Mountain Music Store

This place is a real gem. When my brother fell in love with playing music this became his go-to spot to explore new used instruments and just be around good vibes --even though he was driving past a couple dozen other used musical instrument shops closer to his place in SF to get to Mountain Music.

That's how I learned about this place. I've been playing and repairing instruments for 20+ years. I even used to work at a similar type store in the Midwest.

There's a million small used instrument shops that have 10/10 good vibes, smart staff, great deal, etc. I'm not going to argue this specific shop is the very best in California or something like that. But it's a 10/10 shop. It's one of the good ones, no notes.

Maybe the tenth time I was there, I realized I really wanted to have another acoustic to take on camping trips and such. Ended up buying a 1970s ovation they had for an absurdly good bargain. It wasn't in my budget to buy the molded hard shell case that ovations usually come with. So they just tossed it in free anyway *after* I had already paid. They were like "we've got a lot of these cases in the attic, and ideally we'd be able to sell them but realistically we just need them to go to good homes"

Like I said, 10/10. Just a great shop with great folks.

Remarkably nice people. Incredibly helpful. I needed to get oil for a trombone and nobody in the bay area seem to have any except mountain music store, those gentlemen saved the day and saved my concert. 10 stars!

All around amazing little music wonderland. They got everything you need. Friendly and helpful staff. God selection, def worth checking out

I hate posting bad reviews. But alas, the sales person at this store was really super unhelpful. To the point I thought he was trying to discourage any sale!!

I had called ahead to ask if they sell violins as my son was interested in giving it a try. Asked them if they would have one to try before we buy. They said yes, come in in.

When I arrived, it was a different guy who helped us. It was frustrating since I knew nothing about violins and silly me, I thought this guy would know. It was after a bit of back and forth that I finally figured out that he doesn't play violin and has no idea what he was talking about.

My son is a left handed. I asked him if we would need a special violin. The guy claims we would just string the violin backwards. That didn't sound right to me. I quickly googled. Lo and behold, he was wrong.

Once I figured out he was clueless, my son and I left the store to find an alternative store.

I took in a guitar for setup, got it back the same day. When I took it in, it was just on the verge of unplayable -- the action was so high that it hurt to play for more than half an hour.

A few hours after I dropped the guitar off, the store texted me to tell me approximately how much the setup would cost. I replied that that was ok. I also said "I tried one of your guitars when I was there (naming the type and model), could you get the action on my guitar like that action on that guitar?"

And they did. And they did it in one day. I went from having a guitar I was upset by to a guitar that is a pleasure to play.

I honestly thought the setup person was going to tell me that they couldn't do what I wanted, but they did exactly the job I hoped they could do.

The only down side is that they have too many attractive guitars, and I didn't want to leave, even though I had to.

Great little store with lots and lots of cool stuff. The staff is really friendly and helpful. There's no one sitting around playing "Smoke on the Water" at full volume. Due to my advanced age and overabundance of equipment I don't buy much anymore but If I did I'd buy it here. Anyway, I brought my wonderful little 60's Vox Jaguar in for repair because, like me, it's getting temperamental and doing weird stuff. Peter, the repair guy, fixed it right up. He explained everything he did but I didn't understand a word. All I know is that it works now. Thanks, Mountain Music!

p.s. A few days after I brought the organ home I lost the receipt and forgot how I paid for the repair. Did I pay cash? Did I use a card? They had the information at hand and now I know! They even remembered me: some old guy with an instrument almost as old as he is.

Do your music stuff here!

Found this place by accident driving around Piedmont Avenue. Being a musician this place was a delightful find. Mountain Music had a decent selection of vintage gear, lawsuit guitars (Japanese copies of Fender and Gibson guitars) and affordable instruments.

Great location. The staff are polite, helpful and knowledgeable. A great selection. The space is a little chaotic but works.

Love my new 6-string. Easy and shipping time was pretty fast.

Mountain Music is my favorite store, I've had my guitar worked on several times and the last time I brought it in it was unplayable. Adam fixed it within a couple days and I was gigging with it that weekend. Adam does great work and runs a fair and honest shop.