Best Music Stores Boston Near Me

Jose Mercedes Alvarez: Guitar Center una Empresa con artículos de primera calidad a precios sin competencia. En caso, sus servicios son una garantía a mi inversión.

Benjamin Wilson: Brought my beginner 12 y/o to the store and were happy with Glenno's service. Would definitely go back.

Marc Vidal: The Environment is not always ideal to try things ( as it can be pretty noisy). But the team was nice and I found several instruments there :)The second hand part of the store is nice to get good deals.

Frank Buckley: Great experience

Adam Gesuero: Glen-O took great care of my buddy and I on our recent trip to Fenway Guitar Center. We were there for hours trying out tons of axes, and he helped us out but was never pushy. Gave our guitars some fine-tuning, adjusted the necks and polished ‘em up nice. Ask for him when you go there.

Daniel Franklin: Awful customer service! Can't even respond to a complaint after giving the worst customer service in Boston. Don't even bother visiting.

Adam Harris: Great service, good prices, fun time for the family. Some people can be pushy.

Zeus Pedersen: Don’t shop at this location. The customer service is terrible with the exception of a couple employees. I brought my bass in to have brand new pickups installed: I was informed on the pickup day a week later that my bass required extra time and that I was being charged $45 extra for extra work they had to do. Upon getting it back, my bass produced little to no sound. I brought it back and after plugging it into multiple amps we got no results and I got no answers. I asked for at least a %50 refund and was refused and was then told they could take it back to fix it but they’d charge me full price. The store manager then said “sorry, i don’t know what to tell you.” I brought it to someone else & they had it fixed within 15 minutes. As a newer musician, I’m very discouraged from shopping at the place that’s supposed to be the go-to spot.

R Z: I would definitely recommend this location..I received not only great help in finding headphones but I also had a great guitar lesson

Parker Tichko: The scene: It is New Year's Eve Day, the final day of the year, and you're driving to Guitar Center to pick up a new digital piano for your son. You'd like him to start piano lessons this year. You find the back parking lot full, so you decide to idle in front of a garage door that says "DO NOT BLOCK" and "NO PARKING," after arranging for a contact-less pick-up. It should be quick, you think to yourself. You notify the store that you've arrived via email and the curbsy website. You wait 10 minutes. You wait some more. You check the curbsy website, and it doesn't seem to be loading correctly. Moreover, the chat feature, which allows you to "chat" with the store, doesn't seem to be working. You turn off the car and decide to walk into the store to get the digital piano you've ordered. You're greeted by the door, and an employee immediately finds your contact-less pick-up order. He sends another employee out back to pack the piano into your car. What service! You walk back outside, excited to be on your way for NYE, only to find that your car battery is dead. Your car won't start, and it is now blocking the "DO-NOT-BLOCK" garage door. Another Guitar Center employee, who parked inside the garage, opens the garage door to find your dead car blocking his exit. He is desperate to leave his shift to celebrate NYE. He's kind and helpful, and he offers to jump your car with his cable. He tries, but it doesn't work. You're about to throw your car into neutral and manually push it out of the way so he can leave and celebrate the new year. You begin to mentally prepare to call a tow truck, knowing there might be limited service on NYE and that it will likely cost you an arm and a leg. Suddenly, another Guitar Center employee arrives. He has a long, wirey beard, but his eyes seem kind. He offers to try jumping your car again, this time, using his jumper cables. You're skeptical, convinced that it might be a bad starter and not a dead battery. He connects both black ends of the cable to the negative terminals on the two batteries. You tell him that one of the black ends needs to be grounded. He says not to worry, that he does this thing all the time. It works. He's right. Shaken but relieved, you step out your car, unsure how to thank your Good Samaritans. Before you can say anything, he extends his hand and says "happy new year." You shake it. Dazed, you step back into your car and begin to drive to O'Reilly's auto-parts to purchase a new battery with a new digital piano stuffed in your trunk. As you drive off, you hear the distant sound of shredding neo-classical arpeggios coming from a squealing guitar. You imagine it's the employee with the long, wirey bead. You feel grateful. Five stars.

