Stereoline

Well… A musician never likes hearing the words «off brand». When you walk in to the store you see all sorts of guitars and live sound equipment that just doesn’t make any sense. What really pissed me off was the guitar string prices. 12 $ for a set of fender 9 – 42!!! That’s ridiculous. Do your research before walking into any place like this. USC students beware don’t blow all your parents money in the wrong places.

Pretty cool place. I’m going to start reviewing all the music stores downtown, and updating their reviews the more I go in. This place is cool, I went in there when I first moved to LA 2 years ago, and when I recently moved Downtown I started going into these places to take a more critical internal inventory of what these stores have, since I’m right around the corner.
They have a lot of amps and DJ stuff, lots of guitars with mysterious brands I’ve never heard of but they did «look» nice. Some of them looked very nice, but I haven’t played any of them yet.
I’m a long-​term Behringer guy when it comes to general producer’s accessories and headphones and I wasn’t able to find any of Behringer’s pedals (or any economy-​priced pedals for that matter) there and my trusted headphones HPX2000 were in there for 150% more than what I’ve been able to pay for them at other stores and online. There was no talking the guy down. I like stores that have high end stuff as well as quality stuff that has less features or different materials for less. I’m sure people of my income and less do as well, and we’d rather spend our money at this store but if you don’t have the prices that are at other places, the other places get the money.
They do have a lot of stuff here and will order stuff from their distributors, I had no problem with the staff and it’s a lot of stuff for a small place. The displays out on the street are mesmerizing, and if they start getting more of the stuff outside in the window inside the store as well, I think the place will be cooler. I will be back for sure as I need items, as for now, this is my review. 3 stars feels fair, I don’t hate it but I don’t love it yet either.

Wow, first to review? Well, I just had a great experience here today. I am not familiar with any music stores around Los Angeles other than Guitar Center really, and my friend suggested this place on Spring and 6^th. It seemed to have a large selection of instruments, but I would probably not go in to purchase «my» guitar here… you know, the one that I will play for the rest of my life and pass on to my children’s children?
It is not a music warehouse. They do have a large Latin musical instruments section (I’ve never seen that many accordions!), stage equipment, strings, and other musical instrument accessories. If you are just looking for a quick place to grab picks or an extra mic, this is your store. If you are trying to make a huge purchase on quality brand name instruments, I don’t know if Stereoline is it. Go to Guitar Center in West Hollywood for that.
The staff was extraordinarily friendly. The gentleman helping me behind the counter was very patient as I made a 15 minute decision over guitar cases, and he seemed knowledgeable about products. I informed him I was looking for a guitar case to travel with and he explained the pros and cons of the two cases I was deciding over. I would definitely shop here again, probably just for accessories though.
**IMPORTANT: I just read on my receipt that ALL SALES ARE FINAL here, no refunds! If for any reason you think you might need to return something, go to Guitar Center; their return/​exchange policy can’t be beat (GC even lets you play the instrument for up to 30 days and if you don’t like it you can bring it back for a full refund!)**