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Foggy Mountain Music
4.6 ★★★★★ 121 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Grass Valley, California
Mom-and-pop shop with a humidified guitar room carries stringed and other instruments and gear.
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
- 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
- Instrument rentals rentals mentioned — the usual route for band & orchestra season; ask about rent-to-own credit
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (530) 273-6676
- Website foggymtnmusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 11 PM–12 AM |
| Saturday | 12 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I've been going there for any instrument repair I've needed for a long time.”
“My roommate takes drum lessons there and also has had nothing but good experiences.”
“They took good care of violin that had to be serviced.”
Brands they deal
“I bought a Fender parlor acoustic that I love, some gear, and narrowly avoided adding a Martin OM-28 to my collection!”
“My son got a gorgeous electric guitar for Christmas to upgrade from his child-sized Ibanez, and the customer service was great.”
What players say again and again
“Wonderful music store with an amazing assortment of instruments and very knowledgeable sales staff.”
“They get neat yet affordable guitars in regularly, and are equally cool to you if you're a gigging professional or just rocking your living room.”
From the reviews
Great music store with caracter and charm. Great quality instruments and gear, and even better quality staff. Love the independent Mom & Pop shops over corporate run cookie cutter Centers every time. Highly recommend for all musical needs.
Classic small-town music store - crowded with good inventory, fun to browse at and buy from. The high-end humidified guitar room is in the back if you’re looking for a sweet Martin or other new or used guitar.
Wonderful music store with an amazing assortment of instruments and very knowledgeable sales staff. It's almost a destination in itself, this old-time store, with instruments displayed all over the walls and shelves. I appreciated their care and concern in helping me sell an instrument some years back.
Awesome selection and really helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable staff. I wanted to buy a new guitar for my wife, but not playing guitar myself they where able to help me find something really amazing. Excellent experience well worth the visit!
Selling or trading gear at Foggy Mountain Music
Foggy Mountain Music 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 Foggy Mountain Music
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Foggy Mountain Music. 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 and rentals on hand for exactly this reason.
