Winner: Alamo Music
Multiple locations
Editor’s Pick: SpaceTone Music
416 Austin Highway
(210) 930-3662
There’s always a place for music stores that can sell the family a piano or outfit the kids with the flutes and clarinets they need to march in the school band. That’s not SpaceTone Music. And that’s alright by us. This Terrill Hills-area shop is all about vintage guitars, basses and amps, and it’s hard to think of a spot in South Texas with a deeper or more impressive inventory. Its jam-packed showroom offers something for everyone — hobbyists scouting for deals, gigging musicians seeking road-tested companions and collectors willing to drop serious coin on decades-old rarities. The glass cases in the front also house a jaw-dropping array of effects pedals — more than a few of which make sounds that match the store’s moniker.
2. High School Music Service
Multiple locations
3. Guitar Tex
4330 McCullough Ave.
(210) 822-1595
This article appears in Best of San Antonio 2020.