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The Music Connection
4.8 ★★★★★ 101 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Chico, California
Shop offering new, used and rental instruments, plus instruction and 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
- 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 (530) 898-0110
- Website musicconnectionchico.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 11 AM–5 PM |
What's on the wall
“Took my guitar here for a setup, and a few days later also had the setup tweaked and some faulty pickups on my acoustic-electric guitar fixed as well.”
“Took my guitar here for a setup, and a few days later also had the setup tweaked and some faulty pickups on my acoustic-electric guitar fixed as well.”
“I highly recommend Music Connection to anyone who is looking for good musical equipment, music lessons and or need's guitar work!”
“Bruce fixed my A3 the Gibson mandolin that I felt had no hope in fixing since I fell on it and it had parts of the sound board (top) that were actually overlapping each other.”
Brands they deal
“Bruce fixed my A3 the Gibson mandolin that I felt had no hope in fixing since I fell on it and it had parts of the sound board (top) that were actually overlapping each other.”
What players say again and again
“Took my guitar here for a setup, and a few days later also had the setup tweaked and some faulty pickups on my acoustic-electric guitar fixed as well.”
“The prices were fair, and the staff was very friendly, helpful, and clearly super knowledgeable, which is helpful as a new player that doesn't know anything!”
“The prices were fair, and the staff was very friendly, helpful, and clearly super knowledgeable, which is helpful as a new player that doesn't know anything!”
From the reviews
Best music store I've been to since I moved to norcal, I needed strings for my dulcimer and decided to poke around since I was in town. Though they didn't have them in a pack ready to go, they offered to just custom string it for me! Bruce (?) with the cowboy hat fixed it up just right.
I have bought 3 guitars here. I always take a long time trying instruments out, listening to how each sounds and how they play. Staff gave me plenty of information, but never pressured for a sale. This is a great store that offers music lessons for all kinds of instruments. I recommend without hesitation.
The Music Connection is a great store. The staff are all knowledgeable and patient. They know what they're doing and speak with experience and understanding. The owners support our community and the community loves them. From instruments to lessons and repairs they do it all.
The Music Connection rocks!! I highly recommend Dan. He taught me how to drum when I was a kid and now at 25 I just bought a Yamaha Stage Custom with help of Dan because I miss drumming a lot. Friendly staff and good equipment too!
Lessons at The Music Connection
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at The Music Connection. 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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