I've been to Ralph twice repairs, once on my Selmer flute and once on my Yamaha french horn. Both…read moretimes he did a fantastic job!!! I had two spots for dent repair on my horn; a bigger one just above the screw bell, and a lot of smaller ones beyond the throat. Ralph did an amazing job on both, and for only $40!!

Very competent work at extremely reasonable rates. Ralph was able to get my clarinet fixed and back…read moreto me much faster than I have experienced in the past with some of the bigger repair shops. He's also clearly very knowledgeable about various aspects of the instrument biz.

I got a good deal on a nice acoustic guitar that was different from all the rest I like the store…read moreit was really cool

I recently joined a ukelele club and am a total beginner. I have been using a loaner owned by the…read moreclub but I've decided to commit to learning this instrument and went in looking to make a purchase. No one approached me as I sorted through their pretty good selection looking for one with a tone I liked. But when I was ready to talk business, they were ready to help. Helped me put together a package with a gig bag, tuner, capo, etc. Wasn't cheap, but I am happy with my purchase. A fun shop with people jamming together at the front of the store. Will go back if I ever need anything else even though I live in Ham Lake.

I had some problems with a new nut and setup from a big box store. The guitar shop quickly…read moreaddressed the issues with my guitar and had fixed and done a full set up for a very reasonable price, I picked my guitar up that same day. I'm use to getting quotes two weeks from Guitar center. No more buzzing, and plays buttery smooth, thank you!

Great, friendly shop. They quickly helped me find the part I needed to fix my ukulele and seemed to…read morehave a good selection of the essentials for gigs and care. Decent selection of guitars and ukuleles.

First of all, to clarify, I am NOT the other Peter M below with the March 2023 rating of 2 stars. I…read morelived in MN for 35 years tho, and I bought my Savage Rohr 15 way back in 2001, and it is the one piece of gear I have kept longer than any other gear Ive owned except my tuner! It is a fantastic amp with a variety of tones. 25 years old, looks brand new, and the sound is terrific! I moved to Colorado 13 years ago, and I still send the head back to Jeff for repairs unless its just a tube swap. But honestly, this amp is a beast of a workhorse and so well built, the only things Ive had to update were a loose tube socket and my own choice of updating the head to be switchable to half power (ala 15x). I play live often and get tons of compliments on both the sound and the look, and its cool to meet people who recognize the Savage brand out here in the mountains. Ive also owned a Macht 6 and had my pedal board updated there as well. Jeff is super friendly and the service is the highest quality! Side note - I just saw that they are back making amps again, which is awesome to hear!

Mesa Boogie suggested me to go to Savage Audio to fix my California 6v6 20:2 and got to know Jeff…read more He fixed the warm up problem of the amp, change part of the trebble knob, and found out a weak connection that effected the sound of the amp. Now it sounds more aggressively punchy and I love it, Jeff is so good in his profession and a kind person as well !

This business seems to be badly managed. Messaged twice about lessons but have never heard anything…read moreback. Tried to order an attachment for my violin. They placed the order, never heard anything. Really wanted to like this business as it is local to me and I love music. Won't go to a business that clearly doesn't want mine.

Last year we were "thrilled" to find out our 10 year old wanted to play the saxaphone in the school…read moreband. We stopped into Cadenza and had the best experience. We rented an alto sax and the nicest guy ever explained what my son would need. When you rent an instrument for the school year, you pay in full up front. The guy made it clear that you won't pay a penalty if it's past the May deadline because schools have end of the year concerts etc. Near the end of the year we got a card in the mail telling us if we paid for next years rental we could keep the instrument over the summer for free. We did that. Also, a rental includes a yearly "tune up". While the sax was in the shop, our son announced he needed it TODAY for school. Of course. I called the store and talked to the woman who was repairing it. "Oh I'm working on it now, I could have it for you in 20 mins." Perfect

I checked out Groth Music because I love music and this is a music store. It also is a Minnesota…read moreinstitution. I wanted to meet cool employees, have great conversations about music, and honestly, I wanted to buy something. I have a lot of money (well, not really) and I am genuinely in the market for... music stuff. Groth Music has guitars, but guitar is not its primary focus. Instead, Groth is the spot to go to when you want to find sheet music. I think there's still a lot of value in this despite e-commerce. A lot of times, the quality of sheet music isn't clear, especially for pop music. It's very useful to be able to look at the pages for yourself. I'm rating Groth 3 stars because no employee felt like greeting me. I was especially disappointed that the guy in the guitar section simply sat at his desk without even trying to engage me at all. He semi-grumpily said "let me know if you have any questions." I genuinely could've bought something, even a guitar, if he took the second to chat with me like many local music shop workers often do. Instead, I got Guitar Center-level service.