Luke Pynchon: Tried to buy a Maschine Plus here twice. The first time I bought it used, but there were some glitches so I had to return it. The second time, I ordered it new, which cost me a bit more. When I picked it up and arrived home, I realized that the "new" Maschine I had bought was in worse shape than the used one I returned previously; no SD card, missing accessories such as he headphone adapter. There was even melted chocolate on the inner packaging. I was told it was ordered from another warehouse. Clearly Guitar Center doesn't take the time to check and make sure you've received what you paid for when you order a new item. This item is hard to get, and Guitar Center wasted about two weeks of time that could've been put towards waiting for a competent retailer to deliver it. Ordered from Sweetwater who has already been much more helpful. If you're thinking of ordering a large - ticket from Guitar Center, stop right there. Go to Sweetwater instead. They actually know what they're doing. Guitar Center is great for low - ticket items though. If you need a place that can be trusted with selling you a box of cables and a guitar pick, go to Guitar Center, but I wouldn't trust them not to screw up purchases much larger than that

Edenilze Halluch: Show time. 2 foor of music and all you need for music

Diana Rodriguez-Quiles: brought my bass to trade it in for something else. at first the staff was nice, as soon as they saw my puertorrican ID they turned sour. started to say that my ID isn’t valid (which it is), and i painfully explained how the US owns Puerto Rico and they still wouldn’t get it. they finally agreed to give me money for it, undershot what the bass was worth, and eventually gave in to some negotiation. worst experience i’ve had with my ID, they also insisted that they had to take a picture of me for this process which i found very inappropriate considering everything that went down.

Patrick Scott Welsh (Pag): Me and Marty (what I named my Martin accoustic which I picked up here) are in love. We will never forget where we first met.

Nainil Maladkar: The place has a variety of options to chose from and has guitars of every type and price range.

K L: Bought a guitar cabinet from the online store, this store shipped it as “new” and when I called customer support they argued it’s ok because it’s “like new” and still playable, at least to their standards. I paid full price for a new cab, not a display model that are currently listed on the site for 2/3s the price. There is literally nothing Guitar Center could do at this point to ever get my business again after all the bad experiences I’ve had.

Donovan Jermyn: I mean it's okay. When you go in to just browse the sales team will hound you and then when you have money and need to buy something, they all disappear. Literally took an hour to buy two pedals.

Hendrik Gideonse: I made an appointment the day before to check out acoustic bass guitars. The guy on the phone was very nice and put some instruments together in the store for me. I came in to check out the instruments and the instruments weren't in very good shape. The strings on the instruments were old and oxidized even on the 'new' instruments. I figured, it's been a long pandemic, probably not a lot of people buying instruments in person. All of the necks were way out of adjustment with much more neck relief than was correct. All of the instruments intonated sharp as you went up the neck because the strings were too high. I basically was bending the strings sharp just fretting notes. There was one instrument that I liked the sound of, but the neck needed to be adjusted so I could check the intonation. I went over to the repair office and asked if he would adjust the truss rod. The guy said he was too busy to adjust the neck today. He clearly viewed me as an annoyance. He definitely didn't want to help me out. It takes about a minute to do the adjustment. Turning a wrench, maybe a third to a half turn. I asked if I could use the 5mm wrench to do it myself. Again no. This was more expected because he doesn't know me, but I had hoped that it would encourage him to help me out. He was not in the middle of a re-fret or a bridge reglue, but playing an instrument, maybe checking a set up. To me the customer in the store is the priority.It was really disappointing and a waste of my time. I know why this happened. The repair guy has no incentive to help sell an instrument. He probably is getting pressure to do more work than is reasonable. The store didn't have any sales folks on the floor because business is slow these days. But I literally had $1000 in cash to buy an instrument and couldn't get help to buy one. So I went home and ordered a bass off eBay. Now I am spending the afternoon cutting a new bone nut and saddle.If you aren't getting help from humans in the store, brick and mortar is gonna die.

William Boxx: I found the MIDI cable i needed!

Wazir Gray: James and Kemit were awesome! Highly recommend this location

Santo Ramirez: Exelente Servicio, Precios bajos..!

Alex K: The worst experience.I asked them to lower the strings on my acoustic guitar.They charged me for a platinum setup which includes new strings but instead they used my own string without asking my permission. They did not lower the strings, and its "platinum" setup took five days.

