This is the best music shop in Nottingham. A family business I have relied on for 40 years. Great…read moreservice, advice, prices and stock, especially second-hand. Excellent for repairs.

I was in Nottingham overnight during a tour stop. the Floyd Rose bridge on my guitar was acting up,…read moreas you may know they are tricky beasts. I brought it to Music Inn, a scant half mile from the hotel, where Dan sorted it for me promptly and cheerfully, and at a very decent price. the proprietress even charged my phone in her office while I waited!

One of Congleton's hidden gems. Perfect for all your musical needs.read more

From the owner: General purpose Music Shop selling CD, DVD, Guitars, Music Books, Accessories - Strings, Reeds,…read moreDrum Sticks etc.

owners are rude and disrespectful. Threatening to beat up 19 year olds for no reason at all. AVOID…read moreAT ALL COSTS!! Not a nice environment to purchase instruments so I wouldn't recommend going for lessons. I would strongly advise you look elsewhere to purchase musical instruments and lessons.

A brilliant guitar shop with a great selection of stock. Everything you need from beginners to…read moreseasoned pros. The owners were incredibly friendly and couldn't be more welcoming, fantastic stories from a lifetime in music!! I will definitely be back.

I was in town and needed a acoustic-electric guitar. I was very happy to find the store right in…read moreLeicester. The guys (Alex and Lloyd?) were a great help in finding me the right guitar that the right price. Seemed to be a family-owned place where they took pride in their shop. I will definitely go to them again the next time I'm in town. I've been playing the guitar since I got home and I'm even happier with it, now! Thanks guys!

From the owner: Intasound is a family run music store that has been serving Leicester for over 35 years…read more Specialising in Digital Pianos, Keyboards, Guitars, Amplifiers, P.A Systems, Disco Lights and much much more.

Not only do I adore the name of this place (I mean come on, it's clever and it's catchy) but I am…read morein love with the actual concept: guitar-shop-come-vintage-treasure-box. It's individual and it's genius. Now that I've got all those adjectives out of the way, I guess I should start telling you why... The front of the shop offers you a neat little collection of guitars. Now I'm no guitar buff, but there did seem to be a decent selection, and the guy behind the counter seemed to know his stuff. Plus they specialise in guitars only, so they're likely to be more expert than general music shops. The back of the shop was far more up my street. Another neat little selection, this time of vintage goodies. There wasn't a very good selection of shoes or accessories, but I thought the clothing selection was pretty impressive. This was one of what could be called 'real' vintage shops, i.e. the garments have been left exactly as they are, and not reworked to adhere to modern fashion. They are 'raw' and therefore to the taste of the more daring/eclectic/quirky dresser. The clothes are helpfully categorised by type: dresses on this rail, trousers on that rail, jackets over there in the corner etc. I was most impressed with the range of trousers, of which there were many stylish shapes in a variety of colours. I mention this because finding good vintage trousers can be something of a difficulty sometimes. A final pro and con...the air conditioning was most gratefully received after an afternoon's shopping in overheated and stuffy shops. However there is only one fitting room, which can get a little problematic when a large group of girls traipse into the shop after you, wanting to try on everything in the shop. All in all, it gets my thumbs up, and it's definitely worth a gander should you be in the area.

