Rock Island Sound Reviews

Small but well stocked. Knowledgeable staff. And in my neighborhood. Wow!

Great place! Great guitars. Would definitely recommend.

Very good store!

Best Guitar Shop in town!

Excellent service

Great music store!

In this impersonable world of online shopping and big box stores, we are lucky to have a small local store that provides repairs and setups by a real luthier in a shop run by a real musician (why should that be so rare these days?) There is also a limited but interesting selection of gear at nice prices. They are even a Strymon dealer. The other local store hadn't even heard of the brand (really). Lessons? Accessories? All there.

Recently I brought in a nice guitar for a setup and the results were so good I have been bringing these folks a piece weekly. They even recovered an electric standing dulcimer. It has been great to get all these items off the list of things to do.

I had an old Epi LP that I picked up cheap ($99 new) decades ago. Rarely played it. I took it to RIS recently with the intent to just replace a broken tuning peg to sell it. The tech noticed how badly it needed care and suggested a number of things to do. I hadn't intended to do things like that because I thought the guitar was barely playable, but agreed out of the trust these folks have built up over the years. When I got the guitar back, I tested it out and was astounded that RIS made this into a playable LP. Now I am not selling it and will be using to to play out for a while. Gibsons get to stay home and safe :) That speaks volumes about RIS

Good service, very nice owner

Very friendly and attentive staff along with excellent product curation.

Great vibes, good selection

Cute little shop with a lot of cool gear.

Great service

Paul was really nice and charming. He helped me pick the guitar l was looking for. Definitely going back.

This place was a lifesaver for me when I showed up at my wedding gig and realized I’d forgotten my stand! They sold me a great product at a very reasonable price. Highly recommend!

Great experience..!!

Really cool store - Paul was very kind and helpful. I went to buy a gift for my brother, but unfortunately know nothing about guitars. Paul was knowledgeable, able to offer suggestions based on the limited information I knew about my brother’s guitar stuff, and ultimately helped me find great gifts! I’m from out of town, but I’d definitely recommend this store to musicians in the area or tourists like myself!