Sent me a used ocarina at new price, and it was damaged with scratches and pen marks all over it…read more Mailed in envelope with songbook already in soft case, no printed box or formed space. Currently trying to get refund and return, company ignoring my emails. Fuck Groth.

I'm helping a mentor try and sell his bass. I have no idea what it is worth. If he sells it, I…read morewanted it to be to Music Go around because I firmly believe we have to support our local stores. When I sell or purchase something I frequently do it there because I know that they'll give a fair price. Whenever anyone asks me to help sell an instrument. Every time. So my friend is an older fellow and he can't get around to St. Paul easily. So I said I'd find out what Music Go Round would recommend. I made the joke that I want to buy it. 0 chance I could afford what this thing is worth. I'd like to buy a Lamborghini as well, but nobody takes me seriously when I say that either. So explain all of that. The owner's little feelings got hurt because I mentioned that I want the guitar. So he fly out refused to help me. "I don't do market appraisals." So he wouldn't hear me when I tried to explain. It was extremely disrespectful & could have been handled with a little communication. I didn't get that. So this guy is taking the ONLY positive thing about B&H stores and throwing it out the window. Why wouldn't I reach out to Sweetwater to discover something like this? That's the next move. I love the guy you have working there. I think he's in a vest. He has always been kind, cool and professional to me every conversation. It is unfortunate for him that he has to work with this owner. This will sadden me when store inevitably closes, he only has himself to blame. C'mon dude. Build a relationship with your clients. Talk to people. Care a little. You had my full allegiance to your store. But all of that is washed away. Keep people close. I love sending people to Music Go Round but now I'd be embarrassed if you decide you don't like one or my friends.

I can't say enough about how good the service at Music Go Round in Roseville was for me buying a…read moreused bass guitar. They had a good selection, at a wide range of prices. They put new strings on and adjusted the neck for no extra cost. This is the store to go to for guitars in the Twin Cities

This piano man was knowledgeable, thorough, and brought my beautiful piano up to snuff after a long…read moremove across country. I appreciated that he was able to work with me on cost.

What else could you ask for? Prompt, courteous, tidy, fairly priced, and our piano sounds great…read more It's a joy to play again. Highly recommend.

I had written a review about an experience I had at the Bloomington Guitar Center on 8-10-2026. It…read morewas not positive. In my review I mentioned I would never shop there again. Good news they followed up and made things right on my end. I was impressed with them reaching out to find out what had taken place. They took the time to listen and understand what happened at their store. I talked to the store manager and he would speak with his team about what took place. He wanted to make sure all customers felt welcome especially when it gets close to the time the store is getting ready to close. I was impressed how they handled the situation showing me they appreciate their customers. In short, they did not lose me as a customer. Thank you Guitar Center for taking the time to listen to me and make a bad experience into a positive one. Cheers Kev W

Confused, and slightly pissed off: A week before my wedding…read moreI called to ask about rentals, the person I spoke with on the phone was confident in everything I was interested in, and quoted $550 for the rental. He also mentioned that this specific store was well stocked and I didn't need to make a reservation, so I didn't. A week later (two days before my wedding), I go in person to make the actual rental. Here is where things get interesting. They told me they don't usually rent out wireless mics, I needed two of them, they also didn't have the mixing board I wanted (Model-12 with SD Card recording capabilities). Fortunately they were able to pivot and rented me some new gear that worked well, but they charged $700 for the rental, so whoever I spoke with on the phone either wasn't well informed, or didn't calculate the rental properly, either way, the additional $150 ($300 with the deposits) didn't result in customer happiness. They assured me that all of the gear was checked ahead of time, and everything was ready to be used. They also said they would throw in a couple extra XLRs Incase anything wasn't correct. This was not the case. I should have counted the XLRs because I thought I was renting 10, and there were only 9 in the package, and to top it off, 3 of them didn't work. The band had to literally drive into town and buy 4 additional XLRs. This is unacceptable, and one of the main reasons why I'm writing this review. Not to get petty, but the batteries were also dead in the wireless lav mic, and one of the four mic stands (see photo) was broken. Again, Unacceptable. Other than that, the sound was great, and the wedding was incredible. Okay, after the wedding, I go back and drop off the rental. I explain all of these issues and they say "oh sorry about that", then I ask "what can be done to protect the customer from this happening? You have rental insurance to protect the gear, but is there not any security or compensation to the customer if the gear doesn't work?" ... then they took off an additional $50, which is fine and all, but doesn't even cover the additional expenses of the 4 new XLRs or batteries I had to buy. Kind of a long story, but all in all, seems like there are some systemic things that need to be worked on, specifically in the gear checking, and customer guarantee areas.