RedZone Guitar Works

Cool store with a friendly neighborhood vibe. Lots of nice instruments! I brought in a mandolin for some simple electronic work, and it was handled promptly at a reasonable cost. Support your local music store!

I’ve been going to Redzone for lessons & guitar supplies for the last year now. The staff is awesome and NEVER uses any sleazy salesman tricks. They also don’t hover over you like they do across the street at Guitar Center. Darren is a great guy who is knowledgeable and entertaining. I highly recommend taking lessons with Joe Normal (especially if your someone who needs a teacher with lot patience like me). Joe is an amazing teacher who knows how to explain techniques in different ways that help you understand. More importantly, his passion for guitar & teaching makes guitar playing an enjoyable experience. I also recommend Lauren the guitar tech who recently did a set up on my ESP LTD that has made my guitar feel so much better. She has also done some outstanding custom work for my fiancé. If your at the Pasadena Guitar Center, do yourself a favor and walk across the street to see the people at Redzone.

RedZone is a great guitar shop. You will feel relaxed and at ease with all the staff. In particular Lauren is a great luthier. I brought my PRS custom SE in for a set up. Based just on what I told her was happening when I played, Lauren immediately suspected something was wrong with the nut. She was right. The NYXL strings she suggested are incredible. I’m very pleased with the work and all the all the great helpful service. I will keep returning to RedZone as a regular customer.

Man, what a great spot. They have an amazing selection of mid-​high end guitars (handful of low/​affordable ones as well). Awesome Taylor selection, good mix of Martins, Breedloves, Eastmans, Yamahas, etc. All fantastic guitars.
Came in on a whim one day considering a guitar purchase and I spent over an hour playing tons of models and chatting with one of the employees (Barbara I believe?). She was great, had a lovely warm conversation with her and after she told me they were doing 20% off all guitars that day I was sold. Ended up walking out with a higher end mahogany Taylor that I would have not normally been able to afford. Great deal from a great environment.
Also have classes and a great luthier I hear! Now all I need is a Taylor 714ce, K14, Martin D-18…I’ll be back :)

Went in to this place for a little bit to check out their selection of electric guitars. Immediately this really nice blue taylor got my attention. I wanted to play it but it was pretty high up. Guy at the register was looking a little busy just chit chatting with another older looking fellow and he wasn’t very attentive to me at all. Didnt want to just jump into their conversation so i left.

Got a self balancing hoverboard there. Yeah they are one of the best Mom and Pop music stores and found it while shopping for chinese scooters. As far as scooters go, he is the only guy in town that knows these in and out and can fix them, and sells them for the best prices. Besides being an encyclopedia of stringed instruments, Ron, the owner, is an electronic genius (rumor has it he invented the Moog synthesizer, just a rumor). But lets get down to the guitars. What an awesome collection! From affordable beginner guitar to some Martins you want to Droll over. Most important for me were the multiple pro guitar work benches with skilled work being overseen by the Sultan of Sounds «Rockin Ron!» And the prices? Let’s just say you you better have the best deals in town when you are a block from Guitar Center, and they deliver! Nearly 60 5 star reviews, whey are my not shocked?

Nice little shop with lots of great guitars. Friendly and knowledgable staff. Very inviting.

I love Redzone Guitar Works. This shop is my GoTo Guitar store. Barbara and Ron have always greeted me upon entering and have great costumer service. This is where i bought my first guitar and they gave me a great price for my guitar and hard case cover altogether deal. Great Costumer Service, Keep Up The Great Work Guys

Not very happy with service or passive aggressive attitude! I came in to get a screw for my guitar in order to tighten strings, They claim something was wrong with my guitar tried to fix it and couldn’t asked me to leave it because they were too busy. The woman upfront at counter was very condescending asking me if guitar was old where did I buy it etc. she tried contradicting what I was saying I felt like I was being interrogated! I told her I would just take it to my music teacher and have him screw it back in, Which she replied if my repair person can’t fix it here what makes you think he can fix it! Oh nice thing was they did give me the screw no charge. And my guitar teacher put it back on in less than five minutes! That was Friday, April 17 around 11:30 AM don’t think I’m ever going back!!!

RedZone is a great, small local music shop with talented and friendly staff and competitive prices. It’s the kind of music shop where you can pick up and play guitars all day and not have to worry about people being pushy to make a sale. Furthermore, they carry a decent variety of unique guitar brands that are worthwhile.
As I previously indicated, their staff are quite talented, especially their on-​site luthier, Lauren. I had her do a partial set-​up on a lower-​end American-​made Martin acoustic dreadnaught guitar that I bought for a friend of mine to help lower the action on it. Knowing that Martins can be kind of tricky to make adjustments to as they generally have higher action compared to other acoustic guitar companies, I kept my fingers crossed that she could get the job done, and make it play the way it was meant to. Lauren did not disappoint at all, in fact, her skills blew me away! Upon testing it out at the shop, it played like butter! She does fantastic work, and I highly recommend her to anybody looking to have a professional set-​up done to their guitar (s).
I must say, it’s a breath of fresh air to have this guitar shop nearby as an option to shop at instead of having to be forced to go to Guitar Center and deal with below-​average customer service and a lack of product variety. I cannot stress enough how important it is to support local music shops like RedZone. Keep up the great work RedZone staff!

