One of the best luthiers in this region…read more I have been going to their shop for years and having luthier work done. John, Susan, and staff are so good. I stopped taking my guitars to others shops regionally, that where endorsed by nationally high level players for setup. Yea...they where good but... John's setup was always a step above. John has has been able to give me back semi-playable so-sos, to a silky smooth sweetheart that I have a hard time parting with, even it not top of the line. Now my grandsons and step-son have requested some of my guitars to learn on. I learned on poor quality stock setup. I wanted to quit until I felt instrument setup correctly...and then I was hooked. I want them to know what a good guitar setup feels like versus factory milktoast setup, so that they want to keep on playing and upgrading to their playing style/level. Wadsworth Music facilities that path with both the service and the inventory selection to upgrade when needed. They seem to have heavy support for the local high school band members as well, which I tend to hold dear. (Sry...bias from being HS band member in my days. Would love a high & tight rudimentary snare drum, or 3 valve B-flat marching baritone if I could still blow solo blues. Alas, those days gone. Low-energy guitars will have to suffice.)

Wadsworth Music is my go to store. Just fantastic service, pricing and delivery. I live in…read moreMarblehead Ohio and make the trip to Wadsworth for guitar tune ups from their guitar tech John. This guy knows what he is doing. Online purchases are made easy!!

This review is overdue, but I found this shop as the luthier I previously used retired. Last year,…read moreI took my older Martin 000-15 acoustic for adjustments and a set-up, as the action was too high and stiff. Mike looked it over, gave an assessment, offered his recommendations and a price. A few days later I picked it up. It has played beautifully since, and has been an inspiration.

Mike is awesome. I brought both electric and acoustic guitars to his shop, and he was able to…read morediagnose and resolve the problems in minutes. He gave honest assessments both times, and was willing to explain the repair process and make useful recommendations. His price is also lower than competing franchises like Guitar Center. I will be back if I encounter any guitar issues in the future.

Finally found myself in Akron with time, so I dragged The Fambly into Guitar Department. Now THIS…read moreis more like it. Every inch of wall has something playable hanging therefrom. Nearly every inch of floor has drums, amps, cabs, amps on top of cabs, cabs on top of OTHER cabs. I had only been in the store about ninety seconds when I overhear a guy nearly buying a Kay Speed Demon guitar. Now just having one to look at is pretty great, but this one was also for sale. You could, given a couple hundred, just walk out with that baby and be cutting a demo before dark. (They really respect the mongrel, here, by which I mean the instrument as well as the customer. Dan "Loving Ohio From a Distance" Auerbach used to wander around the shop hoping to get noticed... I mean "shopping." Yeah, shopping. He's one of those snobbishly anti-snobbery guitar guys, who fetishize the crappy guitars their blues gods played, while playing them through a quarter million dollars worth of effects and electronics.) But enough about success. Found a vintage Fender volume/tone pedal. Well, that just had to go home with me. Bought a couple other things. Time was, there was a great shop like this every ten blocks or so in every city in Uh Murh Cuh Now? "Bro! Just buy that on-line." Right. Buy a guitar, without playing it? Buy an amp, without hearing it? Good luck with that plan, Mr. Malmsteen. They do consignments, too, which is a great way to either upgrade or downgrade your studio, bandroom or man cavity. These guys deserve your business. They sure helped me, and I'll bet they will help you. While we were there, I overheard a drummer, tired from being ridiculed by other musicians, decide to change instruments. Guy goes up to the sales counter and says, "I'll take that red trumpet over there, and that accordion." After a second, the store clerk says ,"OK, you can have the fire extinguisher but the radiator stays."

From the owner: New and used musical instruments, live and recording gear, marching and school instruments, dj…read morelighting, drums, keyboards and accessories

Great Guitar Store…read more Nice Selection of Strats and Les Paul's They had some decent amps too and some used gear , would like to see more used gear here in the future . Looking forward to coming back and bringing a fat wad of cash with me and buying a guitar :)

People that run the shop are great. Even though they are in a temporary location that doesn't…read morereally have a showroom, if you see anything on their website, you want to play, they will happily retrieve the instrument for you and let you try it out. Their inventory is absolutely amazing, very friendly and knowledgeable staff. And they usually will give you a great deal.

If you're a musician and are in the market for an unusual or vintage guitar,…read more Timeless Guitars is a treasure trove of used and vintage guitars. Owner Clyde Deubel and his guitar and amplifier repair tech, Mark Stelma, have an encyclopedic knowledge of guitars of all makes and models. The shop is widely considered to be the last vintage music store in Greater Cleveland. The laidback atmosphere makes a visit to Timeless Guitars seem like a trip to a guitar museum.

For all you guitar nerds, we are so lucky to have one of the best little gems right here in…read morebeautiful Parma Ohio! Clyde is one of the most knowledgeable guitar dudes around. Always has some gems hanging on the wall that will make you drool!

Dan and team have worked on many of my guitars and they are the best luthiers around! Highly…read morerecommend

I had Vintage L-OO refinished here a few years back. Theyre not the same as they once were when…read moreVirgil Lay was there. I would take another vintage or valuable acoustic there again.

When your corporate motto is "We exist so music can persist" might need to fall back to their…read morecurrent ad campaign of "Make Some Noise" because the only way to get service in an empty store of customers and 4 staff members just meandering is not the way to help music persist. We couldn't even buy the guitar strings we needed because they would just walk right passed us AT THE REGISTER and wouldn't ring us out. The store in incredibly organized but lacks the soul of other locations. But when you lack basic customer service...nah. I'll head over to S.I.T Strings instead. And, if you can't be bother to take my order I can't be bothered to take your picture...not worth the memory space on my phone.

Brought a electric guitar in to have a proper setup performed and new strings installed…read more I got the guitar back and wish I would not have came here to spend 80 on new strings. Not a pro shop at all!

They were working on my guitar. They closed the store and I never got my guitar back. I called them…read moreand they said tough luck.

The staff was nice and friendly. They have a good selection for the size of the store. Didn't have…read moreany problems picking out and purchasing my instrument and for an item that wasn't in the store I made a catalog order through them and picked it up the about a week later. Although I'm not planning on taking any, I also saw they offered various music lessons.

Don't be fooled by looks. Boomers is the place to go if you need your Guitar (or Bass) worked on…read more Boomer worked on my sons electric bass that had a bad output jack. He replaced the old chinese one with one made in the USA, tuned it and checked the truss rod and adjusted the action, all for less than what one of the "centers" would charge. He does not sell new instruments but usually has a few nice used instruments.My son got a great deal on a beautiful electric bass we saw there when picking up his other one. He said to play it for a few weeks and bring it back for a tune-up and adjustment no extra charge. Boomer has over 30 years of experience not only working on instruments but playing as well.