High Strung Violins and Guitars

A very nice little local store, where you get personal attention, whether you’re buying a guitar or just some picks or strings. They do repairs there. They also host a Tuesday «Old Timey Jam» which is a really nice learning experience (although I’m not all that wild about Old Timey music, myself.) I bought my BlueRidge acoustic there, and they’ve been good about help and advice, and the price was fair.

This is an excellent store! They have quality products and friendly staff. I’ve never bought an instrument here, but I have gotten several accessories. Every time I’ve been they’ve been happy to help me with any questions, and very knowledgeable about the different products and options. I haven’t attended a workshop, but I’ve heard that they’re excellent and I’d love to check one out if I ever see one for Mandolin (hint, hint). Overall I think this store is a really great place and a huge asset to the community! My only complaint is that they aren’t closer to Raleigh!

I am now an adult learner of the fiddle thanks to the folks at High Strung who allowed me to hold several instruments. I choose to rent from this shop at least for the first year that I’m learning to play. They allow you to apply your rental up to half the price of a purchase on a new or used instrument. The shop in addition to fully outfitting me with a great instrument has a list of excellent local instructors to choose from. I recommend renting from this shop because you have to opportunity to play a higher quality instrument while learning rather then shell out a ton of money for something you don’t know if you will continue to pursue. Most of the instruments are expensive which is typically indicative of this sort of hobby with quality comes cost and this store is worth the cost if you are serious about learning to play.

This is a very special shop. I always Unilocal Musical Instruments when I am in a different town and this one showed up. I was close by so I stopped in for a look see. I was greeted right away and welcomed to the store. I was also encouraged without my prompting to play whatever I like. So I did, I picked up a few guitars and strummed them. I was impressed because I have not heard of these guitars before. The played excellent and were priced below what I thought they should be for the quality and sound they emitted.
I did find out that this is a family owned store and a Luther is on premise for repairs most of the time.
I checked out the showcase from Duke University Music Dept of the different instruments they had on display. Very cool !
No electric guitars here just acoustic, that is their niche.
Excellent crafted guitar line they carry and you can not beat a family owned business.

Thought I would put these folks on the Unilocal map. It’s a nice little family run business that, as the name would suggest, sells acoustic instuments of the stringed variety. Conventiantly located right next door to the Broad Street Café for people who go there for open mics (I being one of those) it offers a wide variety things to pluck and bow: from the cello down to the ukelele. I had my eye on a pinnaple themed uke that was appetizing in more ways than one! The biggest difference between this and chain music werehouses like Guitar Center is that half the store is a repair shoppe, and they personally set up the action on each and every instrument in the store (and believe me, it shows when you start strumming one). And everyone was very knowledgeable to boot, unlike GC employess that are on the verge of fleeing to the back whenever you open your mouth! So I will continue my fight for the independent business by repping High Strung, because it’s the kind of place that makes America an interesting place to shop in.