Champ: Synthesizers

Carolyn Willander: Went in and asked for a mic stand. Very clearly did not know my way around this stuff since I walked right to the counter when I came in and asked for help. Got home and learned it didn’t come with a clip for the mic. Good service would have asked if I needed it.

Jessica Luo: This place makes me want to shop at sweetwater

Samantha Em: Helpful and patient

Caroline: The staff was so friendly, knowledgeable, and helpful when we were picking out my son's first guitar. We will defiantly be back!!!

Le Dojo - Méditation et Sophrologie: Vendeur très sympa avec moi :)Le magasin, c'est vraiment le paradis des instruments de musiques courants (guitare, batterie, micros) mais dispose d'un maigre choix de percussions et aucun instrument de musique plus original (didgeridoo, kalimba, kora).

Scott McDiarmid: Great shop. Lots of inventory and helpful staff.

Stephanie Joseph: super helpful and informative employees. i walked in and was immediately greeted and assisted. i was on the hunt for something my partner needed and i had no idea what to look for. the employees grabbed it and told me about their replacement policy in case my item broke they would replace it. which is amazing!!! you can tell everyone working actually enjoys their job here and it’s refreshing to see. especially these days.

Cesar Garcia: Staff is great, but the variety of instruments and accessories is low compared to any other guitar center. Because is closed to college, most guitars have a lock and you must leave you credit card on the counter if you have to test a pedal. I didn't like the experience, again, compared to other guitar center I have visited.

Alp Arhan Uguray: Worst possible experience at this store. People are smoked high out of their minds at this shop. You’d spend hundreds of dollars of money on equipment and the customer experience you get is same as picking up a product from trash. My recommendation is to visit Boylston store for anybody out there, looking to purchase music equipment.Additionally, they lose equipment. I gave my guitar for repair before Covid and after Covid hit the said they lost it. Since everyone is high, they do not remember much what happened and who picked up the equipment. I am sorry to say this but avoid this store unless you are 8 years old and starting to play the flute to play jingle bells only

Elizabeth McIlroy: Super friendly staff that will help you feel comfortable and have everything that you need! Thanks for the help!

Sávio Júnior: Great staff...very smoothly guys!

Stephen Parnell: Wednesday, July 6th at Boston Guitar Center at about 12:30-12:45PM - you had a very talented person working at the Guitar Center. He had a Martin guitar that he was working on. I was wondering how much that Particular Martin guitar was. He was doing such a beautiful job with that guitar. He worked diligently on it as well as. I’d love to know his name or how much the cost of the guitar was?

Tristan DeCelles: Decent outlet, but small. Has stocked your basic/ and or general merchandise. So its not a bad stop to resupply on sticks if you're a drummer (drummah) like me or strings or picks if you're a guitar boss. It's a small store and I must admit the drum section is pitiful. Not much there. If you're looking to fool around in a drum section go to the Fenway store it has much more sample/display drums. Again, not a bad store since from what I could tell from my single visit the staff were agreeable and chill.

Gary Luongo: Max was very helpful with my questions and purchase. Thanks, Gary aka Louie Spats 😎

Kelvin Lewis: Very informative personal..

Matt: Love Guitar Center for the most part. As far as the pro coverage is concerned I am very disappointed. The salesman told me they would replace broken gear (in my case headphones) on the spot without a receipt. The day came where my headphones that I bought last year needed to be replaced. I brought them into the same store. Things did not go as the salesman from last year described. I was told to contact the insurance company to make a claim, who asked me for a receipt. Very disappointed with this one particular salesperson.

bzon66 .LoveDad06: Great place to shop And very nice customer service.

Roark Rodriguez: Only brass, no strings.Good selection of saxophones.

Ed Chen: The clerk was not in a good mood the day I met him. However, the store’s collection is good.

Samuel Pasqualetto: Wonderful selection of works for strings. Reasonably priced.

Vincent Ditello: Great service

Brandi Main: Very extensive inventory of music books and sheet music for all instruments. The staff was very friendly and helpful too!

