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Sound Beach Music
4.5 ★★★★★ 75 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Miller Place, New York
Instrument shop stocking acoustics and electrics, along with lessons and repairs.
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 (631) 476-3850
- Website soundbeachmusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–8 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | 12–5 PM |
What's on the wall
“Sound Beach Music has it all, from acoustic/electric guitars, basses and orchestral instruments from student levels and up!”
“Sound Beach Music has it all, from acoustic/electric guitars, basses and orchestral instruments from student levels and up!”
“And probably will look for a new effect pedal while I am there.”
“Sound Beach Music is an increasingly rare example of a well run, independently owned music store.”
“I like to buy and trade new and used all the time and I can tell you if you don’t have a good guitar tech then you just can’t experience the instrument the way it’s meant to be.”
“I like to buy and trade new and used all the time and I can tell you if you don’t have a good guitar tech then you just can’t experience the instrument the way it’s meant to be.”
“Offering the ability to not only buy musical instruments, but to take lessons to learn how to play them.”
“The store is small but its jam packed with most gear you'll need: from guitars, orchestra gear, and all school band instruments.”
Brands they deal
What players say again and again
“I started bringing Brian my guitars about 5 years ago to do string changes and set ups and I like to come up with mods for them to.”
“The staff is knowledgeable, friendly and can answer any questions you might have in regards to music books, sheets and instruments to fit any budget, for either pros or amateurs.”
“My son has taken lessons here going on his 3rd year, and has had a great experience since day one.”
“Brian and his staff are helpful, friendly and you feel welcomed.”
“My son has taken lessons here going on his 3rd year, and has had a great experience since day one.”
From the reviews
Love Sound Beach Music! My son has taken lessons here going on his 3rd year, and has had a great experience since day one. His talented instructor, Jorge, has wonderful patience and a great, encouraging attitude.
Fantastic local music store with a wide selection of top notch gear at every price point from entry level to professional. Great parts selection for DIY guitar builders. I am a music industry professional and Sound Beach Music is where I shop. They also have excellent lesson programs for pretty much every instrument.
It’s definitely overdue for me to leave a review I’ve been using sound beach music since the mid 2000s when my daughter started playing flute. I’ve been a hobby guitarist for about 50 years now since I was 12. Not only do I love to play I love guitars.
We had an urgent situation today after my son played at the LISFA rehearsal. The wood chip holding the fine tuner on his violin tailpiece broke, making the E string completely unusable.
Selling or trading gear at Sound Beach Music
Sound Beach 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 Sound Beach Music
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Sound Beach 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.
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