My nephew turned me on to Audio Ventures in the early 2000's. I purchased a McIntosh component…read moresystem from them. Bill Waara has been fantastic to work with and I feel he and I have become friends over the years. I have changed out my power amp and pre-amp from the original components but still McIntosh and still very happy with everything. I think Bill and company have the best audio store I have ever visited. Rock on Bill and keep that Road Runner running! Fred Kurtz Onalaska, WI.

Please, please do not take your vintage audio equipment here!! Before I really knew anything about…read morethe equipment I had, I took my Marantz 2330 to them for repair. Not only did they not fix anything, but they actually made my receiver worse by bypassing the protection circuit. I now have a frozen woofer on one of my formerly pristine AR 3a's. What a shame. They don't know what they are doing, don't stand behind their work, and are extremely expensive for the "work" they do. I have even heard of them redoing speakers and convincing people to trade out their original drivers for new ones. Not because it's in the best interest of the client, but because they want the original part to resell. They don't have the nickname "Audio Vultures" for nothing. Stay away!

Alex has made both cheap and expensive guitars of mine play like a dream. He also consulted me when…read moreI was looking for a backup bass for touring. He turned me on to a sleeper bass, that plays and sounds great, and has only gone up in value since I picked one up based on his recommendation.

I don't usually post negative reviews, in fact I only post if the business was 5 star or not at…read moreall. However having all the extra free time during COVID got me back into playing my Gibson SG the last year. So when I needed fret work and to have it restrung, I brought it here. Bad decision, he was hard to reach, took 2 weeks longer then he said to have it finished and charged almost double then he quoted me when I dropped it off. Overall I'd recommend taking your instrument elsewhere, big mistake going here.

Affordable rehearsal and art studio spaces of varying sizes, safe and convenient. They also have a…read moresound recording studio which seems to be good.

This place destroyed the sides of my frets and fretboard doing a fret sprout repair. When I emailed…read morethe owner, Jeff, to inquire about why they did this to my guitar, he tried to justify his shop's poor work based on the quality of my guitar. He said this instrument as well as all the other instruments I brought into his shop to have work done were "Chinese made junk that weren't of any quality to begin with". I guess that justifies doing a poor repair job according to Jeffrey Benske, owner of Top Shelf Guitar Shop. He also said I constantly badgered him about spending too much money on repairs, which is a complete lie. I was just trying to spend within my budget, that's all. I was never super aggressive toward anyone at this business at any point. But, according to Jeff, I'm in the wrong since I brought cheap guitars into his shop. How dare I not bring in a 2,000-dollar Gibson or something of that sort and instead bring in a 200-dollar cheapo! It's my fault for having the audacity to bring in a cheap guitar, hence the cheap repair work! I guess I deserved it! Yeah... Right. Get out of here with that attitude. Honestly, I could say a lot more about this place because their poor work on most of the guitars I brought in over the year and a half I came here for repairs has caused me great distress as well as set me back in terms of repair work on my guitars. However, to save me from going insane, I will just post the pictures of my guitar with this review and the screenshot of the email I received after I inquired about why my guitar was ruined. I think the pictures and email speak volumes about the type of people you will be dealing with when coming into this shop for repairs. There is nothing that justifies this type of low-quality, low-effort repair work, no matter how inexpensive your guitar may be. If the sides of your frets not getting destroyed matters to you along with not dealing with arrogant, elitist business owners, I would stay far, far away from this place. I truly believe Jeff is unfit to own a guitar repair business based on my interactions with him and based on his shop's unfortunately poor work on my guitars.

Excellent repair and set up guys...fair prices on vintage equipment..mostly guitars and amps....5…read morestars

My name is Nate Wood and I am a hip-hop artist who grew up in Pewaukee Wi. I was introduced to…read moreBrett Schimke, one of the engineers at Cave, by a friend of mine. From the moment I stepped into the studio I felt totally comfortable bringing Brett and the rest of the team on board to my project. I felt the professionalism was always top notch, but I also felt the comfortable medium you want to feel while recording an album. When I came back after the recording process to hear the final product Brett put together I was blown away. I couldn't wait to start promoting and showing my friends and family what we created. I look forward to doing business with Brett and the rest of the Cave Studios team in the future, and I'm excited to see what the studio will bring for myself and other artists in the future. I highly recommend any artist who is looking to take the next step to improving the quality of their music to go check out Cave Studio's MKE.. You will be very happy that you did!

I've had several guitars worked on. Top notch work! Really nice guys that know what they are…read moredoing! Would highly recommend!

This place rules. The owner is "one of us" and won't give you the cheesy salesman shit the other…read morejoints will.

I have had Wade's do several guitar setups and purchased a Martin acoustic from them. His shop is…read morestuffed with new & used guitars which you can play upon request. In an age of big box and internet sales, it's refreshing to have a local store with knowledgeable people who don't pressure you and answer your questions. Its like a going back in time to friendlier space and I'll keep going for all my guitar services and those Martins.

I bought my first electric guitar here in 1996, and I still have it and play it regularly even…read morethough I left town long ago.

Mr. Fallon has some of the highest care and attention to instruments. Whether it's one he is making…read moreor an instrument he is restoring. I've played several violins setup and made by Mr. Fallon and have always come away impressed with his quality of work! Wish he had stuck around in Houston longer! Honest and hard working! You will not be disappointed!

Impressed with the quality of work. I had a bridge and a sound post cut for my cello, and it has…read morebeen sounding incredible since. I'll be sure to visit him for any adjustments I need, and I'll recommend him to any students and friends as well.