Always enjoy a visit to Music Makers! Its just around the corner from Moon Dog Drum House, and since Cherry St guitar is gone... Well, Music Makers is truly a one stop music shop. You can find equipment and any other gear you might need for your guitars or your drum kit. The owner, Dave is a very friendly and personable guy. But I had dropped off a guitar to be restrung and met (one of the BTS guys) Jay, who put my new strings on my guitar for me and shined up my guitar and got it looking as good as new! And Jay even went beyond what Id asked (and I dont mean by him shining up my acoustic/electric Suzuki) but his friendliness and willingness to remedy another guitar that had a brand new but broken string. So I only needed to replace that one single string, but Jays friendliness and willingness to help a fellow musician is why Ill be going back to Music Makers even before I need my next set of new strings! Thank you Jay and MM!

Last five years I have purchased several guitars several by Im talking around 10 I walked in to this music store a lady did not even ask me how they can help me all she said was what are you looking for looked around for awhile noticed that the pricing was a little bit outrageous. But the main thing was the woman that put the sour taste in my mouth by acting like it was a bother for us to even walk in the store. Oh well their loss my game Ill continue purchasing equipment from American music supply Sweetwater. Wont go back

Always enjoy going into Music Makers and talking with Dave. I’ve been buying guitars from Music Makers for years. Great service!

Really nice music store and much bigger than I expected. I have family in the music retail business and can recognize a well-run store with a positive atmosphere and happy employees, which translates to happy customers like myself. As a musician, I loved the selection in there. Lots of great stuff - theyre a Fender and PRS dealer among others - and a wide variety of used gear, which is always my favorite part of a music store.

Great store awesome guitars, staff was awesome all my questions were answered, bought a guitar and it was set up. One of the best music stores Ive been in.

Came in to get a tuning machine fixed on my bass. They had it taken care of very quickly and it was extremely affordable. The staff is also very knowledgeable and friendly.

The men here are always so amazingly nice! I just wish they had more violins!

The Staff was Wonderfully Helpful, Patient and Kind! Plus not to mention the Inventory that was heavenly impressive.

I wanted to buy a guitar as a gift for my daughter without trying out a lot of instruments bc of the pandemic. After talking with a very knowledgeable and helpful staff member, I decided on a Taylor GS mini Koa. She (and I) couldn’t be happier. Thank you!

Excellent Shop. Huge selection. So many gorgeous guitars, the best selection within many miles. Super friendly, knowledgeable staff.

My daughter wanted to get my Grandson a new guitar for his birthday. I have done business for years even as far back when Bill Reeves had his store. Was able to find find a beautiful Ovation with a soft case and other accessories. They were very helpful a patient and not pushy. Highly recommend them. They also had a huge group of Blue Grass musicians playing inside the store. Very nice!!!

Friendly staff, huge selection of basses and guitars, and they offer layaway.

Great deals Great prices

Always good business here

They know their bis. About guitars anyway Ill tell you that . And the prices are totally reasonable I like the place

THIS is the place worth driving two hours for.

Excellent shop, certainly the best I know of in the area. The people are the best and their instrument selection, both new and high end as well as used and vintage, is impressive. Dave is great to work with and I hope to make my way back there soon.

I have got to admit I have never ordered a guitar through the mail . I am an old school guy so when I want an axe I have my choice of stores to walk in, play a couple of guitars and walk out with one that fits.Then NYC became the epicenter of Covid 19 .I dont know which made me cry more, loosing my job or watching the last guitar store NY close its doors. I tracked down one of last modified 72 Telecaster thinline to Music Makers . That being said I was very nervous about getting a guitar from a complete stranger. Well these guys at Music Makers are the real deal! They were very sympathetic of the hell I am in the middle of and bent over backwards to get me the tele in one piece fast. Its nice to know that there are still guitar people working in stores that care about Old guitar people like me.

It’s a great music store with carding people who try there best to help you

Dave is a very nice guy to do business with

Personal attention from people who know what theyre doing. Was recommended a guitar that was everything I wanted four a great price. Excellent selection of a wide range of gear.

Good looking store. Nice selection of instruments. The ONLY store within 50 miles of the Quad-Cities who had what I was looking for. (An active direct box)

Great place. Huge selection of all musical instruments. Worth a visit.

