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Carlson Music Center
4.7 ★★★★★ 93 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Alexandria, Minnesota
Well-stocked store offering guitars, basses and pianos as well as music lessons.
Plan your visit
- Repairs & setups a repair bench comes up in reviews and the store's own info — call ahead for turnaround, since good techs run a queue
- Lessons lessons come up in reviews and the store's own info — call about openings, instruments taught, and rates before the first visit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (320) 763-4011
- Website carlsonmusiccenter.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–5:30 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–5:30 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–5:30 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–5:30 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“They fixed my acoustic guitar and toned it for me which was great help since i wasn't familiar with toning my guitar.”
“Full line of Taylor guitars, and a decent stock of Fender electrics.”
“My favorite place to go for any musical needs be it instruments, lessons, or even maintenance.”
“Riley was the person who delivered and put my Yamaha digital piano together for me.”
Brands they deal
“Got q nice fender strap that's comfy and it stretches for 30 bucks I think.”
“Full line of Taylor guitars, and a decent stock of Fender electrics.”
What players say again and again
“Very knowledgeable and friendly with great customer service.”
“I ended up scoring a very good deal on a lower end Taylor that honestly plays as well as the higher end models.”
From the reviews
A great place for all sorts of music related gadgets gizmos instruments Microphones boards etc. Super knowledgeable staff! They know the product they are selling extremely well. Dropped nearly 400 dollars in one day here and got a bunch of stuff.. if bought else where it probably would have cost me over 500!
Great selection. Knowledgeable staff. I bought the best guitar i have ever owned hear. Not a place to buy junk. This is one of the lasting quality music shops remaining. Keep them.
I went in to "look" at guitars. This store has a great selection of Taylor guitars. The gentleman that helped me was very non intrusive, allowed me just to sample many of the guitars, brought me a tuner and then was there when I had questions.
Full line of Taylor guitars, and a decent stock of Fender electrics. A surprisingly well stocked store for such a small town, with well maintained instruments, a friendly staff and a quiet environment to try things out. You'd have to go all the way to the twin cities to find a better stocked place to buy an instrument.
Lessons at Carlson Music Center
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Carlson Music Center. If you're signing up a beginner (or restarting yourself), a quick call ahead answers the three things that matter: which instruments they teach, whether the schedule has openings at the time you actually need, and what a first lesson costs. There's no wrong first guitar — a good teacher will happily work with whatever you walk in with, and a shop that teaches usually keeps affordable starter instruments on hand for exactly this reason.
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