Absolutely incredible place. Felt like home. Super comfortable and amazing hospitality. I will be a frequent guest.
Had fun at the Banana Pudding Festival
Beautiful converted home in a quiet small town. The hosts were warm and welcoming. Great venue for a bike event!
Very nice spot. Great living quarters. I did the private suite through a sharing service. The suite was nice sized with private bath. There is no cell service for Sprint in that area but the WiFi worked great for using VoIP. Had a great kitchen though I did not use it. Place was stocked with soda, water, wine. Did meet one other guest which was nice. Quiet place.
Never been inside. My only experience has been the banana pudding festival on their grounds. Love it. Super large crowd this year!
4. Duane Music
Address: 2857 Vinson Hwy SE, Milledgeville, GA 31061 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
The owner is a wonderful guy who loves music and teaching it to others. Great with kids. Highly recommend.
Moved to Dublin several months ago and have had my Gibson Les Paul and my EVH 5150 looked at and set up by Jason, with absolutely no regrets or hesitation to take guitars here in the future. Jason is knowledgeable, helpful, polite, and personable. I was worried about finding someone to preform setups on new guitars when I moved back to a small town and having to driver hours away for help. Forte Music is one of the best local guitar shops I have done business with, highly recommend Jason for any and all of our needs!
Nice musical instrument place the owner was very nice and helpful he even give lessons by appointment very pleasant atmosphere prices are good also.
Seems to be a good place to buy musical instruments..accessories..fair on prices.. would recommend..
Good store. Very helpful staff
6. Laf Global
Address: 119 Jackson St, Gordon, GA 31031 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
Staff is very patient and kind; guitar selection is pretty sweet
Awesome people, they made my cheap guitar play wonderfully with a proper set up
Great deals, great service. It’s always nice to have a local, hometown music store for that personal touch. Lessons are also available. Wish there was a bigger selection there, though–go buy some stuff there so they can afford more space! 🙂
Went in to get some supplies for taking care of a trumpet. They didnt have a huge variety but they did gave neat grab and go packs. They did, however, have a huge selection of guitars, ukuleles and other strings as well as a few brass and woodwinds.
Nice music shop. We are pleased with a kid friendly guitar lessons taught by Mr. Mike.
Update:Feb 2022. Still attending lessons and my child has taken a liking to guitar. His finger placement has gotten better and knowing the proper strings for several chords.
Courteous & friendly but I wouldn’t take an amp there for repair. I was told that I’d get a call with the diagnosis. 2 weeks later I called only to be told they haven’t been able to find anyone willing to work on it. It clearly states on their website that they repair both tube & solid state amplifiers? I’m a little preplexed..
Horrible customer service. My dad and I went into the store. The gentleman who answered our question was more eager to talk with the other non paying people in the store. Maybe a bad day? I know I won’t go back.
Rude employees, wouldn’t be surprised if i asked them about squier guitars and they’d start laughing
8. Georgia Band Book
Address: 107 Bayside Cir, Warner Robins, GA 31088 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
I have known the owner’s family since 6 or 7 years old.. musically I would always suggest anyone to see Mr. Billy Ray for anything!!
His soul has been deeply invested in music since I before I even met them and I am getting old!!
Music & art run thru their veins in the most genuine of ways!!
The owner offered to tune and check my just purchased used 5 string banjo. I couldn’t get it to stay in tune. Lo, it was the tuners at fault. All the screws were loose. He fixed them.
Sounds beautiful
Thank you
Always a pleasure stopping by Hickory Wind Music!!!
Very small shop has a large selection of guitars and amps not much in other musical instruments not a whole lot in books to learn how to play nothing in the line of piano lesson books or keyboard looked like nice selection of guitar strings and picks staff was friendly Just not a big store.
Had to return vapes 3xs
10. T. Warner Artists | Live Music, DJ, & Entertainment Production
Ben was an absolute pleasure to work with. He and Mike are so talented and definitely wowed our guests. Having found someone that could play beautiful ceremony music and also run our reception was such a blessing! It really helped ease my mind, because Ben was such a true professional from the beginning. He communicated with me regularly, and certainly seemed to understand our intended vibe for the evening. Not only was planning/coordinating with Ben a breeze, but I’m BEYOND happy with how our entire day went, and he was a big part of that. I honestly wish I’d been able to be a fly on the wall to hear more of the pre-ceremony music, but our guests gave me glowing reviews. I felt like all of our guests were up and enjoying every minute of the reception, too. And not just at the bar. So many guests danced the night away! We felt you really protected the integrity of the party we were looking for, while also being accommodating to our last-minute requests. He kept things moving without a hitch. I would highly recommend working with Benjamin T Warner Acoustic DJ, and know I will be sure to again for any future similar needs.
