I had an issue with the G string on my Les Paul, where it sounded dead. I took it two other local…read moreguitar stores and they said that was just how a Les Paul it is. I disagreed. Stopped by Dr. Woods on a whim and mentioned it to Jeff, he said bring it in. He looked and listened to the Guitar and said he could fix. WOW, next day service and $20.00 later the issue is resolved. He recut the nut slot, adjusted the bridge and noticed the high E was a little dead as well and recut that nut slot as well. I cannot recommend them enough. Jeff listened to my concern and did not just pass it off.

I stopped in today with my grandson and traded in his A style mandolin on an F-style Kentucky…read moremandolin and baggs pickup, I was impressed with the selection of guitars and the great service, I wish I lived closer, I'd shop there every time over GC. Thanks Gents Two happy customers.

I've been taking ukulele lessons from AJ for going on five years, and it's something I look forward…read moreto every week. He's great at coming up with challenging and engaging arrangements for the songs that I want to work on, so I'm always learning new techniques. I would encourage anyone thinking about taking lessons to go for it, you'll be amazed at the progress you can make with a great teacher!

I'm so thankful for the Music Room. We are currently renting a French Horn and just started lessons…read morefor our 6th grader to supplement school band lessons. Lessons have been top notch so far; he's thrilled with his highly qualified and amazing instructor. They are always kind and professional. Our instrument needed some repairs; no problem! They gave us a loaner instrument quickly with no fuss. The instructors always appear so focused and engaged with their students and happy to see them. So thankful to have this business in Palatine.

My daughter took lessons at The Music Room for years. She tried a number of instruments over the…read moreyears; violin, piano, and bass guitar. The Music Room's team was unfailingly responsive and flexible whenever my daughter wanted to change instruments. I highly recommend The Music Room for rental and lessons. I felt like they really cared and they made working with them easy. Carol, Carley, and everyone else we interacted with was great. The Music Room taught my daughter a love of music without pressure or fuss.

Julia Wen is an extraordinary teacher. We have a large family and over the years we have had the…read moreprivilege of sampling a wide variety of teaching styles with different children and instruments. Some teachers excel at technique, others at musicality, others at teaching; Ms. Wen excels at all and more. She has a lovely demeanor that draws people to her. She is warm, welcoming and makes her students feel like they can accomplish anything. She is unique in that she can be highly demanding and exacting while also being gentle, nurturing, and kind. Ms. Wen is an excellent teacher. If a student is not grasping a concept, she is well prepared to tackle it from different angles. She never loses patience. She meets a student where they are and works in concert to foster a sense of excellence and drive. She knows how to motivate. She inspires a sense of wanting to grow that is self-generated in the student. She is truly a remarkable teacher.

My daughter had grown and developed so much, musically, under Julia's guidance when she was…read moreteaching in AH Music For Youth. She's one of the best music teacher we have specially with how she deals with students and her in-depth knowledge and love of cello. If you have someone who loves cello or who's interested, there's no better option than Julia. Hopefully she'll have a studio in AH too =)

What a great music store! Jim was the best, but the new owners are really fixing up the building…read moreproperly. If you have not been there in over a year, you won't believe your eyes. They have amazing piano drum and guitar instructors and Nick is an amazing guitar technician.

This is such a unique music store, and I love the vintage Chinese dragon drums and gongs. What's…read morebest is their outstanding service: I had a garage-tossed beginner drum set of decent quality with numerous missing smaller parts. At Offbeat, Jim searched his place for matching used parts, reset the entangled foot pedals, and got the whole set back in working order for minimal cost.

