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Drum Flip
4.8 ★★★★★ 119 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Vista, California
Cool drum shop featuring new and used gear for beginners and professionals, plus events.
Plan your visit
- Buys & trades used gear they buy, trade, or consign used instruments — bring the case and any original parts, and expect trade credit to beat the cash offer
- 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 (760) 574-8963
- Website drumflip.com
Hours
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | 12–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 12–6 PM |
| Thursday | 12–6 PM |
| Friday | 12–6 PM |
| Saturday | 12–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Great shop focusing primarily on used equipment (they sell new too, though!”
“I'm super happy with the cymbals and snare I got for my new kit and will definitely be back when I decide to upgrade.”
Brands they deal
“I just bought a brand new Gretsch kit for much less than any deal on Amazon or Guitar Center.”
What players say again and again
“Great price, product, prompt shipping via FedEx (they don't destroy packages), and packed very well!”
“The have very affordable kits for beginners and high end kits for the experienced.”
From the reviews
This is now my favorite place to buy drums and cymbals in Southern California. Drum Flip has new and used gear. The have very affordable kits for beginners and high end kits for the experienced. They have a massive selection of great condition used cymbals and hardware.
Awesome store, nice staff, and fair pricing. I'm super happy with the cymbals and snare I got for my new kit and will definitely be back when I decide to upgrade.
Great store. Ed has a great thing going there. Huge selection of quality gear at great prices. New and used gear for all levels of playing. The drum swap meets are really cool too. Highly recommend a visit. I personally have purchased a small kit, accessories and traded some cymbals.
Ed recently purchased the remainder of my late brother’s tremendous musical estate. He was fair and his service was impeccable, helping me to close the final chapter on Gary’s 63yr drum life. I hope his drums/cymbals/hardware continue to bless the drum community that frequent Ed’s terrific shop!
Selling or trading gear at Drum Flip
Drum Flip comes up for buying and trading used gear — confirmed on their own site. Two things make the trip go better. First, bring the whole package: the case or gig bag, the original tremolo arm or bridge parts, the paperwork if you have it — a complete rig is worth real money more than a bare instrument, and it saves the back-and-forth of "can you bring the case in?" Second, know that trade credit almost always beats the cash offer, usually by a healthy margin — if you're upgrading anyway, price your old gear as a trade against the new one before you take cash. Either way, expect the offer to be below what the gear sells for on the wall; the gap is the store's margin for setup, warranty, and sitting on it until the right buyer walks in.
Lessons at Drum Flip
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Drum Flip. 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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