Great service here. Needed a quick neck adjustment and was taken care of immediately for a nominal…read morefee. Highly recommend this shop. Second time in and got the same level of attention and service. If you're looking for a local shop with someone you can actually talk to about your instrument this is the place.

Had several repairs and setups. Fair pricing, prompt repairs and great to support a local business.read more

Im an adult learning how to play the ukulele & absolutely love the personal approach to teaching…read more The Mt Pleasant location has great parking, a wide selection on hours to accommodate my schedule as an Education Therapist & my instructor is top notch.

I love these guys! A…read morenew business concept that will challenge the traditional music academies in the area. I love how the lessons are structured, so there is a pathway for learning. Very important. I enrolled my kids in a day camp here, and it looked like so much fun, now I want to get involved. I met one of the other parents who was picking up his child, and after talking briefly we decided to put together our own band. It can happen.

I first took lessons with Frank Carlier back in 1992, and it's not an exaggeration to say he set me…read moreon a musical path I've never left. After 33 years, I started lessons with him again--and he's just as sharp, inspiring, and deeply insightful as ever. Frank is one of the most important musical influences in Charleston. A brilliant musician and an exceptional teacher, he has a rare ability to meet you where you are while quietly pushing you to levels you didn't think you could reach. If you're serious about guitar--whether you're just starting out or coming back after years away--you won't find anyone better.

Excellent! Wow. Frank is an AMAZING and accomplished guitarist and song writer. His style of…read moreteaching is pretty remarkable. He teaches you things in a way that is easy to understand. I have really enjoyed my lessons with him and have improved greatly in a very short time. Aside from lessons, if you're considering buying a new guitar or especially if you're looking at your first guitar.. talk to FRANK FIRST! I have several, but the one Frank steered me towards is my favorite by far! The man knows his stuff, and he's super passionate about music. Also, his location is super convenient in Mt.P. Check him out. You won't be sorry.

Excellent local music store in the North Charleston area…read more Good selection of electric and acoustic guitars, basses, amplifiers, and some other instruments and music gear. Service is great with the owners who are very accommodating to customers. I will be going back to purchase a bass guitar in the future as this is a great music store to support in the local Charleston area. Highly recommend!

This is the epitome of shop small to keep businesses that actually know stuff open! We went in just…read moreto let me brother check out all bf guitars. They answered questions and offered to beat the online prices of things (without me asking). We got a beautiful little ukulele for my daughter to start learning at a great price! Highly recommend this shop and their employees!

Crooks at the corporate office. If your child wants to learn an instrument or join band find a…read morebetter option. Buyer beware and runaway.

Great selection of products for any instrument you play, helpful staff, well organized shop. Will…read morehappily return for any of my music needs!!!

Great service. Knew exactly what we needed as we are new to the band. They were even able to make…read moresuggestions as to what my son's band teacher prefers.

I having been searching for a good Luthier in the Charleston area and fortunately found Southern…read moreStrings. I brought my ES 335 and Strat for a basic tuneup and have been pleasantly overwhelmed by their attention to detail, knowledge of guitars and professional polite service. Honestly, my 335 plays better than ever! during their comprehensive diagnosis of my strat, several underlying issues were identified but I am 100% confident they will make all necessary adjustments. I highly recommend this group for any and all musical needs.

There is a reason Rustys gets such great reviews. They are a First Class shop who treat their…read morecustomers better than any Big Box music store. They make SURE your guitar is right - no matter what. I wish I could give them 6 Stars - Highest Recommendation !!

