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Jim's Music & Teaching Center
4.8 ★★★★★ 137 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Escanaba, Michigan
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 (906) 789-9040
- Website jimsmusiconline.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–4 PM |
| Sunday | 12–4 PM |
What's on the wall
“store, is a guitar tech who's in a league of his own.”
“the whole gang are there to help with everything from lessons to useful information about merchandise to just talking shop about music.”
“Took a couple drum lessons with James, he was very patient and attentive will definitely take more lessons.”
“Our son started taking piano lessons with Kristina Reidy when he was 8.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“They are helpful, affordable, knowledgeable, and “go that extra mile” to assist their musical patrons.”
“Took a couple drum lessons with James, he was very patient and attentive will definitely take more lessons.”
“I was looking for a very particular quantity of guitar picks, and they not only my 72 pack of picks, but sold it at a great price!”
From the reviews
Our son started taking piano lessons with Kristina Reidy when he was 8. It’s been so fun to watch him progress and gain confidence in his piano skills. Kristina is great with kids and is helpful and flexible when needed.
Great music store. Great selection and the staff were also great. They were friendly and social without being overbearing. The manager Josh was incredibly helpful and just an all around a nice guy. It's a pretty nice music store.
Awesome music store, inventory is great and building back up. Bill was fantastic and I felt right at home. Picked up 2 guitar pedals for a great price. Check them out, will be coming back next time I'm up.
Each member of my family has been a customer of Jim's Music for years, and we have purchased instruments, equipment, music books, and taken a variety of music lessons (both guitar and piano). Kristina R. has been giving a majority of my family music lessons since 2019 (both piano and guitar).
Selling or trading gear at Jim's Music & Teaching Center
Jim's Music & Teaching Center 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 Jim's Music & Teaching Center
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Jim's Music & Teaching 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 and rentals on hand for exactly this reason.
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