Open the store when you say... don't be flakey about your business hours.. I drove two counties to…read morebuy strings... you closed early for a gig... then promised to be back at 10 am the next day... I drove again to find out you are not serious about your business.... I give you three months before you are forced to close your doors ... unless you have someone to fund your incompetence!!!!! Wish you the best of luck... but I will burn my money before I give you 1 cent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TL;DR: A great shop with an even better group of guys to assist music enthusiasts and people like…read moremyself who are just wanting to try something new! Yesterday I decided to check something else off my bucket list and set off to buy a mandolin. After doing a fair amount of research, I ended up at Mountain Music. (I live in Nashville now but did not feel like any of the shops around there would be welcoming of a newbie like myself, as most of their mando's started in figures that were WAY out of my budget). There I met Matt who took me aside and showed me every mandolin they had, even played each of them to let me hear the differences. We talked about body styles and strings. He hooked me up with a great deal on everything I needed to get me started, re-stringed and tuned my new instrument, and gave me recommendations on picks, tuners, etc. Which was great because I'm brand new to stringed instruments! All in all, these guys know how to bring in a beginner player like myself and keep me as a repeat customer. They have a fantastic return policy so even if I decide to go bigger and better, they'll accommodate! I definitely recommend checking these guys out.