We have worked with Benjamin Warner several times, and from start to finish he provides a professional, laid back experience. He’s a talented musician and DJ, and can tailor the entire package for your special day from start to finish. I’m happy to work alongside him any time I have the opportunity, and gladly refer clients his way any time they need an exceptional DJ experience. You can tell within a few minutes of conversation that his goal is ultimately client satisfaction, and he will do anything and everything he can to make your day the very best.
Give him a call today. You won’t be disappointed.
Benjamin was AMAZING! By far the most easiest wedding vendor we worked with 🙂 He was always quick to respond, didn’t question any of our unique requests, in fact he loved them, and he was extremely accommodating! His talents were such a big part of our day as he not only was our DJ but also played acoustic guitar for us. One of my bridesmaids is a singer and we wanted her to sing a song for us during our reception and Benjamin reached out to her to go over everything. He was so communicative and informative. I can’t say enough about Benjamin! Every last minute request was fulfilled and he just made our wedding that much more amazing and memorable. Thank you Benjamin!
Overall great DJ, tried his best during our rainy wedding, we had a great dance party and I would recommend.
Felt there was a lack of communication, including unanswered emails and our track for the daddy daughter dance didn’t get played correctly so I can’t give a perfect score.
My husband and I booked Ben Warner for his services for our September 2020 wedding. We paid him for most of the services ahead of time. While COVID was still a large factor, we communicated with his business partner and wife through email in case anything were to fall through. We even discussed having him primarily play outside to stay safe. Up until a little over a month before our wedding, he cancelled on us- after several discussions leading us to believe that would not be the case.
While we totally understand a vendor cancelling for COVID reasons, we were not prepared for them to keep all of our money paid to them. They stated that because they had coordinated EMAILS to secure other musicians for our wedding, the fees we paid to them (>$800 if not more) would cover services rendered. These musicians were not going to be playing at our wedding so I’m not sure what services they meant.
All in all, I was devastated that Ben and his wife would take advantage of us and other people this way. It was heartbreaking to have to scramble and find someone else last minute when they had MONTHS to make the decision to cancel us.
I could even understand only giving us a partial refund, but they took every single penny. This was the only vendor that did this to us. Anyone else who canceled us, refunded us.
We were at fault in that our contract didn’t cover unexpected pandemics and there was no clause about them cancelling on us in the contract so we just lost our money.
While I’m sure Ben Warner is a talented musician and DJ, he does not care about their clientele. They have no problem stealing from their clients as was made evident to us later on. It felt slimy and dishonest.
There are plenty of other talented musicians and DJs in this area- consider them before Ben, especially if COVID is still around. He will take your money so fast and give nothing in return
Ben Warner failed to render agreed upon and contracted services and refused to refund any monies from deposit after he terminated.
On January 2019, we contracted services with a deposit for $627 for a June 2020 wedding. We had close communications during May 2020 to ensure Ben T Warner would be able to work the wedding worship with all of the uncertainties of the virus and executive orders of North Carolina. It appeared that they were noncommittal in April & May to the extent of recommending to us that we get another company to do the event. They canceled only 18 days prior to the event. At the time, NC actually had exceptions for weddings and funerals that allowed us to proceed. Fortunately we were able to scramble and find another vendor.
11. McKibben Music
Address: 1118 Monticello St SW, Covington, GA 30014 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
Covington Icon. Family owned and operated. Great people. Tell Scott I said hey.
I love what my parents have established. My mom and dad work very hard to make every customer feel welcomed and treated fairly. I hope people respect the fact that it IS a small, family owned business. Sometimes they do get busy and you may have to wait a few minutes before being helped. We are not a big music store chain with tons of employees. So, please be respectful and patient. With that being said, I LOVE McKibben Music and everything that they do for our community.
Super nice people! Feels like you are among friends your first visit.
small friendly store and have knowable staff
I only went there once and the gentleman was very nice. Although we didn’t get what we asked for but the experience was still a good one.
Super nice and most informed.
Our loved piano teacher increased the fee so we thought we would try piano lessons here. Spoke several times to a lady on the phone whom encouraged us to “try” out a lesson. Never ever stating there is a $25 fee. I do not mind paying, but I did mind being surprised when leaving.
Upon arrival the older gentleman was SUPER sweet. That is so important to me. Very kind and nice man. It changed slightly when I was surprised I owed money, but that’s fine.
The piano instruction “room” is a very dingy, dark and TINY closet with an electric piano. I was expecting a real piano, not electric and it was very claustrophobic room.
