You don’t have to give up good service and great prices. We are priced very competitively on all our guitars, amps, sound systems, drums, etc. In fact the MSRP and MAP price are on every tag. The only thing you gain by going out of town is no service and a high gas bill! When you shop at Albany Music & Sound, you will find our prices are mostly the same as the other guys but every guitar is set up and you get to touch the instrument before you buy it. If we don't have what you want, we can order it. We will still give you the deal and when it comes in, we make sure it is set up before we call you. No Worries. So how could you go wrong with that?

      We strive to succeed in being the best locally owned, big little music store with personalized service for each and every customer that walks through our doors. That is why this is an informational web sight designed to invite you to come and visit us in person. We hope to intrigue you enough to want to make the trip to find out first hand why we have been successfully selling music gear for over 20 years. If you want to choose and instrument with a hands on approach to find your life long love, then this is the place for you! Every instrument has its own personality and feel. You can not choose an instrument wisely by reading a description on your computer, you have to play it.  We hope to see you soon. Every day, someone asks me why we don't sell on the internet. The answer is, we don't think we could be the best, but we think we are the best local music store around. Thank you and we hope to see you soon! Johnand Nathan.

Here is our current line up of product category’s in alphabetical order

 Accessories: You name it. Guitar slides, Stands, Picks, Electronic Tuners, Strings, Music Books, Method books, Parts, effects pedals, reeds, rosin, bags, cases, sticks, Drum Hardware, cymbals, drum thrones, egg shakers, kids percussion, cables, straps, microphone wind screens and clips, Mic Stands, practice pads, adapters, keyboard stands, sustain pedals, ac adapters, cable adapters, and the list goes on.

 Amplifiers for Guitar or  Bass

Fender, Peavey, Squier, Roland: We carry a great representation of Fender, Peavey and Roland Cube Amplifiers. These amps are plugged in and ready for you to try out. You will find everything from small practice amps to tube stage amps. How about a 100 watt tube full stack with two 4-12 cabinets for $1077.00? Peavey Windsor single channel head. Peavey Valve King head and two 4-12 cabinets for $1369.00. Blow your fans away with this stuff!!! We have something for you beginners. Our amps start at $59.00. .

 Band Instrument Rentals for School Band: Band and Orchestra Instrument Rentals: We offer rental purchase plans from $18.00 per month. Maintenance and Repair plan is part of the rental. Damage and Theft protection insurance is also offered but it optional.  We work with the local schools and have the supplies the teacher recommends to go with your instrument. Credit of Debit card required. 2008-09 School Band Season. We are now only requiring one month in advance and a major credit card or debit card to get started. We have some of the lowest rental rates in the area. We have a great selection of Band instruments and accessories ready to help you get started. Call for more information about our band instrument rent to own program. If you live or work in Albany or surrounding areas, you should rent from us. We have quick turn around times on our repair with free loaner on rental repairs

 Band Instrument Accessories: Reeds, mouthpieces, care kits, snakes, swabs, stands, cases, straps, etc.

 Cables: Horizon, Hosa, Microphone, Guitar, Speaker, Midi, Adapters, Direct boxes, Cable Ends, Wall plates mounted with ¼ or XLR inputs.   Installation wire can be special ordered.

 Cymbals:  We are introducing a new brand of cymbals called Stagg. These cymbals sound like Zildjian cast but at a fraction of the cost. We have them out where you can hear them. Sold individually or in box sets. Zildjian, always at huge discounts! We have a large selection of the ZBT, ZHT and ZXT Zildjian cymbals individually priced so you can upgrade your set up one cymbal at a time.

 Digital Recording:  Boss

 Drums: New to arrive at the end of December is Stagg drum sets. 5 piece drum set with cymbals and seat for $339.00. Each set is assembled and tuned. Black, Green, Silver, Blue and Burgundy red. We also have a set with 18” bass drum and 10,12,14” toms, 14” snare. Call for availability.
Peace 5 piece drum set with Cymbals and seat for only $299.00 and we assemble and tune them so you can start playing the minute you get it home. 1 Pink set left. Yes, I said Pink!

 Drum Heads: Aquarian, Evans, Remo

 Drum Sticks: 
Promark, Vic Ferth, Regal Tip, Zildjan, Hot Sticks Graphic Sticks and others.

