Slemmons Music Services

Brought my Bogner in on a Friday, paid the $ 50 rush charge and picked it up on Monday running like a champ. Terrance knows his craft, and is a great guy to deal with. He came highly recommended, and I see why. I will definitely bring my amp to him again whenever I need repair work.

Slemmons has worked on two of my amps; Mesa Boogie Nomad-​55 and Tony Bruno Super-​100. These guys are knowledgable, friendly, reasonable and efficient. I would have no problem bringing any amp to Slemmons for repair or modification.

I have been using Terrance for amp repair for several years with multiple amps. He typically does a great job with them but recently I had a horrific experience. I took a Vox AC-​30 (one I have spent hundreds of dollars with Slemmons in the past) in to repair a micro phonic tube problem. I paid $ 90. Four days later I’m recording in Denton and try to use the amp. The same harmonic tube sound arises. So I sent an assistant and the Vox 45 minutes to Dallas to fix the same problem I just paid to repair. When I told Terrance I didn’t feel comfortable paying $ 100 more dollars after paying $ 100 four days ago he abruptly hung up on me. My assistant called me immediately saying Terrance told him to get the f*ck out of his shop without repairing the amp. We wasted 2.5 hours and $ 100. I will not be taking any future business to Terrance or recommend that anyone trust his service after this experience. Try Charlie’s Guitar if you want good service and cool people.

Terry Slemmons gets the job done — plain and simple. I was turned onto him by Brian at Charley’s Guitar Shop, and I’ve been a faithful customer for years.
If you’re in need of having your hand held, you’re in the wrong place (and don’t piss and moan about the location — you’re a bed wetter if this is an issue). He’s not going to tell you stories or sit and gab about his thoughts of the day — he just fixes shit. And that’s the way it should be.

This review will serve as my initial reaction to this business. I recently found Slemmons Music Service after visiting Guitar Center. GC pointed me to Slemmons as the best place to have my Ampeg head unit serviced. The unit has some significant repairs ahead of it and many places around Dallas won’t touch amps, just guitars. Slemmons welcomed my little head unit and suggested a few other minor repairs I should look into. I expect to get my head unit back in about 3 weeks.
The location to this place can be a serious drawback. Finding my way around Deep Ellum has never been my strength and Slemmons has no sign or exterior writing letting me know I’m in the right place. I had to call just to make sure I was near the location. The only advice I can offer is look for the parking lot and a blue door at the corner of Commerce and Walton.
Slemmons seems to be a one-​man operation and after seeing his workshop, I’m convinced this guy either knows electronics or has a serious circuit board fetish. I recommend Slemmons Music Services because he welcomes the kinds of repairs places like Guitar Center quickly turn away. His price seems fair, $ 75 an hour, and he is indeed a friendly, mad-​scientist type of musician.