A local music shop where everyone is welcome
at 201 Front St, Minocqua, WI | Open Tues – Sat 10-5, Sun 12-4 or by appointment
Acoustic instruments, lessons, repairs, jam sessions, and more; a place to hang out and get inspired.
We started playing just a few years ago and it’s not easy to keep going, especially when you’re older. It was hard for us – music shops were intimidating, lessons were hard to find, online resources plentiful but overwhelming.
We quit a bunch of times, until we started playing with others – that opened up a whole new world for us! One that we want to keep growing and sharing, especially with anyone new to playing or new to playing with others in a group. We hope to not only get you started, but keep you going.
And we want a neighborhood shop where everyone feels welcome, regardless of music knowledge or experience. Our hope is to spark a new interest, rekindle a past hobby, or otherwise inspire and motivate you to play more. Ask about lessons and jams and local events.
Our goals is for this shop to be a music hub for the Northwoods, a place where musicians feel supported, where people of all skill levels find inspiration and community, and where folks can learn more about the local music scene.
Koji Taylor from NBC Newswatch 12 stopped by the shop a few days before we opened. It was the day we unpacked some new instruments from one of our favorite instrument manufactureres here in the US, Troublesome Creek.
Koji spent a couple of hours here and then knocked out a fantastic news segment for that evening! Thanks, Koji! You did a really nice job of telling our story.
Speaking of Troublesome Creek Stringed Instrument Co., a recent segment on the PBS News Hour highlighted this nonprofit and their mission.
We’ve seen firsthand what addiction can do and what the ultimate cost can be. The full scope and impact of what Doug has created to help people in recovery is hard to put into words. And on top of that, these are some of the finest instruments we’ve ever seen, made by some of the finest people there are! Troublesome Creek and all the people who work there are an inspiration to us here at Island City Acoustics!
Check out the video and consider making a donation to Troublesome Creek. Stop by the shop to explore a selection of their guitars, mandolins, and banjos.
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Now open at 201 Front Street, Minocqua WI
What a fun week this last week!! 🤘We jammed and jammed and Jammed! Woohoo! We were able to see a lot of live music with our friends this week, like the Lakeside Hippies and Sunday Artcoustics! ❤️ I always love the variety of musicians that come to the Sunday Artcoustics. We jammed out by the Bearskin trail, Northern Waters Distillery, and of course in the shop! Boy did we have fun! And thank you to everyone who came out and supported the shop this week, we couldn’t do it without you! ❤️
And we have a lot of things shaping up for the fall and winter season as well as the rest of the summer. So watch for all the cool things that we have coming up. We’ll always be jamming year-round with some special surprises along the way! All I can say right now is we have BIG plans! 🎶🤘
New arrivals at Island City Acoustics!!! We were able to get some beautiful new Eastman guitars in along with 2 Troublesome Creek full wooden body Banjolynn’s! We were getting pretty well bought out of instruments and this shipment came in last week so here’s a few details… Prices here range from $499 to $1300. Most of these guitars have pick ups installed and two of the cutaways, the OM, and one of the dreads have solid wooden thermo-cured tops with laminated mahogany back & sides. The 12 string, the OO, and the Burst cut away are all solid wood guitars with thermo-cured spruce tops, Sapele back & sides, and Ovangkol back & sides. These guitars are incredibly beautiful and have amazing action and play ability, you will not find a better guitar in this price range! 🔥 and what’s more, I will be expecting a few more Eastman guitars, 2 Blue Ridge pre-war design dreads and some more Bourgeois guitars since the ones I had sold out! The Blue Ridge guitars will arrive this week and the Bourgeois and other Eastman’s will arrive early next week. All solid wood beauties!!! 😍
The Banjolynn’s are made by Troublesome Creek out of Hindman Kentucky. They are all solid wood, curly maple back and neck with a red Virginia spruce top. I currently have two in stock and if history has been any teacher, they won’t be here long! And worth mentioning, since Troublesome Creek is a nonprofit, and all of their instruments are built by people in alcohol and drug recovery. I donate 5% of every single sale on every instrument in the form of a check directly back to them. So not only are you getting a super sweet, banjo, guitar, mountain dulcimer or mandolin, your purchase is actively supporting a non-profit that is striving to make peoples lives better.❤️
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