Great rooms, excellent gear. Eden the owner is gracious and…read morefriendly, and it was a seamless experience. Highly recommend.

Clean, spacious rooms with all the gear I ever needed to make noise with my pals…read more Not to mention Eden: a class act, super friendly and awesome owner, who always made us feel welcome and well-served. Since moving to LA, I am frequently reminiscing how much I enjoyed rehearsing at this space and wishing I found service nearly as good on my new neck of the woods. This is TRULY an asset to the Seattle music scene, and I could not recommend it more highly.

I tracked some guitar here for an album last spring that's out now and the team made things as…read moresimple as possible. Amps and microphones were set up and after 5 mins of warmup I was tracking. Final result upon mixing is three thumbs up!

The owner truly cares about everyone who rents rooms, whether it be monthly or hourly. He is a…read morewildly respected in the community and has an obvious passion for his business and customers.

Top notch studio! The acoustics build out, available gear, technical audio and visual capability,…read moreand management are all amazing. I shot a music video with my band on the soundstage here. Mike the owner helped us get static and handheld high resolution shots at television/film studio quality. There is great digital audio recording capability for bands and podcasters, an array of pro-level mics and effects, all for great rates. A bonus is Mike's end-to-end capability to film any aspects of your work you choose, while you're doing it, for "behind the scenes, artist at work" type Instagram/Facebook content. If you're a musician, podcaster, influencer, multimedia artist needing A/V in various dimensions, check out Northwest Live!

Incredible space to create music! Staff is very knowledgeable and accommodating. I'll be sure to…read moreuse them again for projects in the future! You gotta check this place out!

I've been there a few times for the Layne Staley and Seattle grunge tours alway epic!! These guys…read moreare preserving history for us music junkies!! Go check them out!!

This place is a jem and a landmark in rock music. Any fan of the extended grunge family tree that…read morebirthed Pearl Jam+Soundgarden, or bands like Alice In Chains, Candlebox, or Blind Melon, really needs to visit this place. Our tour guide Maggie is a recording engineer at the studio. She did a great job sharing the history of the studio, great stories about the bands, deep knowledge of the equipment and room's sonic characteristics, the current types of projects they work on, and the state of the recording industry in general. It was fun for our whole family - a major highlight of our trip to Seattle. I couldn't help but tear up a little hearing the isolated tracks in the room where it happened.

Everytime it was pro setup Afforable for the musician…read more Nice room atmosphere Close to my home

Ahhh, Vortex. First, a couple of disclaimers:…read more 1. I'm not a musician/client myself so this review is from a layperson's standpoint. 2. I've only been to two or three recording/rehearsal studios in the area, so I'm not well versed in these types of businesses. Vortex is pretty awesome. Sure, there's no heat outside the individual rooms and as far as I know, you have to have your own heaters in the rehearsal rooms themselves, but there are a couple of areas to sit and relax - couches and a vending machine - so all in all, it's a pretty cool place. Add in the fact that there are restrooms WITH toilet paper, running water, paper towels and hell, even magazines, and you're looking at one of the better rehearsal spaces in the area (from a hangout standpoint, at least). Rent seems extremely reasonable and on par with other rehearsal rooms (for example, Studio 7, with which I'm intimately familiar and which doesn't hold a candle to Vortex). Everyone is friendly too, so another plus. Definitely a good place to hang out on practice night.

The staff seems to be universally willing help and they just about have it all, new or used.read more

Nice store but poor customer service. Came in today 9/16 and no one said hello. I was thinking…read moreabout buying a new bass to me but could not find anyone to talk to, so I just left. I will just keep going to the Tacoma store where they at least swing by and check in on you and acknowledge you when you come in.

Don't bring your repairs here. I just had my second experience having my repair forgotten about in…read morethe queue. I was quoted 2-3 weeks, when I followed up 2 months later they discovered that the unit had been sitting ready for pickup for a long time and no one reached out to me to tell me it was ready. If I had to guess, it seems like the repair folks are swamped with work and that they're constantly asked to prioritize items that are going to the sales floor over local customer repairs. Sad, this used to be my favorite shop in Seattle. Now it feels like they target the tech-salary or boomer collector over working musicians, and all the charm and relatability is gone. Won't be back.

I brought in a guitar with some very relic'd tuners. They were rusted, bushings to the post, on…read moremultiple tuners. The repair shop took the greatest care, cutting the posts, drilling them out and protecting a beautiful flame maple neck. They then buffed the headstock. My stellar Tele works as well as it looks! I am so grateful! I could not recommend this shop enough! Thank you Thomas!

I tried my best to set up my newest guitar. I've done it countless times before but I just couldn't…read moreget this one dialed in. I decided to try this place. I didn't want to take it to Guitar Center because they are hit and miss. I didn't want to take it to Mike Lull because although amazing, they are expensive. After holding my guitar for 10 seconds she assessed the problem being with the nut slots. She said it would take 2-3 weeks for the complete set-up. She only works 3 days a week but I figured I would let her have it. Three weeks later, I have the guitar. Action is incredible. Intonation is spot on. Just perfect job

Very knowledgeable and great work, very helpful too. I would recommend Silesia Guitars to anyone…read morewho needs an expert luthier.