Exceptional. I don’t play guitar at all, but my son has started to pick it up. I came in here and bought him his first guitar for his birthday a few months ago and Barbara took so much time with me to make sure I bought him something that’d work for him in my price range. I’ve had to come in a couple other times and each time the same nice, and welcoming people are here and just as helpful.
Most recently I came in with my son to have the «action lowered» (they taught me that phrase) and Lauren worked and tweaked my kid’s guitar for a half hour to make it easier for him to play all the while answering all of our questions about guitar parts and components. As we left the store my son said that Lauren was so cool. I wish I could give more than 5 stars!

Support this local gem! I recently purchased some new pickups and had them installed on my LTD EC-​1000.
I wasn’t a fan of the EMGs that were on there, so I had the guitar converted from active to passive electronics with a set of Seymour Duncan pickups. I also had Lauren, the awesome guitar tech, install push/​pull pots, for coil splits, and do a repair on the nut. Lauren did an amazing job and had a great eye for detail. Great job and I will return in the future for any repairs or maintenance needed in the future!
Keep up the great work!

I walked in looking for a specific length ¼ inch cable, Ron & Nyle immediately helped me out and looked for what I wanted. When they couldn’t find it, they opened a brand new Planet Waves custom cable kit and made ones in the specific length I wanted on the spot. They went out of their way to make sure I got what I was looking for, and Ron sold it to me for a very good price.
It was a very pleasant experience and I’ll be coming back in the near future.
Thank you Ron, Nyle and Ronjo, you guys are great.

Awesome staff, very knowledgeable of their products, very nice store ambience. Came to try the Quilter amps and we didn’t leave empty handed.

Great place, great people. Lauren does the best guitar work around. I wouldn’t go to anyone else.

I went in for a pretty standard pickup installation on my acoustic. I ran down the clock a bit before needing to play in a wedding (my fault) and after being told by other shops it would take two weeks to turn around (endpin jack installation for a fishman soundhole pickup) I had Ron tell me a few days. When I went in his friendly staff quoted me three days, but it didn’t take him three days to do it, he had it done the next day! Not only did he install pickup, but while he had it on his bench he fixed the nut, adjusted the truss rod and oiled the fretboard. How could I not love this shop?!
Thanks RedZone, you have a new customer!

Today I decided to pay this guitar store a visit to get a guitar that my youngest guitar acquired a basic acoustic guitar which was missing one string restrung. I had read glowing reviews about Red Zone Guitar Works last night on Unilocal so that gave me the green light to drive out and check the store out.
The very first thing I noticed about this store is the organization and clean environment the store holds. The owner came out and greeted me right away and looked the guitar over. He spotted one flaw that could be a big issue in the near future but in the meantime he told me the guitar was good to go and he’s need some time to restring it. He was very patient and kind throughout the process offering all kinds of tips. I asked about a guitar learner’s book he could recommend to me and right away he reached for a book on the wall that was reasonably priced. I complimented his store and services and ask remarked that it was amazing that his store was only ½ block away from Guitar Center. I told him I had no intentions of going to Guitar Center as my impression of that place is Best Buy like environment where I would be overwhelmed by their large staff and vast variety of musical instruments. He laughed at that and remarked that is why he opened his store so close to Guitar Center. I highly recommend this guitar store to everybody! My whole experience at this guitar store made me feel like I was a special customer and all my questions were promptly answered with no signs of attitudes. When it comes to musical instruments I remain clueless as to how to play them but grew up loving music and at a very young age started collecting vinyl and admiring many guitar playing techniques from guitar legends like Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmore, Jimmy Page, Robby Krieger. I walked away from the store today with hope that I will learn how to play guitar as well as my two daughters.
Parking situation was no issue as there is plenty of non-​metered parking on the streets and it was right off the 210 freeway and easy to locate. I plan to go back and give Ron and Red Zone Guitar Works more business as well as tell my family and friends. I will also recommend this guitar shop to my numerous musician friends. I know that with customer service and products that Ron provided that this store will continue to do great business.

As a complete newbie, I was intimidated at the thought of going into a guitar store to pick out my first guitar. But from the moment I walked into RedZone, I was put completely at ease by Barbara’s easygoing manner. She listened to what I was looking for — a beginner guitar in a decent price range — and immediately walked me over to several of her favorite models. Beautiful instruments, all for even less than I was expecting to pay!
Not only that, she offered great advice on things to look for specifically for women. Our frames and hands are different than men, and I found a typical dreadnought a bit uncomfortable — she showed me the differences, and I ended up with an awesome guitar that fits me just right. I couldn’t be more pleased! I will definitely be back when it’s time to upgrade, buy a guitar for my son, for my wife… and I will be singing their praises to anyone looking for a great guitar shop.

Love this place. Great selection, REALLY good prices, and it’s a small family owned shop.
Took my daughter to pick out a new acoustic guitar, to replace the one she «borrowed» from me, and they TOTALLY hooked me up with a great deal. Threw in a free setup, case and set of strings, too!
Plus, she decided she liked MY guitar better, so I HAD to replace it, right? Can you say «Martin» acoustic.
F*ck Yeah!

I don’t know a ton about guitars, but when I came in with my boyfriends’ 7+ family looking for a guitar for his brother’s birthday, the staff was super friendly and accommodating despite our total take over of their shop. They had some really reasonably priced guitars and some really cool designer guitars as well. Ron was super nice and hooked us up with a free guitar strap. He also gave some really great tips to my boyfriend’s brother who’s a beginner and gave him a lot of resources to check out. If you’re getting a guitar in this area, get it here!