Woody's Music Store — Local services in Tega Cay

Summary: Great store! Friendly, knowledgeable staff, great guitars and basses in stock! Prices comparable to the big chains, plus the dedication and service you can only get from an independent dealer. I walked out with a barely-played PRS SE Swamp Ash Special in charcoal, and a Gator hard case. Read below for details.

The whole story: When I travel, I always like checking out independent music stores to see if they have any cool stuff. While visiting my daughter in Charlotte for the first time, she mentioned Woody's. I hoped I could find an effects pedal or some other small item to memorialize my first visit to her home. In fact, I mentioned this to her as we approached the entrance. As soon as we entered the store I immediately knew by the array of gorgeous Gibson, Fender and PRS electric guitars, both new and pre-owned, that this was a quality store that knew their stuff. I turned to my daughter in excitement and told her this was exactly the kind of place I was looking to explore. We struck up a conversation with Jake, store manager and owner Ed's son, on all things guitar from Les Paul to Buckethead. Jake knows instruments, and all the artists that have mastered them. After a great discussion, I turned to look at the guitars and spotted a PRS SE Swamp Ash Special in charcoal, only this one was so nice that it looked like a one-piece body and the color had bands of gold and almost a lavender hue in the grain. It was gorgeous! When I took it down and flipped over the tag it was my turn to be shocked...$650 including the gig bag! Told my daughter that I was going to buy it on the spot. And I did just that!! Even bought a Gator hardshell case for it. Thanks Jake! I am super happy!!! I plan to stop in every time I get down for a visit. Check them out! If you play, or collect, you owe it to yourself to stop in a see what's hanging...

I was looking for a mandolin and had the one I wanted in mind. Through searching the web to find decent quality mandolins locally I soon found this was going to be a challenge until I finally ran across Woody’s Music Store. They actually had the one mandolin I had been looking for. I called to make sure that they still had it and they did. I explained I was from out of town and in a bind time wise because I had another appointment that afternoon. Gary was super helpful. I did the transaction over the phone and he told me he would go over the mandolin and make sure it was good to go and waiting for me when I arrived. I got a great deal (better than expected) and a t-shirt. Staff were very friendly. The only bad thing I can say was that I didn’t get to stay and chat long enough due to my schedule. I believe in supporting small businesses when I can and I must say that Woody’s Music is a really good one to support. I’m still considering the pedal I was looking at while I was there. So I may be back sooner than I thought. Give these guys your business. They have a lot of nice stuff. Great brand names and...

Though this location is noticeably smaller than the rock hill location; this place is still a good place if you're looking for guitar/bass items or the instruments themselves, at the time of uploading this review, their were a few wind instruments that are fairly priced in there. It does contain reeds for alto to bari sax in rico or vandoren. By the way get vandoren, it's way better for most people(not sponsored by vandoren or anything, it's just the facts.). It also has clarinet and vessel clarinet reeds of the same two brands. There are plentiful amounts of guitars, and ukuleles in the store from what remember seeing. Overall if you came just for a quick stop for something string or wind instrument related and this location is closer, this is the place for you. If you want more choice than just go to the rock hill location. This place gets a conditional 5...