Moore Brothers Music

If you’re looking for gear or lessons on the Eastside, this is without a doubt the place to go. Between myself and my 3 kids, we’ve probably worked with all the instructors there at one time or another and can’t speak highly enough about them. Prices on gear are very competitive and whilst you may be a buck or two less at one of the big box stores, the support and attention you get makes up for that many-​fold.

Local guitar shop with nice selection of high end equipment, and also offering instruction.

I’m visiting relatives from out of town. I stopped by just to check the place out and buy a pick. Nice selection of instruments. The guy working there (May have been the owner) had just opened and was very tolerant of my two obnoxious young boys playing the keyboard and drums. He even gave one of them drumsticks! I would love to have a music store like this in my neighborhood. Support your local small businesses! I am curious why they don’t carry Gibson instruments. I’m a huge gibson fan. I didn’t have a chance to ask though, because I didn’t want to subject the poor guy to any more of the musical stylings of two loud boys.

Super friendly and nice, especially to us rank beginners. Even fixed and restrung our guitar on a rush on the weekend before Christmas so we could gift it on Christmas. Beautiful supply of guitars and flexible lesson schedules.

This is the place to go if you want to buy things over about $ 50. I have bought nearly all of my guitar gear here and they have great policies on returns. The owners are extremely knowledgeable and could talk for hours about possible configurations on your instrumental setup. One owner is a guitarist and the other is a drummer, but they know a lot outside of their main instruments. One downside is that they don’t carry Gibson or Epiphone guitars, but one of the guitar playing owner has completely reasonable explanations for not carrying Gibsons.
The reason I say I love this place for things over $ 50 dollars is because for things they carry in store can be found other places for cheaper. For example, buying a 24 pack of strings on Amazon is cheaper in the long run than buying each pack of strings periodically at this store. But considering anything else expensive, Moore Brothers Music rules.
My other reserve is that they don’t carry much used gear. In that case I make the trek up to Guitar Center but you really have to be careful of getting screwed over.
You can make special orders from any of the brands they carry (ie. Fender, Gretsch, PRS). I ordered a Jaguar for a pick up in store and it arrived just as expected, in great condition, with nothing for me to complain about.
In summary, if you need strings, either order them off Amazon or go to Guitar Center where they’re cheaper. But if you need a pedal or guitar, go here with pride.

Highly recommended!
A terrific resource — knowledgeable, friendly folks that can help you attain your goals on your musical journey. They’re a dealer for Taylor guitars; I bought one of the flagship models, and they beat the web price, plus there was a 10% discount because I was taking music lessons at the store. The acoustics of the guitar are so lovely it’s hard to stop playing. After 3 months of lessons, as an adult student with some music background but a beginner on guitar, I am well on my way to my goal of playing fingerstyle.

It’s great to have a full service music store right in the neighborhood– I think this is a real gem, and a great asset to have in the community!
Great service, very helpful with all of my random questions, and now that this middle-​aged guy is standing in line with the aspiring 9-​year old musicians for guitar lessons, I can wholeheartedly recommend the lessons and the instructors. Mick Radford has been very gracious in helping me un-​learn years of bad (self-​taught) habits and practices, slowly building a foundation to actually learn some theory and better habits.
I have tried other (small, local) shops, and never felt I got the service to make it worth frequenting them; And the online/​superstore experiences have always been hit (and mostly) miss; kind of hard to figure out which beginner book to buy when some wanna-​be feels the need to shred at 120 db a dozen feet away. If the folks here don’t know or don’t carry a product you are looking for, they will let you know and assist however they can.
Since I first wrote this, I bought a semi-​expensive piece of practice hardware from them– I got the on line coupon deal, while standing in store, and received the package in two days direct from the manufacturer, at less than Amazon (and any other on-​line retailer I would trust) is offering. So, competitive prices, great service, knowledgable staff– if you are looking for anything musical, I strongly suggest you start here.
Support a great local business– we need these guys in Sammamish!

My son is currently taking lessons at this store, but I’m not very satisifed. The teacher has canceled on us numerous times, but the one time we had to cancel due to my son being sick, I got a huge lecture and the guy wouldn’t even stop working on a guitar for one second to reschedule us. Not worth the trouble for what you get, unfortunately.
UPDATE: I just received a lovely apology from Moore Bros for my negative experience today. They also credited me one free lesson as a part of their apology. I have to say that I truly appreciate a company who sincerely makes an effort to put things right. I’ll give ‘em another star!

Moore Brothers Music is a good shop, and one of the few on the Sammamish plateau. And that may be one of their problems. They act like they don’t need your business. Coming into the shop, they rarely said ‘hello’ unless you went out of your way to say something first. The guy at the front counter had his head buried in the computer all the time. They never said boo to my wife or child ever. So while they have decent instructors, their customer service is not the best in my opinion.