Excellent. We needed a sound system for our church and after much research went with Dave & Co at MusicMakers. Very happy that we did. The cost was very reasonable and the performance of the system exceeded our expectations and expectations were high to begin with. Have nothing but good to say about the store and the people. Also got a great deal on a Yamaha P105 keyboard. Their prices are very competitive even with online only retailers. Five stars definitely.

Best friends a musician could have. I highly recommend

Unfortunate, but i’d had a guitar in storage for a year and the fret board was a disaster.they did an excellent job cleaning that, however, they took it upon themselves to badly alter the guitar without asking us despite us being there and only explained what they’d done after it was too late. another thing about these “fixes” was that they didn’t address the problem at all! they said the action was too high the lower you got on the neck so they shaved the frets?? they also took some off the bridge, though only to the top, not where the strings rest in it. i’m a novice so i didn’t catch this in store, just paid for strings and cleaning and alterations for $40. value of guitar negatively impacted & i paid for it! nice and nice sounding 20yr old, semi acoustic fender. such a shame, and as i said before i was in store and they didn’t ask! i would get my strings changed there again, though stressing that nothing else be done without consulting me

Good amps but they didnt get down a guitar i wanted to play

A very knowledgeable and friendly staff (and some damn good musicians).

Great customer service! Excellent collection and knowledge resource to get you the right tools for the job! 🎸

Dave is the fairest I have ever dealt with. Excellent service, great products!

Great service and know there stuff. Very fair to deal with.

These guys are crooks. Everything they sell is overpriced, and their services are terrible. I went in to install a new bridge pickup for my electric guitar, and they quoted an unreasonable price for the job. Since I was already there I figured whatever, go ahead. They estimated the job would take about 24 hours to complete. Little did I know 24 hours meant a month and a half to them. Im not even kidding. Every time I went in to the store to check, they yelled at me and said theres a guy who comes in to do the work, but hes been just swamped lately. Hell get it done when he gets a chance. So 1.5 months later I receive a call, and its finally done. I go to pick up my guitar, and plug it in to one of their amps to check out how it sounds. It sounded like something was damaged in the guitar. I told them that there was something seriously wrong here, but they said its probably their amp and I should go home and check it out. I went home, plugged it in and it was messed up. It literally sounded like metal springs grinding against each other. The strangest noise Ive ever heard from a guitar.When I took the guitar back to them, they were incredibly rude and told me it was not their problem and the pickup was broken. So I was out $130, and left with a broken guitar. I ended up having to spend another $200 to get the whole thing back to playing condition.I learned my lesson, and have warned all my friends against this store.

Great selection the staff is very knowledgeable and helpful great service department

The staff is very helpful .

Had a guitar repaired. Excellent work.

Been going literly for 20 years. Decent service. Nice ppl. Definetly has everything a musician would need.

Always a great selection of new and used instruments! Lessons and repairs also available.

Music Makers is worth the drive from Pekin! I always get the best deal and the best service from Dave Plunk and his team!

I rent a speaker set from here for an event. Price is reasonable and the speaker works very well!

Knowledgeable staff and everything you need.

Great service and knowledgeable employees

Dave is a great guy, honest and fair.

They fixed my bass but I felt like it couldve been done a lot quicker for what was charged.

Been going here for you as for my music needs, love the place

Awesome music shop. I worked with Dave there and purchased an Ibanez RG8PB natural flat 8-string and could not be happier. After seeing the listing online and speaking to Dave over the phone, I felt more than comfortable agreeing to purchase the guitar. Dave promptly sent me a PayPal invoice and worked with me to arrange a day and time for me to pick up my new Ibanez. He held it for me until I was able to make the 2.5 hour drive (one way mind you) to Galesburg. The shop was in a nice downtown area, was very clean and organized, had beautiful instruments, and was staffed by two very friendly and welcoming employees. The guitar felt and looked better than I expected. Literally, Brand -New. The guitar plays and sounds great and I am more than pleased with my experience with Music Makers. I will attempt to go out of my way to do business with them in the future.

Great place to get sound equipment

Great selection and service!

Super nice store and very helpful always

The Boss man is one of the coolest guys to know!

Always a great place for music needs.

Good place to shop for music items

Great service and lots of selections

Dave from Music Makers was very helpful.

5 stars

Guitars are cool

Everything you need

Nice place

Hipster paridise

Great