So Cal

I am a little late in getting to this review, but John performed for our wedding in May 2015. He traveled to San Diego for this. We requested specific songs and requested that he traveled to San Diego to perform. He did all this very professionally and without complaints from us. He was easy to communicate with. As a guitar player myself, it is hard not to judge other players. John was perfect and his music complemented the ceremony very well.
I would absolutely hire him again. The last star I left off as there is no contract but more of an email and verbal consents being given. I was fine with this, but it stressed my wife out. I did not specifically ask for one either.

There’s nothing like a live musician to class up a joint.
John provides the perfect ambiance for a wedding ceremony or cocktail reception. He plays beautifully and takes requests for the processional, recessional, etc.
If a song isn’t in his current repertoire — don’t sweat it, he’ll learn it in a matter of days — nay, hours. You’d think a professional musician with this kind of confidence and skill would be unreliable, temperamental, as volatile as a rock god could be. Not so.
John was prompt, professional, and responded to emails in a timely manner. The talent of a rock god, with the humility of a layperson? He exists. And his name is John Evans.

I’m so glad we found John! We were planning a wedding in Palm Springs and found John through a last minute attempt to find a guitarist who would play the blues! My husband also plays guitar and wanted something out of the box for our wedding. He even emailed me a few tunes to listen to so we could get a feel of his blues vibe. So many guitarists out there for the wedding world (which both my husband and I work full time in), and they all have a cheesy factor to them. Our wedding was completely custom from the ground up, and John added the cool vibes that we needed. He was super attentive through emails, was on time and followed our instructions of requested attire. Our family and guests were wowed by his talent. He really made the cocktail hour and intimate dinner feel and sound romantic. Best craigslist find outside of our current couch :) I’d highly recommend John a million times over. He gets it.

John was fantastic when we were planning the wedding. He posted music samples for us to help us be very clear about what we wanted and what he could bring to our special day. He was on time and did a wonderful job. We would definitely recommend him!

John performed at both our rehearsal dinner and wedding in July of last year. We would have written a review sooner, but he didn’t have a Unilocal page! Everything went very smoothly at both events, and John performed wonderfully in both settings. For the wedding, he performed for our actual ceremony, and the cocktail hour, while for the rehearsal dinner he performed both during the reception and throughout the actual dinner.
John was easy to work with and even sent samples of the works he would perform to us for review beforehand. We really couldn’t have been more pleased.
He honored every part of our contract and many of our guests were extremely impressed with his guitar skills, asking for his contact information after the events.
Give him a call and check out what he has to offer. You won’t be disappointed.

He played at my wedding, and it was beautiful! I couldn’t be happier with his work and professionalism. I would love to thank him for contributing to a magical day!

Not only have I heard John perform at weddings, I have had the pleasure of working with him also (I am a pianist/​singer). He has a soothing, natural style is perfect for weddings as well as corporate events. His fun, charismatic personality is great to work with as well. If you are looking for a guitarist. John is your guy!

John was AMAZING!!! I was almost 30 minutes late and he was kind enough to stay and continue to play all of our favorite songs. He is an EXCELLENT guitar player and BONUS, his guitar is really cool looking, so it makes for great pictures. His prices are definitely reasonable, which was important for my husband and I because we paid for our wedding ourselves. I have already recommended So Cal Wedding Guitar to a few friends and I would highly recommend the company to anyone in the future.

The only bad part about our wedding day? The musician! We would not recommend or hire so cal wedding guitar ever again.
We had an unpleasant experience dealing with the musician after we came back from pictures to find him gone after only 2 hours. Our wedding planner was not even notified of his departure. Everyone thought this was strange, our guests and even the venue coordinators. We had planned for him to be there the whole time and this was not followed through. It was later explained that it was all a misunderstanding. However, the way this misunderstanding was explained was not clear or backed up by a contract. It was all very confusing, fishy, and extremely unprofessional. We feel we were mislead.
As for musical ability, the musician has musical talent. Hence, the one star rating. It’s really unfortunate that we had a terrible experience and musical talent is not enough to trump that. Weddings are a big deal, if we could go back we would hire a different musician.