My son took lessons for the piano for a few years and loved it. They have very nice teachers.read more

Gentlemen was a huge help and very thorough with tuning in and out in a flash. Especially…read moreappreciated the help on the rentals fir string instruments.

I have been taking guitar lessons from Paul Howard for 10 years and what a wonderful experience!…read moreNot only were the guitar lessons great he taught me how to play the mandolin and autoharp. I have since bought a bass guitar and I am now taking bass guitar lessons from him. I taught myself at a young age to play an acoustic guitar and did not have any form or rhythm until I took guitar lessons from Paul. I am so inspired! I really wanted to get the rhythm down so I took drum lessons from one of the teachers at Paul's Music School, Tido Holtkamp. Tido taught me to to read music and keep a beat and now my singing improved in the church choir! Now I am plucking around on a keyboard and I am going to have to take a few piano lessons from Gale Gardiner. So

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I called here looking for a mandolin but he didn't have any in stock. And then when I called back a…read moresecond time in a pre Christmas shopping frenzy mistake he was very polite and explained that I had just called there. If I ever need a guitar I'll go here first .

Scott at Big Johnson's Guitars is hands down the best (and friendliest) guitar tech I've worked…read morewith. I brought in two electric guitars to get work done - one just a basic set up, and the other several upgrades and a set up. Wow, was I impressed. The entire process was smooth and informative. When I discussed the work with Scott prior to dropping the guitars off, I could immediately tell he knew what I was looking for and how to achieve it. Then, as the work began, Scott sent me dozens of text messages with questions and helpful suggestions. He even included a ton of photos showing the expert level of work he was doing on my guitars. He was very transparent! The work he did was exceptional. He is clearly a master at what he does! Glad to have found a local guitar shop and guitar tech that I can trust!

My husband bought a guitar that was still under warranty. He was new to guitar playing at the time…read moreand it was really hard to play his Takamine. Finally, we called KMC Music, who is the U.S. distributor for this. Upon taking the Takamine to the AZ Authorized Service Center, we discovered the guitar was incorrectly manufactured. They said to ship the guitar back to them and they will replace it. However, we would have to pay for shipping. Shipping a guitar across the country is pretty costly and we refused to pay for shipping. With the negotiations with KMC, they finally agreed to pay for the shipping. To help control the shipping, they sent us a shipping label via snail mail. In today's modern technology, this was a bit backwards, but we were patient and let KMC choose how to ship us the label. Email would have been more effective as other companies do. We got the guitar boxed up and shipped it back to KMC on their shipping label. It took about 3 months to get the replacement guitar and a number of follow up phone calls, but at the end of it, we got a new correctly manufactured Takamine that works well. This was in August. About 7 months later, it needed some adjustment because of vibration sound from a couple of the strings. We took it to the local Authorized Takamine Service Center and they fixed it at no charge to us. It was under warranty. Though when we went through the process last summer of 2013 and it was a bear, Takamine/KMC wanted to make sure we were happy and we are despite the hand holding we had to do through all this. I would like to add that the many, many phone calls I made, sometimes it was frustrating to talk with the KMC people, but the one thing was they always still treated me with professionalism and courtesy, even if I was upset. This is really important when dealing with an unhappy customer. Even when I wrote something negative on their FB page, whomever managed the page was extremely polite, courteous with me and helped me better address my issues. They took the high road and did overall provide decent customer service. I'm not going to say customer service is excellent, but it was decent. We will one day purchase another guitar from Takamine because they made right on their warranty and they stood behind their product. Not once did they ever bash me, and we were treated with respect the whole time, even if they were not happy with having to pay for shipping, which for the guitar was well over $100. In the end, we will most likely purchase a guitar that is in the range of over $2K+. I think one of the marks of great customer service is being able to handle irate customers and do such a great job that you turn them to do more business with you because you have made them happy. Thank you, KMC Music.

10 out of 10. Great dude and he does amazing work. Got a referral for him and will only go back to…read morehim from now on.

Super friendly and respectful, knowledgeable, and nice clean work. Had everything done properly and…read moreneatly very quickly.

George is a consummate professional. He is incredibly knowledgeable about music, and instruments,…read moreand directed us to an affordable middle-priced keyboard that suited our budget and our needs. He generously gave us a discount when we explained our means. He sells a wide variety of instruments and supports beginners and professionals. He also hosts a music school downstairs for young children. 10/10 would recommend. He's also just a great guy--warm and jovial, and it was worth the long drive to meet him.

My 15 year old twin sons are avid, knowledgeable and talented musicians (guitar & drums). They…read morevisited George's a few times with their (also musician) Father. Jerry is passionate about music, extremely knowledgeable and personable. Best selection and knowledge of Mesa Boogie amps around! Our family has no hesitation in recommending George's Music Center to anyone, whether you're an established musician or interested in becoming one!!!