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South Austin Music
4.8 ★★★★★ 238 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Austin, Texas
Music store offering guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles & accessories, plus classes & 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
- Today see hours ·
- Phone (512) 448-4992
- Website southaustinmusic.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 1–5 PM |
What's on the wall
“Featuring a varied selection of electric guitars, amplifiers, fx pedals, acoustic guitars, banjos, etc.”
“Had two electric guitars worked on and was blown away by the quality of work they performed and for a great price.”
“Took in an older Squier MB5 bass in and got an estimate on repairs.”
“I came to shop for distortion pedals and the friendly folks here recommended a selection and completely set me up from setting up my chain to providing a head stock tuner.”
“Beautiful store lots of rare vintage and limited edition guitars.”
“He not only refretted the guitar, but also evened out the truss rod, level the fretboard, and set up the guitar perfectly.”
“My Makala MKB baritone ukulele never sounded as bright as I wanted, and the B string would be in tune when open but if I pressed a fret, it went out of tune.”
Brands they deal
“I took my 1976 Gibson 335 into Ben Nippes at South Austin Music to get it refretted and he is so thorough!”
“Took in an older Squier MB5 bass in and got an estimate on repairs.”
What players say again and again
“He not only refretted the guitar, but also evened out the truss rod, level the fretboard, and set up the guitar perfectly.”
“Had two electric guitars worked on and was blown away by the quality of work they performed and for a great price.”
From the reviews
Great staff, super friendly. Was greeted and asked if I needed help within a few seconds of entering the store. Great selection of all various guitars and accessories you would need as well as amps. Please like if this review was helpful.
Beautiful store lots of rare vintage and limited edition guitars. Best part of coming here is the great service. I didn’t have to lift a finger! I came to shop for distortion pedals and the friendly folks here recommended a selection and completely set me up from setting up my chain to providing a head stock tuner.
South Austin Music is a wonderful shop with truly kind and patient staff. Even though we didn’t end up buying anything, they treated us with so much respect, and care.
Had two electric guitars worked on and was blown away by the quality of work they performed and for a great price. I had heard they were the best, but now I can speak from my own experience that it is true.
Selling or trading gear at South Austin Music
South Austin 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 South Austin Music
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at South Austin 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 on hand for exactly this reason.
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