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    Alvas Music Store

    4.1 (45 reviews)
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    Alva'a Dancewear
    Karen L.

    The employees at Alva' Dance-wear have to be the nicest, I mean the most pleasant people you'd ever want to meet. I called them looking for a liturgical dance skirt last week, they didn't have it in stock, but ordered it for me. Not only that, they gave me their "Alva's good customer" card. The card gave me 20% off my purchase yesterday and any future purchases. That was way too cool!!!! I recommend them to everyone, who's looking for dancewear attire. There's also a connected/combined music store and a dance studio next door

    With the exception of one pedal, everything on that board is from Alva's. Including the board and power supply!
    Jon D.

    Massive selection of guitar effects pedals. Everything from your run of the mill to exotic boutique pedals. When I went in I think the rep said they have something like 450 pedals in stock. Louis was very friendly and helpful when I came in with my son, immediately saying I could put him down and let him walk around and touch stuff. (I still held on to him, but it's nice to feel so welcomed in to a store, especially with a little kid). I was just browsing but ended up picking up a cool pedal and will definitely come back here again to keep adding to my collection. Lots of top shelf Fender gear too. It's been over 10 years since I last visited this shop and they've definitely upped their game. This is the real deal. There's not a ton of reasons to go to a big box store when these guys are in my back yard. I wish I knew sooner just how much quality gear they had in here. Great prices, friendly service, huge selection.

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    Tony C.

    Finally a boutique guitar shop open up in south bay area. Don't have to drive to Santa Monica for over priced truetone anymore. Alvas carry most boutique brands that you can think of. Their selection meets all your music needs and budgets. Quality is key in this place. You won't see mess production stuff here. I've been introducing many of my church friends to this place, everyone were so happy about their purchase People working there are super awesome and knowledgeable, and they work with compassion. They also have really awesome guitar tech there to fix and mod your gear. All in all, this place is THE place for all your music needs.

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    Love this place and the staff here. Love smaller, local businesses ran by and staffed with other gear heads.

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    we saw a great live guitar performance with "dirk k" very spacious comfortable seating all good seats

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    Love this place. I only buy my stuff from here. They've got a hefty selection of pedals and at competitive prices.

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    My kids love gymnastics and Ms. Stacy. My daughter also enjoys piano and voice lessons with Mr. Abraham. So much fun!

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    This was sad, I really wanted to take vocal lessons from them but the experience in onboarding was…read morelow vibrational and lousy in customer service. I was rescheduled several times and when I came In there was No warm welcome and she didn't even confirm my name when I went for my trial session. The instructor was nice but super limited availability and i didn't really go over much technique in the trial compared to the last vocal training I had before. We also didn't get started until about 12 min into the trial lesson which was a paid 30 min session. My honest feedback is that there should be a quick client phone call to go over details and keep background and getting to know each other to a quick 3 min elevator pitch introduction because that took up paid time. I squeezed my hope for a positive interaction with reception when we finished and the lady in front hardly gave eye contact and wasn't naturally kind or welcoming. She scrambled to get me onboarded after I prompted her to get me signed up and she grazed over fees like I already knew everything even though we never went over any details about the academy. ( I did not ) Music is a fine art, I guess I was expecting to be ushered into the process with a little inspiration... the investment didn't feel worth it for me. The next day I read some of the reviews and the responses to them and was really turned off by what I saw. Honestly the 2nd star is only because it would have been really nice to work with Liz and Summer was nice on the phone when I spoke to her, but the energy was so heavy and dense in the onboarding process it really rubbed me the wrong way and I couldn't see myself coming to take lessons for the next 6 months.

    We received a reply from the office informing us that per their policy, last-month deposits are…read morenon-refundable, but they ultimately agreed to issue a refund, which we appreciate. That said, we believe the situation could have been handled more thoughtfully. Busy families may not always recall every policy detail over time, so a simple, clear reminder at the time we gave notice could have made a meaningful difference. It would have allowed us to apply the deposit toward our final month and saved everyone the trouble of issuing a refund after the fact. We're grateful the matter was ultimately resolved, just disappointed in the amount of time and effort it took to get there. Updating rating to 3 stars to reflect our appreciation for the teachers and instruction, while also being honest about our frustration with the communication missteps upon our departure, and the lack of clarity around the last-month deposit.

    Alvas Music Store - musicinstrumentservices - Updated June 2026

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