Musician's Friend Reviews 

948
TrustScore 4 out of 5

3.9

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Evaluating 383 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for their exceptional helpfulness, professionalism, and willingness to go above and beyond to assist with inquiries and purchases. Many people highlight the excellent customer service, noting how representatives make interactions pleasant and resolve issues efficiently. However, some customers also noted concerns regarding product condition, reporting receiving items that were clearly used, damaged, or missing parts, despite being sold as new. Additionally, a few people mentioned issues with order fulfillment, such as products being on backorder, website difficulties preventing purchases, or missing software redemption codes.

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Product

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Order

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

This is my first purchase after having a terrible online experience on a used guitar at a competitor. This was far superior even though the price was a little more. I received notification immediately... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I was helped by Nick McVicker, who did an outstanding job. I saw a guitar earlier today at a local Guitar Center, also offered on MF. Spoke with Nick, explained my issues with shipping, security, le... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had ordered two Gretsch guitar cases that ended up on backorder until April. Your Rep Hope Wilberger contacted me by email offering to help me with the situation. She was able to find another case t... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What the company did well is to employ Santos ! Santos my gear advisor is very courteous,professional & accommodating ! He does his craft without typical errors. A role model ! I only wish in every o... See more

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Musician's Friend - the hottest music gear at the lowest prices since 1983. More than 130,000 customer-written product reviews. Read instrument buying guides. Get the best guarantees online for all the fine musical equipment you crave.


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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Misleading Ad

Misleading Ad. I do not want a magnet. You made it appear as if the amplifier itself was for sale. Please cancel

November 15, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We can get that cancelled for you. Please email us at GearHeads@MusiciansFriend.com with your order number and we can get this addressed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great representative

Great representative. Transaction went very smooth and friendly representative. Enjoyed talking with her.
She took care of that was all needed.

November 15, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We love to hear it! Thanks for the review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Super simple and straightforward

My shopping online shopping experience was as easy and convenient as I could ever hope it to be. Just needed a single strin that broke on my guitar.. super simple and easy to find,& proceeded to checkout with a quickness. No interrupting Ads, or hidden fees altering the total cost at the last minute. Was even cheaper than I expected, and still had the free shipping option. Now I can literally rock on! Many thanks🙏

November 14, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Gotta love when it's easy! Thanks for your feedback!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I had a problem applying a code in the…

I had a problem applying a code in the cart, and the chat support made a quick and courteous resolution.

November 14, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Sorry for the initial difficulty, but happy we got you squared away.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great customer service

Carol made my price match order a breeze. Very pleasant and friendly. Great overall experience. I've been a MF customer since the late '80's.

November 14, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Happy to hear Carol got you taken care of!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Dylan @ Customer Service was Great

Dylan @ Customer Service was Great ! Helped with an issue I had with a new guitar not properly staying in tune . The remedy was quick and painless ! Thank you .

November 14, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Thanks for letting us know that Dylan is doing a great job!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

UPS did not leave my package at my…

UPS did not leave my package at my house like they said they did. I called Musicians Friend and they said they would send out a new order right away. I have been doing business with Musicians Friend for many years and they are a great company to do business with. They go above and beyond to held when things like this happen. I would recommend Musicians Friend to anyone. Thank you.

November 14, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Happy to hear we were able to get your situation taken care of!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Love my cherry SG Standard

This is the second guitar Santos has assisted me with buying. I appreciate the help and great price I received.

November 10, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We love to hear it! Thanks for the review!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Helpful agent

My agent was very helpful & very friendly. It was nice to chat about blues music with him for few minutes.

November 10, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Thanks for the review!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Missing hardware…

We are setting up the drum kit right out of the box and there is now mounting arm for the high tom. Can you send one asap?

Regards,

Jonathan

November 9, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We're sorry to hear that the arm is missing. Email us at GearHeads@Musiciansfriend.com with your order info and we can get this addressed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Daniel Muchnik provided excellent…

Daniel Muchnik provided excellent service in answering questions and addressing a shipping concern.

November 7, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We love to hear it! We'll make sure to let his supervisor know he's doing a great job!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Brian is great to work with

Brian is great to work with

November 7, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Thanks for the review and for letting us know that Brian is doing a great job!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The website is not great

The website is not great. I tried several times to change my address, and it still shows my apt number twice. Please fix the website

November 4, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We're sorry you're running into issues with updating your address. Please email us at GearHeads@Musiciansfriend.com and we can look into this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Rebecca Haley was the best

Rebecca Haley was the best. She assisted with my order and addressed some follow-up questions. Great customer service.