 Effects: We carry a multitude of Digitech multi effects processors staring at only $59.00 and they have a built in drum machine for practicing at home. The headphone jack makes an effects processor an ideal way to practice without annoying the neighbors. Oh, maybe that isn’t such a bad idea.
Boss, Peavey, Digitech, Ibanez, Dunlop

 Guitars: Acoustic and Acoustic Electric
Breedlove, Fender, Ibanez, Squier, Stagg & More, We have 1/2, 3/4 and full size beginner guitars that play in tune and sound good. We have something for everybody. We have smaller adult size guitars for petite individuals. We have package deals

 Guitar: Electric
Fender, Peavey, Ibanez, Squier, Epiphone and Stagg: Every guitar gets checked out for playability.

 Guitar: Electric Bass

Fender, Peavey, Ibanez, Squier, Epiphone and Stagg: Every guitar gets checked out for playability.

 Guitar Parts: Knobs, Potentiometers, Nuts, Bridge Pins, Switches, Strap Locks, Tuning Machines, Input Jacks

 Hand Percussion: Rhythm Tech Tambourines, Guiros, Maraca's, Children's rhythm instruments

New shipment of both 14” and 10” Djembes arriving before December 24.

Hand Carved Djembe from Ghana, Africa. Carved out of Mahogany by African tribesman. Rope tuned with Skin heads. Each drum is a real work of art. They have a great sound.

 Harmonica's

 Lighting Products: American DJ and Elation Lighting for Stage and DJ on display, Come see some of the new LED Effects lighting products available. LED is the future of Effects and stage lighting. No cycle times. Low power consumption. Great Prices!

 Microphones:
Peavey, Audio Technica, Samson Airline: Great line of UHF wireless lapel, handheld or Headset systems. 10 Selectable Frequencies on each unit. Samson airline microphone has a very small transmitter that fits on the guitar or the headset of the headset microphone. No more wire to get tangled up in. Don’t make the mistake of buying a cheap wireless. It will frustrate you every time you look in the junk box and see it lying in there because it doesn’t work properly.

Microphone Accessories: Wind Screens, microphone stands, goose necks, Microphone stand adapters, replacement cable ends, receptacle plates loaded with XLR or ¼ Jacks,  Vocal Harmony Machine

Miscellaneous Guitar Accessories We sell a variety of guitar parts. Knobs, tuning machines, Switches, Pots, precut nuts, Electronic Tuners, Straps, picks, polish, Slides, Pick holders, polish clothes, patch cables and adapters

Mixers: 
Peavey:

 Power Amplifiers: Peavey 1500 Watt power amp for $449.00. Rebate program going on now on all PV series Power amplifiers. For example: How about $65.00 back on an PV1500 power amp?

Sheet Music: We order weekly. We can get almost everything available in print music. We subscribe to a digital sheet music service and can print out single songs for immediate sale. Please go to our Sheet Music page for more information.

 Sound Systems: We sell a wide variety of sound systems. Everything from a system the size of a suit case to complete permanently installed systems. We can help you design your system. We provide training with every purchase no matter what size fits your needs.

 Speakers: Front of House, Stage Monitor
Everything from Portable to permanent flying enclosures. A popular choice for the budget minded shopper is the Peavey PR15, consisting of a 15" Woofer and Horn in a polypropylene lightweight enclosure for only $199.00, Stand mountable or this speaker can be permanently mounted using a versamount 70 wall mount stand.

 Strings: Guitar and Bass, Violin
J. D'Addario, GHS,  Ernie Ball, Dean Markley Blue Steel, Martin, Elixer,  Fender, DR

 Signal Processors: Crossovers, Reverbs, Equalizers, Feedback Eliminators  

And lot's of accessories
  Our Guarantee: Every instrument we sell has been set up and tested for quality and playability. We offer free string changes, set up's and adjustments for 1 year from the date of purchase for any stringed instrument purchased from our store, with the purchase of the replacement strings. Our prices our competitive with all the "Big Box" stores on all our major items like guitars, amps, pa systems, etc. If you purchase a guitar from one of our chain store competitors, you are leaving behind all of our free service and our guarantee for quality assurance. Help us help you.

Store Hours: Monday through Saturday: 10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

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