Late in life, I decided to learn classical guitar as a personal challenge. I made inquiries to at…read moreleast 7 instructors. Steve at Cascade Music Studios answered my inquiry and said that he had an entire curriculum for classical guitar - no other guitar instructor even mentioned a curriculum and some only knew chords (ugh). I have been taking lessons for three years with Steve Fordyce. He is incredibly patient and knowledgeable. I highly recommend Cascade and Steve for students of all ages, abilities, and genres.

From the owner: We provide musical instrument and voice lessons to the greater Snohomish County. With over 40 years…read moreat the same location our professional staff will help you achieve your musical goals! Get started today give us a call or go to our web page for detailed information www.cascademusicstudios.com

They are nice. Kind of slow customer service, and I feel like they need to update the store, they…read moredon't have a lot selection of new technology on music.

This is a review specific to an instructor at this location, Randall Ruback…read more We had a terrible experience with him. After 4 months of lessons I reached out to him to let him know of our timeline for ending lessons. We were stopping when my son started Jazz band at his middle school. The response I received had some information that was out of the blue - that my son was struggling with focus in lessons and playing over him and too loudly. I had never been told any of this feedback previously, so this was a surprise to me. I talked to my son about the feedback and his next lesson was good, however, Randy would not even come out of the room to see me. The next week we showed up for lessons and 10 minutes in I heard Randy yelling in the room, the door opened and Randy was kicking my son out of lessons and yelling at him about playing when he was talking and playing too loudly. He then yelled at him, that if he could listen they could finish the lesson. My son who was visible shaken went back in. I was frozen and didn't know what to do. The lesson finished, Randy came back out and I confronted him about his inappropriate reaction to the situation. I received an extremely defensive response about boundaries and after some back and forth was told if I was not okay with they way he spoke to my son, then he couldn't teach him anymore and we were done after next weeks lesson. We left the store at this point. I went home and sent him an email about the interaction and how it was inappropriate and that we would not be coming to the last lesson. I did not get any acknowledgement to how he was wrong to speak to a child in that way. I pointed out that if there was as big of a problem as he was claiming, he needed to talk to me in person after lessons about any issues rather than bottling his frustrations up and out-bursting like a toddler. He blamed the whole situation on my parenting abilities and told me what my child needed from a medical perspective. He is an emotionally insecure person who cannot control his temper or admit when he has done something inappropriate. We will never go back to him as an instructor and I suggest you avoid him at all costs.

The Ark in Snohomish is a great environment with great teaching styles! If you want to improve on…read moresinging and musical instrumental talents this is the place! -Tay

Our daughter was so fortunate to begin her musical career with a good foundation from Amy. We were…read moreso sorry that her family relocated several years ago. Fortunately, we have been able to keep in touch through social media and have been hoping that she would spread her wings again with her own studio. We wish her all the best!

I loved their selection. They have gear and guitars you don't typically see in the big box stores…read more The guy was friendly. Keep in mind that if you are going there to sell, you will NEVER get market value and you would be a fool to think that. It is like a pawn shop and will get offered about 50-60% tops. They need to resell it for profit.

They have a little of everything here, it seems, though not always what you want when you want it…read more The service is good though, and knowledgeable. They can order what you want, and their mark-up is reasonable. I'd much rather pay a little bit extra here than give Bozo any more of my money. If you prefer supporting the local like I do, and you're of a musical bent, check them out. They have a decent selection of used merchandise too, and the sales staff is super friendly, which is way more than I can say for Chicken McMusic (Guitar Center) or, especially, Hugo Helmer Music, who has gotten so comfortable resting on their laurels they haven't noticed that the world has lit them on fire... For better, at least from a drummer's perspective, you'd have to go to American Music in Seattle. I'm glad Bigfoot is up north here for us Watcom and Snohomish rockers! Recommended.

Since I moved nearby, I've visited Hugo Helmer several times and have been impressed by the…read moreselection of acoustic guitars and the knowledgeability of the staff. Guitars I've looked at were priced competitively and ranged from beginner instruments to high-end Taylors, Gibsons and the like. I brought my Taylor in for service and was really pleased with the cost, turnaround and quality. These guys clearly know what they're doing, and that's a rare treasure these days. In an age when brick-and-mortar stores are being choked out by online conglomerates and franchises, Helmer's obvious competitive advantage is that you can walk in and get expertise, quality products and service, and the ability to see, touch and hear before you buy.

Great service and very reasonable prices. The staff is incredibly knowledgeable too…read more Highly recommend.

I've been taking guitar lessons from Rick Cooper at guitar pro's for several years now. He is a…read moreperforming professional with decades of experience to get you where you want to be with your guitar playing. Highly recommended

We have been taking our 3 sons to Rick for 2 years now, after having at least 3 different guitar…read moreteachers. My only regret is that we did not start going to him sooner! He is extremely knowledgeable and experienced, and always comes to our lessons prepared - often having to go hunt down some music or research some far out question one of my boys has asked. Each of my boys has different tastes in music and different ways that they learn, and Rick readily adapts to to their likes and learning styles. He easily switches back and forth between the son who plays by reading music and the two who prefer tab. If they want to journey into the depths of music theory, he teaches them that too. He encourages them when they need it and pushes them to be better. He makes sure the son who just does it for fun is moving along and having fun, and works at an accelerated rate with the one who is obsessed and eats and sleeps guitar. He tries to get them to branch out and stay well-rounded as guitar players. Every minute of our lessons is used (which is a god-send after having one teacher who spent the majority of each lesson talking about himself or sitting on his computer finding the music for whatever they wanted to learn). I cannot recommend Rick enough!

Found something on clearance with a price sticker that said $1 on it. At the register, the cashier…read morerang it up as $2, and when I asked about it, he said it was actually $2, and they just hadn't changed the sticker on it yet. I know it's just $1 more, but it's still 100% more than it was priced. I don't feel very comfortable shopping there if the price stickers aren't correct.

Took my children in to look (and try) all of the different instruments! We were not disappointed at…read moreall!! Tymm was very helpful and showed my seven year old a demo with the piano, guitar, drums, clarinet and trumpet! This store sells, rents, repairs and offers lessons!! So excited to begin our musical journey! Thank you

The customer service is the worst I've encountered, first they hung up on me and then i called…read moreback, asked to speak to a manger, said ok at first until i explained what happend then he said there wasnt one... was not helpfull at all, was very rude, yelling at me, talking over me and was making no sense in what he was saying. Never going to deal with them again, they said my account is rent to rent, not rent to own, and i stated this account over 3 years ago and i know picked rent to own, and they didnt even ask me that question because we originally returned it then went back to rent it again, and the second time they didnt even ask me and they are saying i cant use my $1660 dollars towards purchasing a cello, when they keep sayin i can use that money towards a new cello..... they dont know what they are talking about and they keep hiding behind eachother its disgusting. Never again, people reading this, DO NOT RENT FROM THEM!!!

Instead of ordering online with another big box music store or directly from Fender, thought I'd do…read moremy business here to help local employment, as Fender's online store listed them as an authorized Fender dealer, before that never knew about this chain but glad I found them. Not only did they have the getting hard to find Fender Mustang Micro guitar headphone amp, but discounted from list $119 to $99. Sales person Francisco was great, sale had just ended but display case still had the sale price so he honored it like all stores should. By the way, this little Fender Mustang Micro is an amazing little guitar headphone amp & it's rechargeable instead of eating up batteries...