November 3, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We love to hear it! Thanks for letting us know Rebecca is doing a great job! I'll let her direct supervisor know so she gets credit for the job well done.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A great place to do business.

I found what I was looking for and it was easy to purchase. I have bought instruments from you before when you had a store in Westminster, Colo, I was sorry to see that store close.

GFCholas

November 1, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We love to hear it! Thanks for the review!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

“BEWARE”

“BEWARE, DO NOT BUY A GUITAR FROM MUSICIAN FRIEND” I have purchased several guitars from MUSICIAN FRIEND and have had several bad experiences. I ordered a Gibson guitar and received a cheap Fender base guitar . This actually happened twice. I ordered a PRS and they sent me the wrong PRS guitar. I’ve had other guitars that have been damaged. Long story short, I sent them back because they were either the wrong item or they were damaged. I recently purchased a Taylor guitar, the box was damaged by some kind of chemical compound that intruded into the case and the guitar. MUSICIAN FRIEND will not take responsibility and will not allow me to return my damage guitar. They said they would file a complaint with FedEx and it would take 10 days to conclude and then a few days to credit my card. I’ve spoken to several sales people and they said that November 1 this issue would be resolved and I would receive a return label and process a refund. I called today, and they said that the sales guy who was working on this issue was not there so I asked for the manager. The manager was rude (Jason). The manager said that he had no knowledge of what was going on. I then called FedEx. I gave them all the tracking information and they said that MUSICIAN FRIEND never filed a complaint. I believe that FedEx did their due diligence and I believe they have no record of MUSICIAN FRIEND contacting them. Based on my conversations with MUSICIAN FRIEND, they have been lying to me for over 10 days. I CANNOT RECOMMEND MUSICIAN FRIEND. BEWARE !!! UPDATE: November 03, 2025. Musician‘s friend never submitted a claim and my sales person never submitted or received my pictures (severely damaged box and contents) from the original sales person. They’ve been lying to me all along. I sent an email to the reply and we’ll see what happens from there. This is a very bad business practice. The original sales person, the follow up sales person, and the manager lied to me. Nobody can give me a claim number because a claim number was never generated to FedEx. What a horrible experience. UPDATE 11/05/25. I received a call from a representative and she told me that FedEx has provided Musicians Friend a rejection notice on the claim. I asked to have it sent to me so I can inform FedEx, but she said she would have to look into it. Ask yourself, if you’re telling me that FedEx rejected the claim why can’t you just forward the rejection to me? She said she would get back to me and it could take a while. If she has the rejection notice, why not just send it to me? I’m just getting the runaround from these people that have trouble telling the truth. There was no claim submitted to FedEx or they could provide the claim number and rejection notice, and then I could file a claim. I would think very carefully before purchasing anything from Musician’s Friend. And it’s interesting that they say they have a no hassle return policy. I cannot recommend Musician’s Friend to anybody.

October 30, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We're sorry to hear that you've had this experience with your purchase. Email us at GearHeads@MusiciansFriend.com with your order info and we can look into this and get this addressed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Keyboards

Jerrod was very nice and very helpful in placing my order

November 1, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Thanks for letting us know that Jerrod is doing a great job!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

I have a real problem with changing…

I have a real problem with changing errors when trying to complete my orders, which happens frequently. Also my order is for yesterday’s stupid deal and I couldn’t get to someplace to order and have to pay the actual price , which isn’t bad at all and I am ordering it. My problem is really mostly wobbly fingers and older age (but not old yet).

November 1, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

We're sorry to hear that you're having issues with placing orders. Please email us at GearHeads@MusiciansFriend.com with screenshots of any errors you have with your attempts and we can get this addressed.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Turning it around

Well, my original order, for a keyboard package, was canceled due to some of the parts being out of stock at the main warehouse. But by the time I was notified of that, Daylin Sperry at MF had put together an identical package, sourced from different warehouses, and adjusted prices accordingly, and sent me a link. When I had trouble getting that link to work, Jake M helped me via chat on the website, and stuck with me until we got everything right and placed the order for me.

So it's not that this order went perfectly -- it's that when something DID go wrong, the MF team was on top of it and super-helpful. I've worked customer service before; this was a classic "turn the bad experience into a good experience" situation. Daylin and Jake both showed up and showed out!

October 31, 2025
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Reply from Musician's Friend

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We'll make sure that Daylin and Jake get credit for the job well done!

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