Dishonest! The owner blatantly overcharged me for the items I purchased. I returned to have him correct his "mistake" and he again short-changed me at which time I realized his initial "mistake" was no mistake at all. I hope the few bucks he made were worth cutting his own throat on having a paying repeat customer. It is unfortunate that this was my experience while trying to support buying local and Mom-and-Pop shops. read more

Kitsap Music - You do the math... - Musical Instruments & Teachers Near Me - Bremerton, Washington

After having faithfully served Kitsap musicians for the last 40 years since 1956 up music will be closing sometime in fall 2024 when the owner Donnie retires. It's a small music shop, but has a nice selection of guitars amps and other assorted musical instruments. I stopped in randomly and was pleasantly surprised how Friendly and conversational the owner Donnie was. He had no problems at all, showing me a Washburn acoustic electric bass guitar and tuning it up for me and plugging it into an amp and letting me play it as much as I wanted. Very much, not the stereotype of the grumpy music store owner. Since Donnie has ended his relationship with his suppliers ahead of his upcoming retirement, what they have will be all they have until the store closes. That also means that there's some flexibility in Value pricing ahead of closing the store for good. Parking on site. Store hours are 12 to 4 daily but call ahead. No public restroom. read more

Actually, any negative review is the result of the owner having to deal with a moron. I've spent a lot of time over the years in the store watching him have to deal with the very flower of Bremerton, and friends, it ain't pretty. It doesn't take long in business to figure out if a customer is serious, or just wants to play the intro to stairway to heaven on a new guitar. Come in knowing what you want, or come in with a genuine question and you'll be well taken care of. read more

Had an amazing experience. Owner is super helpful and knowledgeable. I was looking to buy some gear. He walked me through all of my options and explained the advantages/disadvantages - helping make the purchase that was right for me. Price was right. Service was on point. read more

There's no good reason to shop here. The owner is unbelievably rude almost every time. I didn't come here for over a year after last time he seemed annoyed because I came to his shop twice in a month to see if he had anything I was interested in. He said, "How often are you going to come in here? I have the same stuff I had last time." I gave him another shot after a long hiatus and when I asked to play through an amp he said no thanks and picked up the phone. Outside of that, it's mostly overpriced and aged junk. I'm never coming here again. There's no good reason for anyone to shop here. read more

One thing I know is that when condescending morons interact with me in my business I get real rude too. That being said, every interaction I have had with this Kitsap has been very accommodating, great advice(as long as I don't act like a know it all), and generally take s a bit off of every price tag at the till. I personally will take a slightly eccentric master of their trade over a disingenuous manager from space that doesn't even even kinda use the products they sell . read more

If I could give 0 stars it would be an accurate review but this is close enough. The owner is very rude, the selection of guitars is less than fulfilling. Anything I ask gets returned with a snotty response in a condensending tone. Will not shop here again, especially with what little selection they have is marked up absurdly. read more

Very friendly and helpful. Only problem I had is the price tag for my guitar said 712$ he then told me that he'll sell it for 399$ I looked up the model online and dealers like guitar center and amazon sell it for 399$. I suggest before you buy the guitar from the shop make sure to look up the model numbers and see what it's worth don't trust the price tags read more

This place has always been weird, but I like it. Been going here since about 2000. The owner is an oddball but he knows his products inside and out. Same goes for the employees. If you ask a question, they'll be happy to answer, and if you want to dig deep into esoteric details, they will go down any rabbit hole with you. It's not a big store. It seems like they try to keep their stock kind of...selective? They don't carry everything, like the big stores, but they have a couple of good products at every price point, as well as some great specialty stuff. And I don't understand the pricing at all. I've never paid sticker price for anything I've gotten there, and I have no idea why the stickers say what they do. It can be confusing. read more

The sheet music assortment is limited here. The store is small and seems cramped to me. The lighting is poor. The associates have been helpful whenever I've been in there. read more

I was not impressed. The guy that was working was condescending and a bit rude. Prices are ok. I guess I just expected a friendlier atmosphere for a local music store. read more

This place is cool. It isn't the biggest music store I've been to but I like that the staff is well educated. I met a gentlemen named Dan whom seemed to be the owner. A very nice fellow whom helped me find exactly the strings I needed. The acknowledge you when your walk in and make you feel welcome. I definitely like this store. read more

I've been doing electronic music for a while and I find this place pretty limited in terms of that but I still pop in from time to time to pick up some cables and microphones. The staff is helpful and knows their stuff much better than some of the other options in town. The only thing that really irks me is the pricing. For some reason the sticker prices are always much higher than what he sells them for and it makes this system where to find out what something costs you have to go to him and ask what he's selling it for. For instance a keyboard will be priced at 600 bucks so you automatically say to yourself it's out of my price range and move on. But if you ask him it turns out the keyboard is actually only 450. It's this way with every piece of equipment in the store and it makes casually shopping there a pain. It's still worth going here because they have some great equipment for good prices but be aware to ask the staff what the prices really are when your shopping or you may be turned off by their high prices. read more

I actually think this is the best music store around here. I find the sales people at the others to be obnoxious. They are friendly and helpful here. Unfortunately some of their stuff is a bit overpriced, and yea the lighting does suck. But at least they don't follow you around and annoy you with small talk. :) read more

This is an amazing store, sure the prices are a bit more then corporate establishments but when you talk with Dan (the owner) you will find that this is the mom and pop shop of music. If the store doesn't carry what you're looking for, they will order it for you or tell you where to go. Even if you're just getting into music, this store will not intimidate you. Dan and Leslie can be found jamming out in the store when it's not busy. It's a very fun, encouraging, and homey place. You'll love it. read more