Da Ping Luo: Call before you go - not really open

Katie Boardman: Shout out to this place for sending me plenty of music and quickly in the middle of the pandemic. If they have it stock, it’s way faster and more reliable than amazon. 👍👍

Carmela Pedicini: Clerk wasn’t very helpful. Not many options of baroque music. Disheartening to hear this is one of the few sheet music stores in the region; people there should be more well-served with the conservatory nearby.

Richard Hagborg: One of the last places to pick up printed sheet music and hold it in your hand. A really good selection of classical music and teaching materials. There was a time I was in that place so much, I felt like I owned the place.😉

SWingfield: Harder to find now, in the NEC dorm, but still great.

Boris S: Great sheet music selection!

David Skinner: A great place to work, a great place to shop!

Tomas HB: Nice selection of scores and good customer service!

Rohan Joshi: Great stock, well organized, polite staff.

Osnat Netzer: I relied on this place for years for books and scores.

Elaine Chan: Very neat and organized!

Luis Ortiz: Very thorough selection

dan p: Lots of parts and service. Good amount of gear and can try/play. Friendly, attentive and knowledgeable staff.

Meghan Bliss: Really nice guys helped me tune up new strings for my mom's old guitar and didn't hesitate to help answer my questions as a newby. Grateful.

Mike Grill: This place rules. One of the few real businesses left in Allston. Stop by if you get the chance, best selection in town, excellent customer service

Jamir Gomes: The best guitar place, owner and employees, pleasant nice going

Patric Docmanov: They sold me 2 cables and told me they have lifetime warranty. Well, i showed up to swap em and the staff gaslighted me and straight up refused to honor anythint by claiming they never offeree such thing.I expected such behavior from major corporate chains but not them.Was once an avid fan, never again.

Ross Mottau: Great experience buying a starter guitar. I cannot remember the last time I bought anything retail and felt good about the service. Way impressed!

Andy Baker (Lion Ice): Best Music Store in Boston!

Cory Fong: This is what a refer to as a real guitar center. Best selection of pedals and all things guitar! The staff definitely knows how to help too!

Eric Lassar: Awesome selection of instruments and gear.

Alex Zhu: Very helpful, patient, and knowledgable music experts here. Reasonably priced instruments of high quality and large selection as well.

Donovan Jermyn: Kinda pricey inventory but better than guitar center service wise.

Eoin Kenny: Although I got a guitar here I really like, I found some of the staff a bit rude and dismissive, like, "show me the money and then we'll talk" kind of attitude. I also spent quite a lot of money on the guitar eventually, but wasn't offered a particularly great deal honestly when you factor in tax etc. I would recommended it, but tread a little carefully.

Trevor Stricker: 🤘🤘🤘🤘

Cesar Garcia: Bunch of pedals! Used and new. You can try them all!Steve was amazing. He helped me try many effect pedals and get the right one.They have multiple amps and guitars as well. No PRS though, which is what I play, mostly fender and Gibson.

Micah Nicol: Great guys! Eager to help.Stopped in for a box to ship a guitar and they even helped pack it.

Chip Foarde: I’ve been a customer at Mr Music for nearly a decade and have purchased everything from basic gear to one of my favorite guitars from them. Their staff is knowledgeable and friendly, but very hands-off; they don’t bother you when you just want to stop by and play some guitars. They have a very curated selection, but always have the essentials in stock. This is a textbook “mom and pop” music store, and I can’t recommend them enough.

Michael Powers: Great local music store.

Millicent Holder: The first time I was there in a long time, they sales clerk put ball strings and told me it was the best because the ball guitar strings cost less money. When I came today another sales clerk I saw didn’t give ball strings and I believe that’s why I paid more money then the other ball strings then I would have it the first sales clerk had help me out with my guitar strings.

Maka Espinoza Gotuzzo: The service is phenomenal! I went in with some issues as a newbie guitar player changing strings for the first time and messing it up. Peter was super kind and not only helped me fix my guitar, but also taught me how to change the strings and provided advice on how to take care of a floating bridge. The staff really cares about helping their customers and I will go back for sure!

Bud Winn: I came to the store after seeing several great Google reviews. This was my first guitar, and only 2nd or 3rd time ever holding one, so everything was new to me. Sam patiently took the time to explain the different styles of guitar and help me make my first purchase. He was great, and the rest of the employees in the store were also nice and very helpful. I had a great experience and I highly recommend!

