School of Rock Germantown is awesome! My son has been playing guitar for about 8 years and attending the SOR for 4. The last 4 at the SOR have brought out a true love and passion for music. The teachers/show directors/and owners are amazing at teaching and encouraging kids to explore all types of music through their programs. Before the SOR my son liked playing guitar but after being there with all the kids that are like him we recognize that this has been absolutely the best thing we have ever done for our son!!!
My son started at School of Rock Germantown last year as a 7-year-old. Ken and his team of instructors do a tremendous job of balancing the growth of a budding musician with the aspects of being a kid. My son loves every minute he spends at SOR, whether it’s lessons or rehearsal. The best part is he’s learning while playing songs, and instead of a traditional “recital,” band members play an actual gig. The concept of providing lessons coupled with learning how to play with other musicians is absolutely terrific.
I couldn’t be happier with the the staff and the experience, both for myself and my child. I would highly recommend School of Rock Germantown for any parent looking to build the love of music in their child.
Where everybody feels like a RockStar!!!
End of camp concert was poorly planned and not well organized. Seating was horrible and there was no program or agenda. We got notice last minute of the concert date, time, and location itself and I had to request my son’s instrument be turned up because it could not be heard at all during the concert!
Back Beat Music
Address: 613 Southwest Dr, Jonesboro, AR 72401 , Encinacorba , Arkansas , United States
This is our favorite shop! Darrel and Gavin are so helpful and super cool to chill with. We always leave happy and in love with all the purchases for our collection. Thanks guys…YOU’RE THE BEST!
Super friendly folks that go out of their way to help you find the instrument you’re looking for. The owner Greg is a heck of a guy and also a great drummer in his own right. Always had positive experiences shopping with this store.
Matt works well with my 11 year old. He’s progressing at a nice pace. We’re very pleased.
I have been coming here for years as most of the reviewers. I have always had a decent experience. I’m just an amateur guitar player who doesn’t practice much and i don’t know much about music. I have to be fair and mention that, yes, the staff has at times, seemed curt and disinterested but I’ve never had an out-and-out bad experience here. It’s possible that they were simply just distracted or overwhelmed, it happens! I got lessons here from a swell guy several years ago. I wish i could remember his name. They seem to have a large variety of items like accessories-tuners, picks, strings, stands for your chords, chord books, guitar cases and guitars. They offer stringing services, although I’ve never used them. I think I’ve seen a few banjos and mandolins for sale over the years, although those may have been instruments taken on trade, i don’t know for a fact if they stock and sell those instruments. I also don’t know if they do trade-in as I’ve never had anything to trade. I have seen ukuleles there for sale. It is possible that they have expanded the lessons they offer into other instruments, such as wind instruments but I am not sure. That would depend entirely upon there being any such instructors available here in Jonesboro that don’t already have their own business giving lessons. That’s a lot of “maybes”. It would be good to call and just ask, if this is important to you. I do know that they used to give drum lessons, it’s possible they still do. If you are a musician or have a musician in your life, check this place out!
Great place to shop,
However one small issue I had there was when I was wanting to repair my Fender Guitar. The guitar was beat up a bit, had no strings, paint was damaged, and the knobs for the tuning were gone and the plate was cracked. My friend found it in an abandoned place and it was a decent guitar it was just badly damaged.
I went there to the receptionist and all I got was, “You are better off buying a new guitar” Etc. He was insistent on me just buying a new guitar. It was a very arrogant moment.
There are good thing’s about the place but from my only experience on this It was a huge waste of my time trying to repair, love the shop, the staff is pretty chill but I believe there can be changes.
Yeah, I like the shop, but didn’t have the best experience. I brought my classical guitar in from out of town, and called first to specifically ask if they could restring with nylon wound. I brought another electric guitar in as well, since it needed new strings too. When I picked them up, they were both restrung, but my classical guitar was restrung with steel strings, not what I asked. They said they were out of nylon strings, but that these would work. It really changed the whole sound, and was not what I wanted. They didn’t show me the package, or indicate what type of strings for either guitar, but the invoice for both was almost $100! No set up, or anything, just a re-string. And I have no idea what they put on there. I guess it’s probably my fault that I have no time to put on my own strings, so let that be a lesson to me.
Been going here for almost a decade. Probably the most condescending and overall lackluster service you can get in Jonesboro. If you’re a musician and you have a question, prepare for a rough time. Great inventory, bad pricing.
I’m being harsh with my rating, but in my defense I’ve been here at least thirty times in my life and have some terrible stories to go along with my dissatisfaction. There are things that you just do not do in customer service.
Sadly enough, the decent music stores have all closed up. Backbeat and All star are all we really have left and they are equally bad.
EDIT: Not sure if All Star is still open actually; don’t let that diminish my credibility. I avoid these places like the plague.
I was charged $60 for strings and when I got my guitar back I had to tune it.I also feel they were a bit rude.