Let me start off by saying my teacher, Don, was amazing. He's personable, knowledgable and made…read morewhat I did learn fun. I signed up for this course because I'm a single mother and what I'm making now in my other two jobs is not enough, so I thought I could add to the days/nights I have free. I made my first of two payments and started the course. I only signed up to go to the Schaumburg location because the others are too far. About a little less than halfway through the course I was sitting with the teacher and he said, "Hey, I need the other half of your tuition." ME: Well, I'm taking off work early tomorrow to come and do the classes I haven't been able to get because they don't work with my schedule. Can I just pay you tomorrow? HIM: Don't you have a credit card? Besides, the owner came in and took all my files. He never does that. At least it'll look like I did something today. (he laughs) ME: Ok (I pay him the last payment) I'll see you tomorrow around 3pm The next day I leave work early, grab some lunch, and head to the school. There's a HUGE white truck/van taking up three spots in the lot. I grab my stuff and start walking in. There's a man standing outside on the phone and as I walk past him, he says, "What do you think you're doing?" ME: I'm going to class. What do you think I'm doing. But now I'm looking around and the owners of the truck are dumping whatever they can into trash cans and taking them out past me. MAN: There's no class. They were evicted this morning. ME: WHAT?!?! The sound of the hundreds of bottles being emptied into the dumpster outside is distracting MAN: Yeah, they were thrown out. You can't come in. So I walk out and sit in my car. They JUST took my money 12 hours before. I called the school's main number and a guy named Nico told me to come to their location and we'd work something out. He said I was only twenty minutes away and he had no idea what had happened. An HOUR and twenty-five minutes later I pull up in front of this janky looking strip mall with a check cashing place and I think it was a tarot card reader. I was afraid to park my car on this busy road. I walked in and found Nico and another man sitting in what I'm assuming was the office. I told them both there's no way after working a full day that I'm going to drive over an hour to a part of town that I wouldn't want to walk out at night by myself and I would like a refund. NICO: I'm not authorized to do that. But I'll leave a message for the man who can. ME: Is it going to be the owner? Because apparently he doesn't know how to pay his bills. I want you to make sure he has all my info. (He starts to write my name and number) I was on edge, I'll admit. I'm usually not that aggressive. NICO: I don't know. The owner doesn't know what happened. ME: I'll tell you what happened. Nobody gets their sh!t thrown out on the lawn for missing one payment. He knew. That's why he came in and took the files yesterday. He KNEW. (Blank stare from Nico) ME: So can you write down the name of the guy who's going to call me and where is he? NICO: Oh, he had to run out. I don't know his name. ME: You don't know his name? You work with the guy and you don't know his name? (Now, it's the owner, I know this now. And he ran out because I called my teacher and told him the school was being emptied into a dumpster.) NICO: Uh, his name is Frank (There is no Frank. He panicked not knowing if he should tell me the owner's name) ME: Ok, I'll wait for his call. No phone call ever came. So I contacted the bank I paid with and they gave me my money back. All of it. But I wasted SO much time and have nothing to show for it. Now I have to start over and find a new school, not located anywhere near me, and pay more because all the Christmas deals are over. They handled it like a$$hats. That's all. Nobody contacted me to try to make anything right. I am positive they couldn't have forgotten I came in. Just a shame for me and the 50-something other students who hadn't taken their test or finished the classes yet.

I cannot say enough good things about my experience with the classes I took. I always wanted a…read moreprofession in bartending, but never knew where to go or how to get started. I searched on the internet and wanted to try this school since it was close to my home. I called the office and told them I was skeptical, so they encouraged me to just stop in on a class and observe. WOW, was I excited to see everyone working hands-on and with each other. I knew that this was the place I wanted to attend. The classes helped me with so many facets of bartending that I still adhere to today. While drink recipes are a major focus, the class also concentrates on pouring, cleanliness, and hardware knowledge. In fact, I think that the returning of all equipment and bottles to its original location is probably the most important thing I have learned and has pretty much become my mantra. The course was also fun and educational with stories and jokes. Don was an awesome teacher, and his experience and stories would leave you waiting to hear more. I always looked forward to attending classes and would stay until the last minute. Maybe the best about the program is the job placement service. After completing the courses, I was then worried about how I would find a job in bartending. However, the placement service they use could not have been any more easier. I took the coursework in March of 2014 and was able to have my first job the first week of April. I was looking to advance my career several months later, and again, the school provided me with a link to a position that I absolutely love working at today. Bartender American Professional Schools has changed my life by helping me to pursue a career I have always wanted and continues to guide me as I make my bartending journey. I would HIGHLY recommend this facility to anyone considering a field in bartending.

Eric is a solid music teacher and musician. Great balance of fun teaching teaching style and…read morenerdy music theory. He has a real passion for music and it is infectious. if you are starting out and need direction, he can set you up to learn and grow. If you are more advanced and looking for deeper knowledge and know where you want to go, he can get you there. He uses every minute of 30 minute lessons and makes sure there are new opportunities to progress (gotta practice!!!) into the next week. Thanks Eric for a great first 6 months. Looking forward to 2017!

Aso a Great Music School for Adults!…read more I started taking voice lessons from Jennifer about two years ago. Although I had some music background, I really didn't know anything about singing and she patiently brought me from not knowing chest voice and head voice to being able to confidently sing throughout my entire range. There were times I really struggled with understanding singing and Jennifer was always patient and encouraging. And I get to spend some time each lesson working on singing any song I'd like to work on. That's fun! I play keyboards and guitar in some local bands, and sing backup, and I've gotten a lot of feedback about how much my singing has improved since I started taking lessons from Jennifer. I feel like my lessons with her are my secret weapon for getting really good at singing! I thought that music schools were mainly geared towards children, but the quality of instruction was way more than adequate for learning voice as an adult and helping me with the singing I currently do professionally. I definitely recommend the Schaumburg School of Music in general, and Jennifer in particular, to anyone who wants to learn an instrument or learn or develop their singing voice. Even people who already sing professionally!

Horrible place.Purchased a gift certificate for 4 lessons and was only able to schedule 3 out of…read morethe 4 because apparently they have a policy of one lesson a week that they don't inform you about from the beginning. Called and talked to Marjorie and she had the audacity to ask me if I'm looking for a free class? No I'm looking for a class I already paid for. Seems like in this place the rules change based on who you're talking to and could be different from one person to another. Just a horrible experience all together. We we looking to purchase more classes for our daughter but based on how Marjorie handled this situation we will take our business somewhere else.