’ve ever seen. It’s obvious the manager of this store doesn’t care about it’s looks or merchandise or customers.
18. Tadlock Piano
Address: 1320 N Tyndall Pkwy, Panama City, FL 32404 , Washington County , Florida , United States
They charged a church a couple hundred dollars to come out and fix a problem with a warranty covered instrument, and still didn’t fix the issue. Couple hundred dollars just to say, “sorry, we don’t know what’s going on and can’t help you”. If you can’t fix the issue with an organ/piano you sold, you don’t charge them then, especially if it’s warranty covered!
