Beach City Pawn and Discount Guitar - Huntington Beach, California

Valeria Ruiz

Great store! Everyone was helpful, and their guitar selection is awesome with fair prices. Totally the perfect spot for musicians and bargain hunters. Highly recommend!

John Wolfe

These guys at Beach City Pawn are some of the most helpful and caring brokers I have ever done business with.
Most brokers are out to see how much they can charge for every and anything they can
I went in to purchase guitar strings even though I needed to replace my whole set up for busking.
Yup, you guessed it. Huntington Beach dirt bags stoled my whole set up. Anyway I let them know what happened and what I was doing and they hit it big with me. They gave me a discount on a mic stand and threw on a 1/4 inch cable for free and now because of them I'll be playing with Amplification again.
So here's to the two guys who helped me out. Next time I'll be sure to get your names
Signed:
A loyal cust. for life ?

Tommy Martinez

I came to this place seeing the good reviews, but it was a terrible service and experience overall. I came here to have my guitar fixed by their luthier Miguel, but after getting it back I see that he made my guitar much worse and now it doesn't function correctly at all.

I contacted him to see what happened, but I just heard excuses like " we only do minor repairs here" and " I wasn't there the day you dropped it off so I couldn't tell you that I wasn't able to do the work." Then why did he bother taking the repair job if he knew he was not qualified? Now my guitar's pickup switch barely functions, he completely got rid of a tone in the rhythm circuit (my guitar is a Jazzmaster) and he inserted the pickup switch in a very sloppy manner (it was inserted crookedly and not perpendicular to the strings). He justified the sloppy placement by telling me someone will have to open it up anyways so it doesn't really matter how the switch gets placed in. It tells me a lot of what he thinks of his own work.

I do not recommend coming here for luthier services. Miguel refused to give me a refund, apologize or bother offering any sort of solution for his botched job. He absolutely ruined my instrument.

Thanks for getting back to me Mat. In response I have this to say:

1.) Yes, Miguel was not there in person to diagnose the problem himself when I brought it in. However that still doesn't explain why he felt he could still get the job done when he clearly didn't have the ability to do so. As a side note I also didn't know that this was a customized Jazzmaster (I was told it was stock when I bought it used, you were the first luthier I brought it to). Again, this still doesn't excuse why Miguel still went through with it when all he could've done was tell me that he couldn't get the job done. I would've been alright with it, I would've just taken the guitar back and that would've been the end of that. But here we are.

2.) Leaving a screw "loose" is different from placing in a switch "sloppy;" in this case as I mentioned in the review Miguel placed it in such a strange way that now when I strum I would have to flick the knob from an awkward angle. When I was there in person Miguel explained to me that he placed in the switch loosely so that someone else can go in since he couldn't get the switch to work with the pickups. I said it was fine as long as he got the switch working and as long as my guitar had the same functionality as before. I was assured this was the case.

3.) It clearly was my mistake to leave your business without trying out my guitar there first. Miguel said he fixed the switch and everything was working fine except for one of the pickups. It was only when I brought it home that I heard just how badly he messed up. Now my Jazzmaster only works in its "rhythm" mode and if I were to flick it back to normal, the pickup switch he installed doesn't do a single thing and worse yet, my guitar no longer produces sound in this position. When I called Miguel to ask what happened he said "something inside the guitar must've gotten loose while you were taking it home." By the way, when he told me this he let out a small laugh; he clearly was not taking this seriously.

So why do I think a refund is appropriate? I was very excited to get back my Jazzmaster, and I really trusted you guys to get it fixed, not to make it worse than when I brought in. After seeing and hearing the extent of how badly of a job he did with my guitar and how it feels like you guys are trying to paint me in a dishonest light by making it seem I'm leaving facts out, I'm very displeased with this entire experience. This is my first time dealing with a luthier, and quite frankly dealing with you guys has been an awful experience.

Daniel Fergason

Recently purchased a guitar from Beach City Pawn from Texas. Mat was professional and the item I ordered arrived safe and in a timely manner. He even haggled with me on price. I have nothing negative to say about my experience. Thanks Mat

Jerrod Walker

Friendly, intelligent staff. This is the only place I trust when seeking out the best deal for my precious metals. Been a loyal customer for over twenty years. Always fair, always happy to see you. Proud to have them in my town. GREATEST PAWN SHOP OF ALL TIME.

Angelo Quinto

Mat has been a very helpful and thoughtful individual. They are reasonable in price and reasonable with loans. If you guys ever need to sell some gear or you want to find some decently used gear, I recommend this shop! Thank you guys for the whole ordeal you guys helped me through.

Terrence Michael

These guys are cool man.. I was injured over the past summer, & had to pawn a guitar and amp (sucked)! But they gave me a fair deal, & were professional. I go in there from time to time to check the inventory, and they're always helpful

R Littlefield

I have gone the Beach City Pawn for years, I buy a lot of musical gear, I go there because frankly they have the best prices, even on things like new guitar strings or straps.
I was totally blown away by the kindness of the owner, when he found out I volunteered at a food bank in Los Angeles, as he he donated a violin for one of the children there.
Here is a picture of the little girl smiling ear to ear with her new violin.
When I am shopping for an instrument I go there first, usually end up with the best deal.
Thank you Beach City Pawn!
I saw another review where the guy said the instruments were expensive, I think the is confusing this one with the one about a block away. That one is expensive.