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Music Complex
4.5 ★★★★★ 42 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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 (401) 729-1860
- Website themusiccomplexri.com
Hours
| Monday | 2–8 PM |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 2–8 PM |
| Thursday | 2–8 PM |
| Friday | Closed |
| Saturday | 12–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“Awesome drum instructor and the lesson was real fun.”
“Store inside where you can grab some nice used instruments, or little thing that can ruin a sessions like drum heads, sticks or guitar strings.”
Brands they deal
From the reviews
Best place around to get rehearsal space. Very well managed and quite secure despite the location. 24 hour access to boot. Store inside where you can grab some nice used instruments, or little thing that can ruin a sessions like drum heads, sticks or guitar strings. Very well managed by super friendly owner.
Brought someone to see if they had studio rentals which they did. They also have singing lessons which I need. We'll see how it works out.
Great staff. Great rooms to rehearse. Great retail and repair. You can't go wrong with great prices too! Brilliant!
We have been there for a long time, the owner Rudy, is a great guy..very accommodating, and he runs a great business.. there are a ton of bands here with a decent sense of community.. everyone looks out for each other , and no one has to worry about their gear.. very safe and secure...
Selling or trading gear at Music Complex
Music Complex 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 Music Complex
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Music Complex. 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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