Guitars & Gladrags was my next port of call after being a little disappointed by Revamp. I could…read moretell before I even crossed the road that I was going to leave happy! The principle behind the shop is that it covers more ground, more life than your average vintage place. The front room is dedicated to guitars - acoustic, electric, bass, even a couple of ukuleles - and their accessories, like strings and amps. They even have tiny little amps (no bigger than your average alarm clock) and their own custom plectrums. The range is really good, and the staff know their stuff - they even do lessons! - although if you're a leftie, there is only one left-handed guitar, an acoustic Fairclough. Their brands are all good stuff (as it was put to me: guitars they can shift and not have to worry about getting back!), from Fender (~£450) to Vintage (~£200) and Fairclough (~£160 for the LH I was looking at). Most of them are in-keeping with the vintage aesthetic - soft colours, specific retro designs from Fender and all classic shapes. Their electrics selection is delicious - lots of smooth shapes and glossy colours here. I got loads of help, too - I haven't bought a guitar, but I'm definitely looking to G&G if I get one when I'm in the Midlands. The second half is the clothing. You can see as soon as you glimpse the front window that it's going to be vibrant, truly distinctive clothing - and it is. Lots of colour, lots of details, but subtle enough to be able to wear most of it and not feel like you're dressing as an old person. There are some heart-flutteringly romantic gothy pieces - a satin brocade bustle skirt, a gauzy, rich black and plum prom dress, milky-white, ruffly blouses - as well as leopard pattern faux-fur coats, a bizarre pastel patchwork dressing-gown coat, teddy bear applique culottes... What's more is that they have modern-made candles, tins of plasters, ha;f-aprons and little knick-knacks to make the average room a little kitschier. The pricing isn't bad. Again, things are a little pricier - £12 for a simple skirt? - but we are talking about a bricks-and-mortar shop in a middle-class market town, so I can deal! I left the shop with a grey pleated skirt, a little handmade zine, "Cut Grass" and a head swimming with ambitions of my own dreamy, curvy toffee-coloured bass. Definitely a memorable place.

I used to have lessons there and i loved it! All the staff are really nice and the lesson prices…read moreare fair. Also they were very fair on trade ins

a good little shop a bit overpriced though but there are some good guitars here. the owner of the…read moreshop can also teach you guitar, bass and drums. the guys there are really nice and feindly. the place isnt overall clean but its good and id recomend it to any good guitarist, bassist and drummer.

This shop is a real haven for guitar players and drummers. Electric guitars and bass guitars in one…read morearea, a beautifully relaxed acoustic instrument area where you can have a sample play of a range of hollow bodied instruments, and as for the stock of percussion: I've never seen anything like it. There are drum shells, cymbals, drum sticks, cahons, TRAVEL cahons, studio, live and stadium shakers, and a section dedicated to Brazilian percussion. My eyes are on a Squire Jazz bass and a beeeee-yoo-tee-ful mango scented Eddy Finn tenor ukelele with the warmest sound ever. My hands are all aver the percussion, banging this, twanging that, and shaking everything. My companion leaves with a guitar bag, a Shubb capo, and a guitar stand, all at good prices. I manage to resist the huge temptation of buying the tenor ukelele, even on the second visit to the shop later that day. And it's a regret, as the shop price is cheaper than any price I can find on the internet. Smiley, knowledgeable and freindly staff mean I'll be back here soon when I'm next in Nottingham.

From the owner: Welcome to Drum and Guitar , the online store of Nottingham Drum and Guitar centre. We are one of…read morethe UKs largest independent musical instrument superstores, offering a huge selection of top brand instruments at discount prices. Buy with confidence! We are a long established and highly respected company (and indeed were the proud winners of the MIA / Arts councils "musical instrument retailer of the year" award 2008). We are the largest guitar shop in Nottingham and have one of the biggest displays of drums and percussion in the midlands. We are main UK dealers for many of the music world's most well known brands, and all our stock is brand new, boxed and supplied with a full 12 month warranty (unless otherwise stated). We have many thousands of satisfied customers, including professional musicians, recording studios, music schools and many of the UKs prestigious military bands. Please take a look at our Testimonials page for details. For those of you in the midlands, we would like to

Jack White Jimmy Page…read moreNeil Young Chuck Berry Bo Diddley B.B. King Neil Young Frank Zappa Brian May Bert Jansch Joni Mitchell Elmore James Django Reinhardt If you want to add your list to the world's best guitar players, you're gonna need flexible fingers, pots of ambition and determination and a great axe. One of the best places to go, get advice and try out different guitars is Sounds Great. It's a bit of a hike from the city centre but they have a good selection of new, vintage and secondhand electric guitars, acoustic guitars and basses. Prices range from a few hundred pounds to £15,000 for one of Fender's rare and highly collectible, hand-crafted, Eric Clapton Blackie Tribute Stratocasters! For those with a significantly smaller budget, they also sell amps, pedals, tuners, spare strings, recording equipment and the musician's enemy - drum machines! The mighty Bo Diddley in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=979rwnVPG4A