We met with Rosa. At first she was ok. But she really has a persona of being annoyed about things. She suggested getting a notebook to write notes but we already had one with and she really, obviously, didn’t like our book . She did not instruct on posture or finger placement, I told my daughter, use point of finger, not the whole finger, sit up straight… i think thats 101 and should be imp. There were several instances where I felt she was just annoyed.When we left, she didn’t say anything like it was so nice to meet you, I look forward to working with you, have a wonderful evening, etc… she actually was annoyed about me asking fees for a partial month and rudely told me to speak with the front… since we are in the Oct already I was only curious about the monthly fee. She walked us halfway to the front, turned around and left… did not smile, wait for us to officially end the goodbye… I had actually said nice to meet you, thanks for your time, have a good evening to her back. Very very odd. That sealed it for me
*surprise fee
*closet of a room
*electric, not real, piano
*Rosa not very nice
*the entire place, even bathroom desperately needs renovation
We are happily taking our original piano teachers increased fee and looking forward to her excellent instruction in a beautiful room with a real piano.
Nice family business, but its just not for us. We wanted to try the other piano teachers and told yes we could. But… oh… they’re booked sweet gentlemen and I’m sure the other instructors are great. If I had known it was electric piano and that tiny room, I may not have even bothered. If it was listed somewhere, I obviously missed it. I hadn’t looked at the website. Just reviews and word of mouth.
Rude. Bad business. I never felt so out-of-place and disrespected. 1st of all, I walked in and spoke while he was yapping away on the phone. No response from him. He kept going on with his phone conversation as I walked around looking. So, I assumed he didn’t want my business and I left. A little later, I sent my daughter in because I found half of what I needed somewhere else. He actually suggested her to get the items somewhere else. So, she was very uncomfortable and left.
asked if they had a ukulele and they didnt which was fine so we asked the guy to give us a call once they had them in stock we wrote down our number for them. Never received a call bought my ukulele some where else
12. Platinum Ash Cigar Lounge
Address: 551 N Railroad St, Jeffersonville, GA 31044 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
I love this music store! Always great service, knowledgeable and super friendly!
Very knowledgeable help, attentive, well staffed & did an excellent job with my Ovation! Thank you!
Great service, great inventory and good with all things music!
Staff is nice, small selection tho. Mostly beginner instruments and school band instruments.
Great shop for band instruments as well as player instruments.
Good selection of accessories
Chad was very helpful.
Overpriced
If I could give zero or lower stars I would. My son’s saxophone gave him problems from the start. I was told on 4 occasions to bring it in. Today Brandon told me he would finally be in, he wasn’t. When I didn’t understand the question to do you have others I could look at, he responded “I have two eyes”. Rude beyond belief! Never again Jackson Music and I’ll make sure to share this with the band families at all the schools I work with as an administrator. Horrible customer service! UPDATE: The nice woman owner called and apologized. I forgive her and believe she doesn’t condone that type behavior.
We just went to this place to rent a student flute for my daughter’s first year in band. My first red flag should have been that they told me they, “weren’t sure” if they would rent an instrument for fifth grade. It kinda rubbed me the wrong way. Mind you- the only reason we went to the store in the first place is because the school gave us a flyer advertising their rental options. We sat and waited for them to “process and pull” the rental and print my rental agreement. A different person than I initially spoke with came out and told me that they could not approve me for the rental. I’d say that their standards are pretty stringent. I have a great salary job on my application. I can get approval for a credit card, a car note, but not a student flute? They collect your card and account info. How high risk can it be considering that they can withdraw my 30 bucks every month? I told the man “You know what? That’s ok, I can have my mom come up here and do it, she has great credit.” He then proceeded to tell me that he will not allow grandparents the rent instruments, only parents. Uh…What?? What difference does it make? What about the kids whose guardian is not their parent? It’s just a bit much for a 30 dollar a month commitment and a 400 dollar instrument. He told me of their rent to purchase option. You end up paying 850 bucks for an instrument that retails half of that and pay more than the instrument is actually worth in a down payment. No thanks. He also offered to sell us one for 250. For a first year music student who may end up not liking band? I think not. We took our business to New School of Music 5 minutes down the road and it was quick, easy, and actually more affordable. My husband is always in the market for another guitar (purchase not rent) and we will be getting guitar lessons for my middle child. We definitely not be purchasing any of our instruments or lessons from Jackson’s.
14. Kirkwood’s Music and Repair
Address: 206 S Belair Rd, Martinez, GA 30907 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
Knowledge and professional staff. The only place in Augusta I would take my personal horn to be repaired or cleaned.
Needed to get a mic checked to make sure it was working and pick up a new cable. Both guys I talked to were friendly and were a pleasure to deal with. 5 star experience
YESSSS VERY GOOD THEY FIXED MY INSTRUMENT SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ERROR
Very helpful staff. Excellent choices for piano teaching books.
Terrible customer service. I brought in an instrument just to be looked at to see whether it needed to be repaired or not. The guy looked at it and gave me attitude while calling it a piece of junk and said that he refused to work on it. He wasn’t willing to work with me at all and offered no reason other than it was a piece of junk. He was extremely rude and inconsiderate. I know I don’t have a $5000 instrument, but at least be polite about it instead of insulting me to my face. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND!!!
