Gerard’s Guitars Everything Epiphone

I started taking guitar lessons with Teri in January of this year. I played piano and french horn growing up so I already knew how to read music, but I always wanted to play guitar and didn’t have the discipline to learn it when I was younger.
In the ~6 months I’ve been with Teri & Gerard, I’ve begun to learn how and why music works the way it does, and not just how to read what’s written on the page. My lessons are completely customized based on what I want to learn. I have learned everything from scales and arpeggios to classical Spanish songs to improvising blues riffs. I can bring in a song, let Teri listen to it a bit, and then she’ll teach me how to play it. It’s amazing!
They are honest and generous people and I really enjoy my weekly lesson. I’ve only bought one guitar from them when I started, but I wouldn’t bother going anywhere else if I wanted another. I think their prices are more than reasonable and they’ve always been straightforward about how the lesson scheduling and prices work. Teri and Gerard have always been kind enough to give me free extra time on my lesson whenever it works out that way with scheduling, and they’ve given me great prices on any merchandise I’ve picked up.
I highly recommend Teri and Gerard!

I’ve always wanted to learn how to play guitar. I’ve played flute for the past ten years, so I know how to read music, and I know how much dedication it takes to learn an instrument. Gerard is so fantastic about teaching — even to someone who’s fingers feel like they’re in the wrong place! He’s super duper patient, and him and Teri made me feel like family from the minute I walked in. LOVE Gerard’s Guitars.

He is the best and he knows what he is doing and the price is so reasonable. I recommend him for anyone who is really serious about learning guitar.

I love Gerard and Teri at Gerard’s Guitars. I’ve been taking guitar lessons with Teri for around 2 years now. She is the best! I have learned so much about music and music theory. If you take music seriously AND you want to have some fun, I highly recommend her lessons. She’s willing to help you learn to play your favorite songs as well as rock and blues classics. I can’t say my guitar skills are top notch yet (probably due to my poor discipline when it comes to practicing) but I can certainly read music and play chords now. I couldn’t do that before my lessons at Gerard’s Guitars.
Gerard also has a very cool collection of guitars and other equipment for sale. I have purchased two guitars from them, the most recent just a few days ago and I’m loving it. The pricing is very fair.
Gerard’s Guitars is the place to go if you want to feel like a part of the family and learn a lot in the process. I’m so glad I chose them out of the many choices there are for guitar lessons.

We have been going to Gerard’s for a couple of months now and we absolutely love them! Our 5 year old is taking lessons and after a couple weeks is actually reading music. All our daughter does is ask when her next lesson is and she practices everyday. They teach the proper way to learn instruments. It is so hard to find great teachers like this anymore, I highly recommend anyone to go learn from them.

came in with an old goya guitar from the late 50s and left with a great new steal string guitar including a free capo and bag! I realized the guitar was a bit too big for me and with no trouble at all came back in and got an even better steal string that was smaller and easier for me to handle. Really really great service with amazing deals. Very knowledgable and polite as well. Clearly a great guy who is there to sell guitars for the love of music, not to rip people off. I recommend Gerry’s guitar shop any day! Seriously great service and wonderful guitars as well!

As an adult who always wanted to learn the guitar (but was forced as a child to take 7 years of piano), my private guitar lesson with Terri is quite possibly the hour I look forward to most each week. Gerry and Terri are not only both amazing multi-​instrument musicians but also incredibly good teachers and about the nicest people I’ve ever met.
Gerry is a veritable music encyclopedia, especially when it comes to the amazing selection of instruments he carries and sources. He also has lots of cool stories and anecdotes about some of the very well-​known musicians he’s jammed with over the years, and is always ready with a tip to help a song I’m playing really come together.
Terri is an incredibly patient teacher (and a very kind soul) who understands how challenging it can be – for kids and adults — to learn how to play a musical instrument without the process becoming a chore. I’ve been through my share of domineering music teachers, (and some doormat-​y pushovers) and in my opinion, she strikes the perfect balance of no-​nonsense instruction plus a little bit of jamming and messing around just for kicks. She’s overwhelmingly positive with just a dash of Jewish guilt mixed in (this works quite effectively — I actually feel bad when I don’t practice… something I’ve never experienced before).
Terri has also been great with helping me re-​learn all the music theory I’ve forgotten over the years, as well as working with me to build a beginner-​level repertoire of fun and slightly challenging songs. She keeps me focused on learning and pushes me out of my comfort zone while letting me have some fun and giving me just enough instant gratification to keep me motivated.
I’ve seen her and Gerry teaching both adults and kids of all ages — it seems like most of their students are kids but I’m definitely not the only adult who is getting her behind kicked by a bunch of ten-​year olds.

Came in looking for guitar strings with my then 10 year old son, found knowledgable and personal service, returned 2 weeks later, ended up buying a very well priced quality guitar… but most importantly, my son just «hit it off» with the owner, Gerry and could not wait to come back for what ended up being his first guitar lesson.
Due to both Gerry and Terri (who covers the theory side of music with their students) my son now six years older, has an amazing love for music and guitar, and can’t wait for his upcoming lessons. Thanks to them, he is «infected «with the love, technique, and deep understanding of music.

A small, personal service kind of business by a guy who really knows his stuff. A rare find, and the kind of business that’s sadly disappearing. We all need to patronize these kinds of places to keep that personal service in our neighborhoods!

I found Gerard because I wanted to take guitar lessons locally. I found an excellent and fun teacher, whose partner teaches me keyboards, and an encyclopedia of everything guitar. Gerard will get you the right guitar for you and your needs, not the one with the highest profit. You get personalized service unmatched by any of those chain stores. Gerard teaches, sells, repairs guitars. If you want to buy a guitar (uke, banjo), come here, talk about what you are looking for, and Gerard will get you hooked up with the right instrument. If you want keyboards or violin lessons, you can get that here too, as Terry also teaches these instruments as well as applied music theory. I am glad I found this shop, and continue with my music lessons.

Has everything I need — great lessons and super nice guy — I will be back — Thanks Gerards’s Guitars (and ukes)

great store! super nice, great service! great guitar teacher! knows all about vintage instruments!
a must see!