Great Space, Sound, Staff, & Environment. A true staple of St Louis's Music Scene…read more Ive done many sessions here. Fully recommend

Wow, I'd like to say how amazing this place is. Great prices & the workers are always so helpful…read more Super cool that they started selling vinyl records, Always do a good job on instrument set ups. Tower Music is a fantastic place & I would definitely recommend for any level of musician!

Greg, helped me pick a used Fender Strat in excellent condition. They are so helpful and I have…read morebeen dealing with them for over 30 years. Great place for musicians!!!!

We bought violins from them many years ago when my son was young and they had just opened. It was…read morerun by a very nice couple back then. I've been there a few times more recently and they are much bigger with different folks running it. They were still friendly and provided useful information, even though I didn't buy anything at the time

Yesterday I took My Gibson Les Paul guitar to Music Go Round, and Dan was the person who worked on…read moremy guitar. It needed a complete setup, and I am very glad I took it there! I waited in their showroom looking at all the cool guitars, drums, and accessories. Dan brought my guitar to the showroom and plugged into an amp and started to play and It sounded great and I am extremely happy I took it there! Brian K.

Very eerie feeling when you walk in…read more The place smells like urine. Very dark. While I'm the wall bar never knew this was here before. We came in on a Saturday at 2pm and not a sole was in here.

I'm not a musician, but I was looking for an event space to host a party for 15 people, and Utopia…read morewas perfect! It was recommended to me to reserve the lounge area and not the basement, which apparently gets very hot. In the lounge, they had the big farm doors open to the courtyard, which let in a nice breeze. They were very tolerant of us setting a screen up and moving the seating around to play games. My guests seemed to enjoy the vibes. They allow you to bring your own food, but any alcohol must be purchased from their bar. It was also a little dark, but that didn't seem to be too much of an issue and probably better not to be too bright anyway... Overall, the rental rate can't be beat! Next time I have too many people to host for my apt, I'd be happy to come back here. Just be warned you may have to email a couple times and do followup, but it all worked out.

I inherited a Pre WW2 Stringed instrument and emailed the shop. They quickly responded and asked…read morefor photos. Once the photos were received we set up a consultation and I was given a brief history of my instrument, a quote on restoration and an appraisal of its value once the restoration is complete. No hassle, no taking advantage of my ignorance on the subject. Only a kind welcoming experience.

I am not one to leave reviews of any business. My experience with Top Notch was so negative that I…read morefelt it imperative that others have information before they buy from Top Notch. We had rented from them for years without problems, and we were very happy with our service. We decided to buy a violin from them. We swapped it for a higher-grade violin multiple times. When we looked to upgrade from our third violin purchased there, we went to another violin shop, as Top Notch did not have what we wanted. Top Notch refused to buy back the violin they sold me unless I traded it for one of their violins. Multiple calls were ignored, and finally a louthier got on the phone and yelled at me saying they were not buying the violin and to stop calling. When I went to sell it somewhere else, I found that Top Notch had switched the label on the violin to make the authenticity of the violin untrackable. When I told them I could not trace the violin to the producer with the label, they told me that the label was their own label. Top Notch refused to give any information about what model violin it was. To an appraiser's best estimation of the make and model, we were overcharged by almost double the actual going price. If I got swindled, my bad, but as the label has been changed, I can't even sell it on the open market for a fair price without being able to verify the make and model. I have found out that changing the label, just because, is not done in the industry and is considered shady. (I have been to multiple violin shops.) I am now out $3800 that I will never recoup even a fraction of. Please do your research before buying from Top Notch.

I visited Driftwood Music in Saint Charles because I needed work done on my Ukulele. It advertises…read moreitself as a business that has expert repair and restoration services. When I've visited, the staff has always been pleasant and have seemed to understand the concept of Service. I would have been happy to give them a Five Star rating, if it weren't for poor communication. When I dropped my instrument off, the tech told me it would be about a week. I was informed after a couple of days, that they were going to order an additional Tuner set because the one I provided wouldn't fit exactly (I was informed that they would have had to drill new holes in the head, which I didn't really want). The length of time to receive the new part was crazy, until I sent a note and learned the Tuners were miraculously there. Then, when they went to install the new Tuners, they found they had ordered the wrong size and would still need to drill holes in the head-- like the problem that started it all. I was finally able to pick the Ukulele up after 3.5 weeks. Upon review of the work they did, it seems they did a great job. I'm happy with their work! But, as, I mentioned, I didn't give 5 stars because of poor communication.

Requested a complete overhaul of my Gibson 5-string banjo, new parts, strings, etc. Pete did an…read moreexceptional job for a fair price. Good people, very skilled luthiers.

I have to say, I went here today for the first time in a while. maybe like 2 years & I remember why…read moreI stopped going now. From the moment I step in people are trying to sell me something, I just wanna browse and look around and explore my options but when someone sits there and watches me like a hawk it's really not an enjoyable experience to find an instrument

I love it it is so delicious I love this music store I try to go every weekend if I can I love itread more

I went in looking for a tele and was disappointed in the inventory and the shopping experience…read more They had very few guitars accessible and a few interesting guitars behind the counter. I asked to play a few teles and check out what they had out but nothing was well set up, then I couldn't find a cord or working amp. I went to ask for a cable but dude was gone so I looked at T shirts. The racist T shirt is enough to give this place a bad review, but they brag about it on their website and the owner brags here yelp about so I guess they are proudly racist? Anyway all of the guitars were a little overpriced and inconsistently set up, the stuff behind the counter was more overpriced (and there was no one there to help if I wanted to play something) and I didn't want to wait around just to further inconvenience dude by asking another question. Dude came back out just as I was leaving and I couldn't get out the door fast enough. I should add - if I had found a good tele for a reasonable price I would've bought it and tried to ignore the racist T-shirt. Yeah, I would give them one star because of the overt racism but it's really just not a very good guitar store. There are better options in STL with no politics involved, better prices, better variety, and better everything.

Staff was not friendly and seemed out by our being there. As far as selection goes, it was limited…read moreand expensive.