Now, admittedly I'm not a guitar player but I'm surrounded by friends, family, and a husband who…read moreall are so I pick things up by osmosis and I can confidently say that Rusty's Cool Guitars is a pretty darn cool place. It's small but mighty and they pack a lot into their limited square footage. The first thing I noticed when we walked in are all the pedals. I never realized how fun and colorful these are until we went into the shop and saw them all displayed on the wall. I usually notice them on the floor of some grungy rock venue stage and never appreciated how aesthetically awesome they are (a few months later I would go on to make my husband a guitar pedal birthday cake and I 100% credit Rusty's for the inspiration). I was also informed that in addition to aesthetics, the pedals themselves were top notch. The guitars themselves are high end and really beautiful and unique. It's not a place you get your first guitar. But if you're a connoisseur, collector, or just admirer of the instrument you should definitely check the place out.

I started singing lessons at White Key Studios six months ago with one-on-one lessons with Ryan,…read morethe owner of the studio. He has created the perfect environment and training to help me find my singing voice - I went from being shy around a microphone to being excited and confident in my weekly lessons. Ryan has taught me music production techniques and we are now picking up the guitar. For anyone who is interested in a musical instrument to someone looking to find a footing in their music career, White Key Studios is the best place in Charleston to do that.

Excellent place. I bought my husband piano lessons for his birthday and he's enjoyed them. Nina,…read morethe owner, has been most gracious whenever he's had to reschedule. I'm planning on enrolling my kids for music lessons as well. I love the fact that they record you to measure how well you're doing. I also really like the instruments they have outside their building, very clever idea and the reason why I even knew they existed. I may even take some classes myself.

I had an amazing experience recording a 3 track EP with my band here! This studio is by far the…read morenicest and most advanced studio in town. They really have some amazing equipment to use, and i got to play their vintage Gretch drum set for the EP and it is by far my most favorite drum set i have played. The technician they had was a really cool guy and was super knowledgeable and talented at what he did. I couldent be happier with our EP we recorded here at Charleston Sound and will come back when i have the chance!

At first I thought my experience at Charleston Sound was going to turn out to be a good one. The…read moreengineer was a really nice guy and brought a chill vibe to the session. His assistant was also a nice guy. The studio is comfortable, clean, and has some nice gear, such as a grand piano and a couple blackface Fender amps. I was a guest musician to a recording project, so not only did I play on a couple songs, but I got to hang out and observe the whole process. We left the session that night, after a full day of recording, feeling great about everything. Now the horrible parts. The girl who does the scheduling at the studio originally said via email that mixing was included in the whole recording package that we signed up for, thus there was no additional charge. However, we found out after we paid for the recording session that unfortunately she had misrepresented the deal, and in fact, mixing was additional money. Wow. I would have taken my tracks elsewhere right then and there if I was in charge, however the bandleader of this project that I was involved with apparently has a higher tolerance for BS than I do. So, we decided to stick with the studio for mixing/mastering, even though they had just lied to us about what was included in their original price. Well, after that, believe it or not...after the session was "mixed" and "mastered" about a week later, for an additional $500, the music actually sounded much worse than before it was mixed. That's right, the raw tracks sounded superior to the "mixed" tracks. To charge $500 for something this unprofessional is absolutely unacceptable. I wonder if the guys at the studio even are aware of how bad it sounded, otherwise why would they have allowed such a piece of crap to go out their door with their names on it? Subsequently, the musician who was spearheading this musical project that I was involved with kindly requested that he be given the raw tracks so he could take them elsewhere to have them mixed properly. And the studio's response? They charged an additional $75 just to give him WAV format copies of the tracks on a CD!!! That should have been FREE after they ripped him off by first misrepresenting their deal, and secondly with their pathetic mixing job! The takeaway about Charleston Sound is as follows: It's a good place to do some recording, as long as you are very clear and upfront about costs, and what the costs include. I recomend a contract to avoid confusion. However, don't even consider using these guys for any mixing or mastering, unless you want to get majorly ripped off. I live in Boston and have had the pleasure of recording, mixing, and mastering in various studios with many different people, and even in the overpriced northeast of the US, there are options that are cheaper than Charleston Sound that are 1000 times better in quality. I hope I never step foot inside their studio again after they ripped off the bandleader of the project I was part of.