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Tim's Music
4.9 ★★★★★ 433 Google reviews · Guitar & music store in Carmichael, California
Homey shop renting and selling musical instruments and sheet music, with an on-site repair service.
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 (916) 925-9160
- Website timsmusicsacramento.com
Hours
| Monday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Tuesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Wednesday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Thursday | 10 AM–7 PM |
| Friday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Saturday | 10 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | Closed |
What's on the wall
“I took my high-end vintage tenor sax to Tim's after the octave key started not closing properly so the horn wouldn't play right.”
“They have a great selection of excellent quality used and new instruments, supplies, and music.”
“Natalie, the Service Coordinator, went out of her way to arrange for a technician to take a look at it—even though they don’t normally repair harmonicas.”
“From Piccolo's to trombones, Tim's has your band instrument, and they don't mind you trying them out for size; lessons too.”
“The store isn't as big but have all kinds of musical instruments not just keyboards, drums and guitars.”
“I was given the opportunity to try and play as many saxophones as I wanted before choosing this beauty.”
What players say again and again
“They also have a great repair shop and staff.”
“They always do the best job, very thorough and knowledgeable with extremely reasonable turnaround times, sometimes even same-day fixes.”
From the reviews
My parents bought me a used trumpet when I was 12. My son also played this trumpet in school. After a long away from playing, I recently started playing again. I noticed that my trumpet had a significant crease in the bell I also noticed the first valve trigger wasn’t sliding easily, Then I noticed that the back of…
Best music store in a Sacramento area. They are so nice and supportive of musicians, band teachers, students and people just wanting to learn how to play music! They provide workshops to help the community and schools. They have a great selection of excellent quality used and new instruments, supplies, and music.
They absolutely cooked the fretboard on my $5300 dollar heirloom instrument. But the luthier she made it right.
Title: Exceptional Service at Tim’s Music! I had an unexpected issue with my chromatic harmonica right before an important practice session, and after calling around everywhere, Tim’s Music was the only shop willing to help.
Selling or trading gear at Tim's Music
Tim's 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 Tim's Music
Reviews and the store's own info mention lessons at Tim's 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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