2. McCabe's
8.3
3101 Pico Blvd (at 30th), Santa Monica, CA
Music Store · 11 tips and reviews
Heather Knight: See a show here. Great, small intimate venue.
Chris Testa: My personal favorite music shop in Southern California, particularly for acoustic instruments. Check out the excellent performances they have year round: great acts in an intimate setting.
Jonathan Rogers: They take Apple Pay
3. Truetone Music
8.4
714 Santa Monica Blvd (Lincoln Blvd.), Santa Monica, CA
Music Store · 7 tips and reviews
Maroon 5: My favorite music store in LA. They have an amazing selection of boutique amps, pedals, and guitars. - James
65amps: Very fun store in LA where all the pros hangout!
Spencer Hill: The best selection of guitars I have ever seen. This is the guitar shop that is mentioned in the Weezer song Mexican fender.
4. Guitar Center
8.5
14209 Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA
Music Store · 7 tips and reviews
Tony Tacacci: be sure to try the boss pedal set on the middle-back of the store. They have them all aligned for you to experiment and learn the effects.
Brent Hunter: Awesome store, great selection of gear!
Seismic Audio: Sounding like a professional musician when you are on a budget is tough. Seismic Audio Speakers gives you high quality performing gear at rock bottom wholesale prices! www.seismicaudiospeakers.com
6. Sam Ash
8.0
20934 Roscoe Blvd, Canoga Park, CA
Music Store · 3 tips and reviews
Mindy Behnke: Bob and Chris offered excellent customer service on the exchange. The guitar was defective. No hassle. We will be back. Than you!
Kayla McCarter: When looking for audio, ask for Tim. He's fantastic!
Sarah Rollins: Anvue won the acoustic open mic!!! :D thank you everybody that prayed & came to support us! Sam Ash gave us a sweet brand new guitar, stage mic, & plug in tuner!!
10. Amoeba Music
9.3
6200 Hollywood Blvd (Argyle Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Record Store · Central Hollywood · 289 tips and reviews
Daniel Diez: One of the best music shops I have ever seen. Huge amount of space, good prices. Worth a visit at least once in your lifetime.
Original Penguin: Given all the music created in Los Angeles, it’s mind-boggling that there’s still only one place you really need to go to buy tunes in this town. This Mecca of music occupies an entire city block.
Bravo: Huge record store right on Sunset. Always has the newest and most hard to find selection. Never disappointed with the shopping/looking/listening experience. -Alex Reznik, Top Chef
12. Mega City One
7.2
7301 Melrose Ave (at Pointsettia Pl), Los Angeles, CA
Comic Book Store · Mid-City West · 5 tips and reviews
Thirsty James: Actually a great collection of comic books and action figures too!
nikki: former Melrose Music and Comics featuring great mix tapes, used CDs, posters, and band buttons
Jesse Baldridge: Decent selection of Magic cards (they buy them as well!), albeit pretty disorganized.