Davis Sweet: The owners are very nice, but they don't stock higher-end instruments

Daniele M. Becker (DANA): Impeccable

Gary Luongo: Glad they stock the D'Addario Folk Nylon strings I like. Jean was very helpful and nice. Thanks Gary

Andrey Fedorov: I love this store, and am very happy to support this small business, which at times has a better selection than big retailers. I was saddened to hear they are vehemently opposing the bike lane initiatives of the city. I want to say that I never had a pressing need to park in front of this store. Parking space availability is not going to affect my interest or ability to shop here. Update: I believe the bike lane design being implemented by the city is the best attempt we have at balancing the needs of various stakeholders of the community.

Jayson Hreczuck: Owner vocally against basic infrastructure improvements. If you care about public and pedestrian safety, take your business elsewhere.

Tony B: It's a nice little family owned shop with a wide selection of quality products; issue is that I've gotten 3 guitars setup here and all 3 of them have buzzed when I got them home. One so badly that I couldn't overcome it and had to bring it back. Maybe they are taking on too many jobs and the tech is trying to crank them out too quickly, but $60ish for a setup that I then have to fix is a dealbreaker for me.

Scot Fitzsimmons: Small shop, well stocked for strings and accessories. Owner is super helpful!

paul trunnell: Super friendly and professional, great selection of reasonably-priced stuff, love that they have several left-handed guitars always in stock. I generally drop in for small stuff (strings, guitar hanger, slide, etc.) and they always have what I'm looking for.

Sketches for you: I was going to buy a bass guitar here, but the lady wouldn’t let me try out any of them, even though there was no one else in there, AND I had brought my headphones. What’s more is that she wasn’t busy at the moment. I ended up going over to Mr. Music in Allston to get a bass and bass amp from there.

César Rincón Mayorga: I love this place. They've got a whole bunch of Fender instruments. The people who tends you here are extremely nice, and they know their products. I got lucky there was a 75th anniversary Fender Telecaster on sale and, well, I bought it.5/5.

Thomas J: Hands down the best place to go for Fender. Huge selection. Just bought an excellent Professional Strat to go with the Performer Tele I bought here a few months ago. Tried a bunch of guitars and they have everything you could want up and down the line. Very patient with me on both experiences and I am VERY picky. Go to some other shops, try them as I did, you will return to Guitar Stop. Ten stars!

Robert Goodwinr: Cozy place with lots of great stuff inside, including lefty players which is what attracted me being a left handed player. This is a family owned place from what I gather, and everyone that i've met here has been very nice to me. So, not sure why there's negative reviews posted here. One of the guitars i bought kept fret buzzing, brought it back weeks later and turned out to be a bad neck, exchanged no problem. Restrung one of my guitars right in front of me, set action, intonation and left within that hour of arriving. *****JEAN - I just wanted to say a big Thank You for adjusting the bridge on my Strat the other day! It's plays out great now staying in tune very strong!! Appreciate. See you guys later, til next time****. Robert

Juana Mendoza: I got my ukulele three months ago I love it! And when I didn't know which ukulele I should get they help me right away.they help me on Which size I should I get and the 7 day return policy help me a lot on if a which size. So I recommend

Billy Lazzaro: Lovely shop, incredibly kind and patient staff

Clawman Segele: Guitar Stop is a great place to get a beautiful instrument. They have a very broad and very nice selection of quality instruments, that are quite affordable. The staff is very responsive to emails and very helpful in store as well. I would highly recommend Guitar Stop to any musicians looking to get a nice guitar, bass, banjo, or any of the other nice instruments they have!

iZyxel: Really enjoyed my experience there! The staff were really nice. The pickups on the bass I bought were a bit loose but that's alright, probably came loose on the way home, which I can fix.

Jonathan Roses: Knowledgeable, friendly, and very helpful staff.

Larry: I purchased a guitar online with curbside pickup. The staff were very responsive to my email inquiries and friendly during pickup. I look forward to returning when in-store shopping is available again.

Tim Russell: Best place for lessons. Instructors listen to students. Easy to schedule.

Owen Turner: Amazing little guitar store. You can tell they really care about guitars and guitarists.