Great shop that is absolutely rammed full of instruments. Mainly catering for acoustic, but there were some instruments I never knew existed! We were there as I had got my husband and son some vou... See more
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Hobgoblin Music has provided musicians with otherwise hard to find acoustic, folk and traditional musical instrument for 50 years. We have nine shops across the UK, and customers can also buy online from our website. We pride ourselves on our wide knowledge and excellent customer service. All your queries will be handled by a human being, and our 40 sales staff are all experienced musicians, with an unrivalled combined expertise on all kinds of musical instruments and styles. We stock the most widely varied range of instruments and accessories available on the high street, from guitars and amps to folk and traditional instruments from all over the world. We stock new and secondhand musical instruments. If you have a used musical instrument to sell, contact us to find out how we can help - we often buy used instruments for cash, or we can sell it on your behalf. You can find our UK music shops in London, Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Canterbury, Bristol, Southampton and Brighton.
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PO Box 4707, BN11 9JA, Worthing, United Kingdom
- 0333 800 9500
- post@hobgoblin.co.uk
- www.hobgoblin.com
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Ukulele strap
The ukulele strap was competitively priced and came complete with an attachment button. Good quality materials and exactly as pictured and described. I placed the order before noon and received the next day. I don't know if this is the norm but it was very impressive.
Amazing Service
The shop has great prices and amazing customer support. Got my order within a week, and no problems what so ever!
It has Arrived
The musical instrument I ordered from Hobgoblin arrived promptly and was well packed too.
A pleasure to deal with
My order turned up very quickly and they were really helpful when I had a query about it. A pleasure to deal with!
Bought again cause great service
Liked service on first order so much bought again and again service was exemplary along with delivery and communication about the order definitely recommend them 👌 👍
Received excellent service on two…
Received excellent service on two recent purchases from the Hobgoblin team
Overseas purchase of Spanish Guitar
Absolutely outstanding! Mine was a trans-Atlantic purchase. We had previously bought instruments at Hobgoblin in person over the decades and knew them to be excellent! Wonderful, friendly expert recommendations by email and on phone on a used guitar. And extremely timely easy delivery here, super packaging, even faster than had been expected. Cannot say enough good things! A beautiful instrument. And stellar staff!
Good advice from the staff at Bristol
Good advice from the staff at Bristol. Fast shipping and the guitar well packaged.
As good now as they were 40 years ago
My family has been shopping with hobgoblin for almost 40 years, i myself have been shopping with them for a few years now.
Every order has been nothing but brilliant
Always quality items packed and shipped with care (some would say too much packaging).
My most recent order was for a melodeon and the last one of its brand and make, it had a slight printing error (the brand of the melodeon) so they contacted me to check if I still wanted to go ahead with the order instead of cancelling it or shipping it regardless.
I had a slight problem with the bag it came in so I contacted them and a replacement bag arrived 2 days later.
I would always recommend hobgoblin.

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Delivery good but quality poor (follow up great)
Delivery was good but the item, a Viking gig bag for a baritone ukulele, was an extremely tight fit. It was like squeezing into a pair of jeans which really don’t fit. Disappointing.
EDIT
As per Hobgoblin's response , I have contacted them and they are now refunding the item, as apparently they now realise that the factory have made a batch of baritone gig bags which are too small. Excellent follow up service. Thank you.

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Ordered some baritone UKE strings that…
Ordered some baritone UKE strings that are not available elsewhere They arrived quickly and well packaged Would use Hobgoblin again
Fantastic shop and great customer service
Ordered twice in a row bc I ordered the wrong thing, both times the item arrived the next day (despite delivery estimating up to 7 days), and my return was processed within 2 working days
Great service and easy to navigate…
Great service and easy to navigate website. Sometimes, ordering from overseas is a pain but this purchase was so straightforward. I will definitely order from them again!
Very quick delivery and very good value…
Very quick delivery and very good value cello bow. Absolutely no problems!!
Good and prompt service
Good and prompt service - my sax reeds arrived just as ordered and within a few days.
Excellent service and product
Rapid answer to query
My email query was answered very rapidly, on a Sunday, te item despatched so I received it 48 hours later.
Real Musicians
Being attended to by real musicians who love both the tradition and the instrument is a great gift.
Strings for a Banjolin The person who I spoke to on the phone…
The person who I spoke to on the phone was very helpful and I received the order the following day.
All very satisfactory thank you.
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