Oceanside Music Supply

What a great experience! Personal service with knowledge. This shop deserves your business. Buy local Oceanside.

I dropped in a couple years ago (man time flies). I was getting my car smogged next door and it was going to be a little while so I walked next door to this shop.
I don’t remember the guy’s name at all, but I think he was the owner or related to the owner. The guy was very nice and knowledgeable.
I play guitar so I bought a few things: guitar strap, click locks, picks, maybe some strings, book, etc.
I felt good about doing a little bit to support a local music shop, I got some cool stuff, and I didn’t have to drive across the Sahara desert to get to ChambaWamba Center.

Love coming here. Great customer service!
I can go for just a guitar pick and wind up staying just to talk to the owner. Shop locally owned. It’s the best way. I hope that with this economy and people shopping for knockoff products on amazon this place doesn’t close down :((

Great service and awesome business. Couldn’t of asked for more. Got a great discount for no reason other than being nice. I will always check this place first before heading anywhere else.

Wonderful place to get instruments for the us & the kids that are affordable and great quality! Like everything about O’side music supply! Love to support local small businesses. Check out the walls here inside. The owner has funny little pictures with comical sayings on them. Fun to visit, and even better when we get to buy something!

This place is as good as it gets for the seasoned musician. Eric, the owner, is nothing but respectful and honest about what he does. I’m a drummer, or was one years ago for a long time. Took several years away when I was asked to sit in for a band, which has turned into a serious project. After walking away from my drums about 5 years ago I sold off some the the critical things I needed to play again. Stupid me, I should know better. Things always come back around.
I’m a business owner and I won’t shop at the big box music store. GC is not the place you want to go for real music advice. I can appreciate their selection of brands and volume, but the kids that work there are not trained to find you the perfect piece, unfortunately its a sales environment. I survive on people supporting local businesses, so that’s my goal as much as I possibly can.
My first visit was because I needed some new cymbals for my kit. I’d peeked in the windows on his days off (Sunday-​Monday) and saw drum sets and lots of accessories, but no cymbals on the kits. I assumed because the drums were in the windows, and that cymbals can be quite expensive, figured I knew why they weren’t right at the front door, easily accessible. This is Oceanside people!
I took the time to check in the following day. There was someone being helped when I first walked in, so I strolled around to the second room where all the drum accessories were, Oh, and Eric greeted me right away and asked politely to give him a minute to finish up.
I was looking for a specific brand of cymbal for the music I was playing. I could see he had cymbal packs (the beginner stuff) but I needed something a little more refined.
Eric greeted me again and asked what I was searching for. I asked if he carried any higher end cymbals, something on the professional level. He answered with exactly what I needed to hear. «I can get you anything you need!»
He asked me to give him a moment as he disappeared into a little storage room. I could hear him digging through some inventory and moments later emerged with the exact series of Zildjian Cymbals I was on the search for. «I carried these here for a long time, but the market has changed and just didn’t make sense to keep a lot of inventory here.» I totally understood as my inventory is minimal due to economic changes.
Eric had the perfect start to the list of expensive items I needed to get my chops back together!
Eric has plenty to choose from for the beginner to the most advanced. I get excited about my equipment purchases, but I’m not an instant gratification kind of person if I have to wait for the right piece. KEEP IN MIND, for the seasoned musician looking for a specialty piece, you’ll probably have to order it, but it’ll come quick, it’ll be right, and you’ll be stoked. I’ve visited him about 6 times in the last 2 months, every time going in for what I need and walking out with a receipt for exactly that, OH YEAH, AND HE SIMPLY BEATS ANY PRICE OUT THERE WITHOUT EVEN ASKING!!!
He basically gives you the best possible deal he can to the point that if it was any lower he couldn’t sell it because it doesn’t make sense. The reason he has a store is to make a living. There’s gotta be something there for him or the doors are closed! All the shops I’ve been to in the past I’ve had to haggle and always leave never knowing if I got screwed or not. Now I know I did, because the stuff I bought before was sooooo expensive I remember every piece and how hard it hit the pocket book as a younger person.
Today, though the equipment is expensive (for what I want), it is a breath of fresh air to walk into a place where there’s no ego (as most musicians have), talk to someone who understands what your likes are, and makes sure you’re completely satisfied with what you’ve purchased.
PLEASE VISIT OCEANSIDE MUSIC SUPPLY. BE PATIENT BECAUSE HE’S GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES AND GIVES EVERYONE THE ATTENTION THEY DESERVE. TRUST THAT WHAT HE’S SELLING IT TO YOU FOR IS THE BEST HE CAN DO, AND BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE!
THUMBS UP TO ERIK, HE’S GOT ME AND MY NEW BAND MATES AS CUSTOMERS FOREVER!