Haight Ashbury Music Center

I visited on Oct 23, 2025 to purchase a voice performance microphone that had a built in or separate preamp to plug into my Marshall portable speaker which takes a 3.5mm jack. The sales person (Rocco 🤷‍♂️) was friendly at first, and pointed to a headset mic with a transmitter and receiver on the shelf. Instead of pulling that down, he decided to look for a smaller inline preamp headset. Their inventory of one was previously sold. When I returned to the original option, it was gone - being purchased by another customer. When I showed disappointment, Rocco looked irritated and told me he can no longer help me. He added I should do my research, He then told me the store’s policies for no reason whatsoever. It could just be this salesperson, or the store management that gives them a rather low 3.8 Google rating. It’s too bad, because my son and I were repeat happy customers when the store was owned by Gelb Music. Haight Ashbury Music closed in SF. It will likely go out of business in Redwood City. I’m taking my business to Guitar Center.

Amazing customer service, good selection. It was a nice experience and it felt good to support a local store. I got a awesome limited edition Fender strat with free first time setup (was told at the nearby box store that setups for a new guitar was extra). Best buying experience I have had in a while.

First time at Haight Ashbury Music Center. Was greeted upon arrival and the guys there are super nice and knowledgeable. They assisted me with purchasing my first bass guitar and had a great selection from which to choose. Will go back for my next purchase. Thanks guys for a great experience!

Great selection. This was our first time here, my son was in heaven. The guys there were really helpful. Too bad we don't live closer.

I was unable to leave feedback on Reverb so I decided to leave a review here. Haight Ashbury Music took the time to check their inventory and send me photos of the bass I was interested in to see if the top on it lived up to what I was expecting. While I unfortunately did not go through with the purchase on the bass because I was looking for something different from what they had available, the fact that they took the time to do that for me and to respond to me on Reverb was above and beyond what many shops would do, especially on a holiday weekend where most shops are closed for Memorial Day. Great experience, and hopefully I will be buying something from them in the future.