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Ray's Midbell Music
4.9 ★★★★★ 260 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Sioux City, Iowa
Guitar shop, drum retailer and other stringed instruments store featuring sheet music, pianos and clarinet repair services.
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 (712) 276-0351
- Website midbellmusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 9 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 9 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 9 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 9 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 9 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I purchased a Fishman acoustic guitar amp and I'm thrilled with it!”
“I loved this place it had what I was looking for I got my first Electric guitar here and amp and I now also play the violin 🎻”
“Quick delivery of our lesson books and we received a fun notebook as an extra surprise!”
“I loved this place it had what I was looking for I got my first Electric guitar here and amp and I now also play the violin 🎻”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“Employees are very knowledgeable and not pushy when it comes to purchasing instruments.”
From the reviews
Every time I go in, there’s always great service provided by the whole staff. I do want to give a special call out to the man Phil. Absolute professional and knows his stuff. Very friendly person and always willing to help. Deserves special recognition. He helped with picking out the right acoustic guitar case.
I visited with my two sons over the Thanksgiving holiday and I was pleased with how friendly and easygoing the staff was. They encouraged us to try different instruments and made us feel welcome. The staff is professional and knowledgeable. I purchased a Fishman acoustic guitar amp and I'm thrilled with it!
The best music equipment and service technicians in the area! Large selection of high quality guitars, pianos, violins, and brass! Employees are very knowledgeable and not pushy when it comes to purchasing instruments. How they recommend for all your musical needs.
Awesome staff awesome selection have great drum section. We had a great experience there would highly recommend got all the supplies we needed and even a few things we didn't!!!
Selling or trading gear at Ray's Midbell Music
Ray's Midbell 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 Ray's Midbell Music
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Ray's Midbell 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.
