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    Lake Norman Lessons

    5.0 (1 review)
    Closed 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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    Big Hat Larry's

    Big Hat Larry's

    3.7(11 reviews)
    3.8 mi
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    I did not know Laura very well at all. I met her the day Rush Limbaugh died. She was sitting behind…read moreher counter crying. We struck up a conversation about Rush and became great friends. I have not been able to visit her store in a long time but I saw online that she had unexpectedly passed away. I hope that is not true but if it is she will be missed. She is a great human being and luthier {self taught} and just a lovely person to get to know. She has done amazing things with the store which I am told had a very bad reputation. but she did wonders with the painting on the walls and all the eclectic homey touches she put in to the place. It is truly like stepping into another world, perhaps a trip into the past, or maybe the future but either way it is an experience!

    Sometimes, you find places that surprise you. Big Hat Larry's is one of those places. This place…read morehas one groovy vibe, man. This is the kind of place you just want to kick back on the couch and just chill while talking with the owners about music, old vinyl, and guitars. I enrolled my daughter in guitar lessons there and she's loving it. They are patient with her, funny, and makes her feel great about her lessons, even when she misses a note (or a string, or a whole chord). I seem to have a problem just dropping my kid off there for lessons. I tend to hang around and browse through the thousands of classic vinyl albums that line one wall of the shop (adorned with dozens of guitars for sale hanging above). I usually end up leaving with one or two new gems to add to my record collection. Recently, I took in my old Telecaster to have it cleaned and repaired. (One of the pots had seized up and wasn't turning.) Laura repaired my guitar and cleaned and restored it to it's former beauty. In short, this place is great if you're looking for old vinyl, need lessons, a new guitar, or to give new life to an old guitar!

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    Guitar Center - Acoustic Room

    Guitar Center

    3.9(7 reviews)
    47.2 mi

    I usually have a good experience at this Guitar Center, but today left me in some doubt about their…read moreability to do business fairly. I came in to buy 2 D'Addario Humidipaks Maintain. They had a hard time finding them, but 9 were supposed to be in stock. Finally found 7, of which 5 had severely crushed boxes. Still full price! Should be marked down because of condition. I also wanted one set of NYXL 1046 electric guitar strings. Full price is $12.99 but the web site for Guitar Center listed them as on sale for $9.99. I asked the sales rep behind the check-out if they were on sale. When he said no, I told him the price on the store's web site. He checked it and I was correct. But he had to get the manager to verify and change the price. I told him that the advertised price was what he was obligated to charge. There were no restrictions at all listed. After he stepped away, another rep told me that only the Balanced Tension were on sale, and oops, they are out. He tried selling me up, but they were out of the Balanced Tension too. Finally the first rep came back and said that I was correct and the price for any NYXL strings was $9.99. He insisted on using his phone to ring this up and that was where the problem happened. So after he arrived at the total, I verified the price.."two Humidipaks for $25.99 each and one set of NYXL strings for $9.99?" He confirmed with, "That's right". On the way home I checked my receipt, and I saw that he charged me $11.99 for the strings plus tax. Too little for me to go back and get my money, but enough to really seriously aggravate me. My advice, check your receipt before leaving the store. And for this particular crew in the store today (12/11/2025) , take a class on customer service!!!

    I spent several hours in their acoustic guitar room, on several days, before finally choosing my…read morefirst guitar. She's beautiful. The staff here were super patient and taught me how to tune. It's a really relaxed environment. Highly recommended.

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