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The Starving Musician - SANTA CLARA
4.6 ★★★★★ 914 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Santa Clara, California
Store with a large selection of new & used instruments for sale or rent, plus accessories & 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
- 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 (408) 554-9041
- Website starvingmusician.com
Hours
| Monday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Tuesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 11 AM–7 PM |
| Saturday | 11 AM–6 PM |
| Sunday | 12–5 PM |
What's on the wall
“Great place with an excellent selection of guitars and amps.”
“They have a real good selection of all types of gear used and new.”
“Went in to tune a uke and try to repair a different instrument, Gabriel was super knowledgeable & honest and gave me great instruction on how to proceed with repair.”
“It sells almost everything for related to music such as guitar, drums, violins, cello, keyboards, Saxophones, etc.”
“It sells almost everything for related to music such as guitar, drums, violins, cello, keyboards, Saxophones, etc.”
What players say again and again
“Went in to tune a uke and try to repair a different instrument, Gabriel was super knowledgeable & honest and gave me great instruction on how to proceed with repair.”
“Went in to tune a uke and try to repair a different instrument, Gabriel was super knowledgeable & honest and gave me great instruction on how to proceed with repair.”
“I was warmly greeted by the friendly and helpful staff, and they were quick to answer any questions I had.”
“From re-string to repair, they are always super knowledgeable and reasonably priced.”
From the reviews
Amazing selection and customer service. I went to the Guitar Center down the road first and will never be returning there again now that I’ve found The Starving Musician. I was warmly greeted by the friendly and helpful staff, and they were quick to answer any questions I had.
I now have my second overlooked (by most people) forever-guitar find from this store. It would not have happened without attentive help, and a suggestion coming out of listening to where I was at in my guitar journey (after 35+ guitars).
Great selection .... Great prices .... Great service from Jeremy any music business that can start in business right down the street from Guitar Center deserves mad props .... I definitely got 1 on 1 service.
It sells almost everything for related to music such as guitar, drums, violins, cello, keyboards, Saxophones, etc. They also have music lessons too. The rate is much cheaper compare with music studio.
Lessons at The Starving Musician - SANTA CLARA
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at The Starving Musician - SANTA CLARA. 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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