The only thing I don't like about this place is that it's not next door to my apartment. Most…read moreguitar stores sell so many commercial models, and half the time they're straight out of a factory, don't play so great and are ridiculously overpriced. I find this place different, especially for advanced players. If you're in the early stages of learning to play the guitar, the model won't matter as much, but when you develop those chords, tasty licks, riffs and solos, this is the place to go. One thing you should always do before buying equipment is try it out. Sounds Great is one of the few stores in which you can really accomplish this, because they actually HAVE IT IN STOCK! It drives me crazy when you walk into a guitar store and ask for a particular item and they don't have it, but might have some model you don't want in about 80 billion colours filling the whole show room. Grr. Anyway, if you're are a serious player and like to spend a buck or two, I heavily recommend Sounds Great. In store they have some rare makes such as Diezel, Matchless, Divided by 13, Suhr to name a few... I guarantee you that these names along with your custom Fenders, Gibsons and Marshalls, cannot be found in the average music store. Oh and the accessories section is awesome. The guys that work there are not afraid to take a risk on bringing in a new product.

You'd be hard pressed to find a 'phone number for this shop. Don't even think about trying to find…read morethe website-there ain't one. This is a guitar shop that you have to visit, and if you are into guitars and amps this shop is a little gold mine that you have to visit when in Warwick. When we walk in, the owner is tinkering with a guitar amplifier, and he looks up and gives us a smile and a nod. The shop looks as if it hasn't changed much since the 1970's, apart from the changing stock of delights. The owner is happy to consider a part-exchange deal and as a result there are some really interesting guitars from lesser-known names of the back wall including what looks like a very feminine looking hand-painted Les Paul look-a-like that has the weight and hardware spec to match the original. Then I spy it: The unmistakable space-age-shaped Super Yob guitar as played by Dave Hill of Slade on Cum On Feel The Noize. "It's not for sale" responds the owner with a combination of apology and pride. One of Hendrix's axes is also on the back wall, and if you have the cash, you can buy that piece of memorabilia instead. If you live within 30 miles of here, and if you are after an unusual guitar, rather than a run-of-the-mill one, tie in a visit to here with the other indie attractions that Warwick has.

Run by someone that has a shop as a hobby - doesn't open regularly, doesn't have normal Music Trade…read moresuppliers. Cannot play the guitar. Buys and sells guitars and some of which may have been 'tinkered' with, so may not be all that they appear. Has had at least one visit by Trading Standards. Most guitarists no to stay clear of this shop.

They've got a fairly big building on 3 stories that caters to everything related to musical…read moreinstruments. From sheet music to instruction books, CD's and DVD's to classical string and brass to percussion to drums and guitars and basses to folk and acoustic instruments they've honestly got the lot. They do hire, payment plans, arrange instrument lessons, do repairs. You'll get an electro acoustic mandolin. A professional glockenspiel. A cowbell and mount for a rock kit. A Fender bass. A bass banjo. An effect pedal. A digital USB recording interface. A trombone mute. Violin strings. Honestly no joke they have all of it. They've got a nice 'musicians wanted/bands wanted' wall. They are not cheap. They'll let you beat them down on prices to a certain extent but they'll never really price match online 100%. I guess it is upto the customer to decide if the service is worth it. They are knowledgeable but not all of them are exactly polite about it. Unlike some music shops they seem aware that things like accessories and consumables which require no after sales should not be exorbitantly priced so they are comparable to online prices on strings and leads and straps and things. I personally believe in giving my money to businesses I want to see remain and I'd rather have a shop like this in my city than save £25 on a guitar by ordering online. They'll look after you.

Foulds is a brilliant place to buy an instrument, it has experienced staff who know about the…read moreinstruments they are selling and advise you with your perfect instrument.