Gentlemen upfront extremely nice(thank you for your help and knowledge). I explained the situation and since my employment seemed sketchy I understood. I agreed to do the credit check which is not a soft inquiry it is a hard inquiry which stays on your credit for 2 years and deducts 5 points. But still trying to explain very nicely my situation(never vulgar or raised my voice) the heavy man in back said and I quote “I am not trying to get verbal with you and threaten you in front of your son”. Anyone who has had their identity stolen understands. But I do not appreciate being threatened.
I dropped off a violin to be repaired in winter of 2021. I called February 2022 asked about it and said “it must have gotten pushed to the back.” Then said they’d start working on it. It is now June 2022 and has yet to be repaired. When I went to pick the violin up because I had yet to be contacted by them, the gentlemen handed me the violin without any explanation or apologies.
15. Vickers Music Co
Address: 537 Peterson Ave S, Douglas, GA 31533 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
I’ve been here several times and they are constantly helpful and efficient. They took a look at my cello at no cost and let me know it didn’t need to be fixed yet. I appreciate their honesty.
I was greeted when i came in.. great!! It was my 2nd time there, I usually go Guitar Center in Marietta, to a much bigger store. But after i was helped I felt as if i was being followed around the store. Evertime Id go around the corner, the guy from the front desk would pop up behind me 39 seconds later. That WASN’T good customer service… NOT the way you wanna feel as a customer, as if you’re a threat to take something. Smdh
I really wanna like this place, but there is a guy that’s been here for years, and everytime I’ve gone in he has been crabby about something. Maybe it’s just a coincidence, but he’s not to cool to the customers anytime I’ve been around.
Very unhappy with the service on a product exchange. Came into the store this morning and made a purchase very possibly a four-star transaction. They were very helpful the sales guy that helped us initially. But upon returning to the store to exchange after realizing that the wrong mic cord was purchased the customer service received from the manager was very inappropriate. The salesman that sold us the cord initially apologized that he assumed that we needed the cord that he sold us the first time. So he apologized and went back to get the manager to do the exchange. The manager was clearly disgusted with us because we wanted to exchange the cord that was only two dollars difference in price. We even said that he could keep the change. He was typing on the keyboard very hard and just looking at us and like he didn’t want to be bothered and basically threw the original receipt back at us. Maybe he was having a bad day. He made a comment to the salesman about another customer in the store who was playing a guitar saying “why is he even here?” The salesman said he didn’t know. So maybe the manager was having a bad day.I don’t know but don’t take it out on your customers. I surely will not be back.
19. All Star Music Center
Address: 3981 Athens Hwy, Loganville, GA 30052 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
I’ve been going to Allstar for almost 15 years. I bought my first guitar from them,they know what they’re doing, and they’re super nice. I just wish they had strings in more often.
Always friendly. I browse a lot and that don’t seem to bother anyone. I’ve bought some guitars and amps from them with no issues at all.
Very friendly place, with knowledgeable people, but the used gear is over priced. Perhaps they like their equipment and instruments like their wine: aged, dry, and of course with heavy wear and tear. They offer a number of new products as well, lessons, and great repair jobs!
Great plce.Friendly staff.
Great owner; he didn’t perform the type of repair I needed for violin, but he contacted his buddy who made the repairs for less than $80.
I’ve been here 3 times during store hours. nobody at the store go to another shop.
Place needs to just close! doubt me, go see what I’m talking about.
Literally 4:08pm on a Saturday I show up. They were not open. Sign on the door says 10am-6pm. Very disappointed.
20. Music Go Round – Atlanta/Duluth, GA
Address: 3675 Satellite Blvd # 100, Duluth, GA 30096 , Wilkinson County , Georgia , United States
Wow! A candy store for musicians. I could not believe how many excellent guitars there were to choose from. Something in everyone’s price range. The staff are friendly and responsive too…hard to find these days.
The staff was so awesome!!! Go see Sam, he helped me pick out my first acoustic guitar and was patient and knowledgable and helpful. And their inventory is lovely. I will definitely be shopping there again.
Used top of line gear at inexpensive prices. Definitely check out if you are a musician in need of equipment.
Good selection of new and used equipment.
They had exactly what I was looking for in store. The staff was nice and took care of the necessary covid19 precautions by ensuring I used hand sanitizer and masked up before entering. The employee I spoke with told me exactly where to look to get what I needed. My only reason for giving it 4/5 stars is because I felt it was overpriced. Nice store though and very well organized.
Dusty and disorganized. No temperature room like Guitar Center.
Guitar Center offers more for your used gear
Poor customer service. Salesman was disrespectful. Had to walk out on a purchase. Very disappointed.
