Bought a beautiful guitar, which was promptly delivered and nicely packed. I'm also selling two of my guitars through the shop. The offer was fairly priced and the process easy and smooth. Communi... See more
Company replied
While we don't verify specific claims because reviewers' opinions are their own, we may label reviews as "Verified" when we can confirm a business interaction took place. Read more
To protect platform integrity, every review on our platform—verified or not—is screened by our 24/7 automated software. This technology is designed to identify and remove content that breaches our guidelines, including reviews that are not based on a genuine experience. We recognise we may not catch everything, and you can flag anything you think we may have missed. Read more
Created with AI, based on recent reviews
One of the UK’s leading specialist dealers in high-end, rare and boutique electric and acoustic guitar brands and gear. In early 2014, we moved to our premier showroom in Ormskirk which has become well-known for its themed room layout, which also allows for demoing products in your own space, even when the shop is going through a busy spell. When you visit us, browse at your leisure through our themed rooms. Our ‘Main Room’, complete with Chesterfield couch, wall-to-wall, houses our most boutique and rare guitars from some of the world’s most revered and respected builders. The room and it’s stock changes each day, so paying us a visit just to see what’s new is well worth it – It’s never the same twice!
129 New Court Way, L39 2YT, Ormskirk, United Kingdom
Replied to 100% of negative reviews
Typically replies within 24 hours
How this company uses Trustpilot
See how their reviews and ratings are sourced, scored, and moderated.

Reply from Sound Affects
Used Fender Custom Shop "Custom 54" Strat pickups:
Shipped quickly but packaging was dreadful. P'up covers came off in transit, jammed against the coils. Mounting screws and spring assemblies were missing. Clearly no one checked.
Requested screws and were shipped the following day, but am yet to visit a local retailer to check potential coil damage on a meter.

Reply from Sound Affects
I ordered a guitar which arrived on time and intact.Everything was as described on the website.This guitar was in excellent condition and looks and plays great,sound affects also provided a lovely gig bag which I did not expect.Thanks for your excellent customer service.

Reply from Sound Affects
Rob looked after my Taylor 812ce which needed a full set up with new strings and some work on the nut, bridge and some truss rod adjustment. The guitar came back playing like a dream, in tune all the way up the neck and with a lovely low action. It was clean as a whistle too.
Rob explained to me what he'd done and really knows his stuff. I'm going to be trusting him with my other guitars from this point forward.
I couldn't recommend Rob (and the guys at the shop who were also great) enough.

Reply from Sound Affects
Great price and kept me informed all the way through to delivery.
Replied emails promptly.

Reply from Sound Affects
After debating buy before you try with a Guild 12 string which could be fraught with danger as I live across the other side of the country I went ahead. It was pre owned and expected some marks or evidence of being loved. The pictures looked really good ( almost too good) . The guitar arrived two days later well packaged. It’s like new. Plays like butter lovely gig bag excellent all round. I know people who have been to the shop and cannot speak highly enough so that went someways to me being comfortable buying from them. Excellent guitar excellent service. Thank you so much!!

Reply from Sound Affects

Reply from Sound Affects
Great guitar well set up and great communication from the shop.Would use shop again.

Reply from Sound Affects

Reply from Sound Affects
I was a bit hesitant in sending my guitar a long way to sell it, but Paul explained the process. He gave me every confidence and after receiving the box, I packed it up and sent it to him. After less than 2 weeks it was sold and then 14 days later the money transferred to my account. First rate service and totally pleased with the result. Highly recommended.

Reply from Sound Affects
I contacted Sound Affects about selling quite a few pedals to them. Paul, who helped me, got back to any emails I sent quickly, made the whole process easy from start to finish and arranged the agreed payment quickly on receipt of the pedals. I would happily recommend Sound Affects without a second thought.

Reply from Sound Affects

Reply from Sound Affects
I bought a guitar for £300 which was extremely lucky to have survived the delivery. It was packaged with around 8 different types of scrap plastic inside a flimsy box that had clearly been used many times, no care given guitar was filthy and so out of tune. It was clear no care was given its out me off buying anything more expensive from them.

Reply from Sound Affects
This was my first purchase and I bought two small items because they were original manufacturers equipment. They arrived quickly but a small screw was missing on one of them.
A quick phone call to Sound Affects and this was dealt with promptly and without fuss. The screw was posted and I received it the next day. Brilliant customer service.

Reply from Sound Affects
This plastic RICKENBACKER pickup cover, paid 60.30 EUR + 42.38 EUR import tax, is totally poorly manufactured and impossible to mount on the bass guitar. I'm not even sure it's an original part, it's so poorly manufactured and delivered without any packaging or reference. This "thing" must cost 50 cents to manufacture. A scandal! I am writing to the company and waiting for their reaction!
Ce pickup cover RICKENBACKER en plastique, payé 60,30 EUR + 42,38 EUR de taxe d'importation, est totalement mal fabriqué et impossible à monter sur la guitare basse. Je ne suis même pas certain qu'il sagisse d'une pièce d'origine tellement c'est mal fabriqué et livré sans aucun emballage ni référence. Ce "machin" doit coûter 50 cent en fabrication. Un scandale ! J'écris à la firme et j'attends sa réaction !

Reply from Sound Affects
Superb guitar shop. Professional, very competitive prices with quality guitars. Will be my first choice in the future whenever need another guitar. Thank you 🤟🙏

Reply from Sound Affects
had exactly what i needed, at the most reasonable price i’d seen anywhere, speedy transparent delivery with no worry’s of tracking or guessing when the package would arrive, top quality 5*

Reply from Sound Affects

Reply from Sound Affects
Anyone can write a Trustpilot review. People who write reviews have ownership to edit or delete them at any time, and they’ll be displayed as long as an account is active.
Companies can ask for reviews via automatic invitations. Labeled Verified, they’re about genuine experiences.
Learn more about other kinds of reviews.
We use dedicated people and clever technology to safeguard our platform. Find out how we combat fake reviews.
Learn about Trustpilot’s review process.
Here are 8 tips for writing great reviews.
Verification can help ensure real people are writing the reviews you read on Trustpilot.
Offering incentives for reviews or asking for them selectively can bias the TrustScore, which goes against our guidelines.