Corona Music Center

This place has absolutely no variety or much of a selection when it comes to guitars. I feel bad because this is a local music shop but it has no soul. The actual employees aren’t helpful at least the times I’ve been there. The place looks and smells like no has cleaned it since it opened. It’s just dainty and sad. I hope someone can liven it up soon because I’d hate to see them disappear. For not I’ll stick to Guitar Center or Sam Ash. Music Mikes is also an honorable mention if you’re looking for local shops.

customer service is very good, i felt welcomed as soon i stepped inside. definitaley will come back again.

The teachers are nice.!! My children attended this center for about 8 months and I thought I had a decent relationship with the staff, but I guess I was wrong. There was an issue with us trying to stop lessons, if we can’t attend lessons any more why would I keep paying for another month when my kids weren’t there. But in the end it worked out. My kids really enjoyed their teachers for piano and drums and they were sad to leave. Be careful when you sign the agreement, you pay a month in advance for services not even rendered yet. And forget about makeup classes!

They followed through and did everything they said they would do. Thank you.

My Boyfriend’s birthday was coming up. He plays guitar. This was the closest and most convenient music store in the area. They were very helpful and knew exactly what to suggest after asking me a few questions. I bought an effect’s pedal and a few accessories and my boyfriend loved them! I can’t wait to tell his band-​mates about this music store close to home.

I’ve been here a handful of times for various different events. I came once on a weekend because they were holding a jam session for all of their students. It was really inspiring to see a bunch of young students all coming together to play some songs not only for fun, but to encourage one another, and to build confidence. Their teachers seem really patient and friendly. I would recommend people to come take lessons here. They had a sale recently and I was able to purchase a Whammy pedal that I’ve wanted for a while now and I got it at a very good price. I also participated in an open mic on a Wednesday night (they do these often) where I got to perform a song or two, and got to watch some really cool local talent. Their staff is friendly, and they have a cool selection of affordable gear for not only just the beginner musician, but for professionals like myself as well…

Came in on the fly to get cord for my mic. I just happened to be there. Owner was training a very nervous and fluttered later teen. He was doing fine but owner would correct him before he could correct himself. I don’t know how it would be with the owner doing all Customer services… That can go either way, either they would be awesome or they would nickel and dime the hell out of you.

Needed to rent a trumpet for my Kid’s music program at school and this place was the first on the list to provide rentals. When we arrived, they pull the trumpet case out and show us this dented scratched-​to-​hell trumpet that was waaay past it’s prime. The valves constantly needed oiling and it was a mess. This instrument should have been retired. The contract we signed was for a 3-​month rental… but 2 weeks into it we were offered a smoking deal on another used trumpet to buy so we went for it. Of course, they held me to the letter of the contract and charged me for the full 3 months… even though we only had it for 2 weeks. I guess that’s how they manage to make money. For the non-​school band crowd, they had a really paltry selection of guitars, basses and a single drum set. The biggest names I recognized were Peavey and G&L. but the rest I’m assuming were cheap, Chinese knock-off’s of Ibanez, Fender and Gibson guitars. I actually got a call yesterday from «Dave» asking why I only had the instrument for 2 weeks. Silly me, I thought he was going to refund my fees… but oh no… it was the same boy that was running the store that day when I was charged for all 3 months. «Oh, I remember you» lol. Yeah, I remember you too. I’m surprised this place is still in business… with things like Musician’s Friend, Guitar Center and Sam Ash, I’m sure it won’t be much longer.

My son enjoyed their guitar classes.
and yes I will sign him up again

I came in looking for a violin case. The guy at the counter was very friendly, and we struck up a nice conversation. Unfortunately, they had no violin cases. None. On the wall next to him, was a single violin. I don’t even think it was a full size. He pulled out a catalogue and offered to order a case for me. The selections didn’t seem very good, and he didn’t seem to know much about them anyway, so I passed.
I was also interested in lessons and looked in their lesson rooms. They were the tiniest rooms ever. I mean, if you stand in the middle of the room, you could touch both walls. And I was baffled to see that one of these rooms had a whole drum set in there. Wow.
For violins, I would recommend Cruz Violin in Riverside — they’ve got everything violin, including repairs. And Mr. Cruz is very knowledgeable. Corona Music Center is probably ok for non-​violin things like stands and metronomes. I do remember seeing a few violin books too.