Firehouse Guitars in Muskegon

Firehouse Guitars review for review muskegon

As anyone who has played instruments for a while will realize, sometimes there is just that “one” guitar that you know is yours the moment you pick it up. Not too long ago, I was wandering around Firehouse Guitars in Muskegon Michigan, and picked up “my” guitar. Sure, it looked like others of it's make; there are a lot of strats out there. But there was something about this one that just spoke to me. I have played a lot of 'em looking for “my” guitar. I looked a lot more online, at all the online music stores out there, but sometimes you just have to get it in your hands to know if it is the guitar for you.

Firehouse has a whole wall full of guitars, and they don't mind if you take em down and play em either. Some music stores are more like museums, where the guitars are to be admired on the wall like art. But the guys at Firehouse even encourage you to take em down and play em. They understand what it's like, cause they all play themselves. They can give you advice on pretty much everything in the store, and a lot of stuff they can order from the warehouse for you too. I haven't been to the warehouse, but I bet that's a fun place to spend a day.

So anyway, I was playing on my guitar, that I knew would soon be going home with me, when Brandon came over and gave me a big smile. I bet he could tell I was hooked on this one. So long story short, yeah, I took it home. The guys went over it for me real quick to make sure nothing had happened to it while it was in the store, told me about what to do if I needed service and even suggested some Fender Bullet strings, since they apparently work better with the Strat's trem than ball end strings. The price I paid was lower than some of the places online had the same guitar for, and I got it local so if something does go wrong in a while, I can get it fixed without having to ship it halfway to china.

The guys are all real friendly, and very helpful, they have a pretty good selection on hand and they can order you just about anything and the place has a nice feel to it. And its easy to find too. Take US 31 to the Sternburg road exit and go west. They are in the first plaza on the right at the far end. Next time I'm up that way, I gotta stop in and check out the comic shop there too.

1032 E Sternberg Rd
Muskegon, MI 49444-8795
(231) 799-9575