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May 2024 by RyanHaz
Ive been taking lessons from Gary for 5 years and have enjoyed every lesson. He is upbeat and positive in his teaching methods. He has a wide range of skill sets that makes it so you can never stop learning. He was encouraging and helped me learn any song that I wanted. I reccomend him as a teacher if you want to have fun and show off your skills.
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February 2024 by Louise “Xiv” McWethy
He's a great teacher :)
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February 2024 by Lewis “Xiv” McWethy
He's a great teacher :)
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May 2023 by Nathaniel Whiteinge
Amazing teacher. Patient, knowledgeable. Always knows when and how to push the student to the next level.
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March 2021 by Sara Wootton
Gary has taught our daughter for 2 years now. He is the type of amazingly easy going instructor that lets the student relax and find their own zone. When our daughter started lessons, she knew very little about music theory. She has made leaps and bounds since. Gary even has a fun stage for the kids to perform on and have recitals. This past year being what it was, Gary took the time to piece together a virtual guitar recital via previously recorded segments of each student. He is not only a mentor, but a friend to all. We are always mindful and respectful of his time and the time of the next student and he is sure to make every moment count.
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July 2020 by Daniel Green
Gary is a skilled musician and instructor with the ability to reach students of all ages and skill levels. The studio is comfortable and professional. Give it a try. You will not be disappointed.
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November 2019 by Lucas Keller
Gary is pretty epic
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October 2019 by Lucas K
Gary is pretty epic
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August 2019 by Brandon Bills
Gary Argyle is a gem of a man and he is a fabulous guitarist and a great teacher.
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July 2019 by Brandon B.
The Argyle Studio is a warm and welcoming establishment. Gary is a master of his craft and is a patient and effective teacher. His rates are incredibly reasonable and he provides snacks for his students. If you need to cancel he is willing to work around your schedule as long as you are willing to work around his. I couldn't recommend him as a guitar teacher more.
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November 2018 by Kimball Michalek
Gary is a great teacher! Patient, consistent, and easy to work with. My son looks forward to lessons and is learning and improving a lot. He does a great job connecting with students and tapping into what they are excited about. We are very happy and would recommend him as a teacher.
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September 2018 by Katie Bachman
We love Gary Argyle studio!! My 10 year old son has been taking guitar lessons from Gary for the last 2 years and has has been making awesome progress in his guitar skills. Gary very patient and encouraging. When my sons practices and performs his songs well he is often praised with a “Beauuuutiful!†comment from Gary. My son always looks forward to lessons which is saying something because he is very picky about teachers. I also thoroughly enjoy coming and watching my son at his lessons in Gary's detached garage he teaches out of. He has a comfy leather couch and free snacks. He also has fun album cover posters and an impressive guitar collection on the walls to add to the garage band feel. The whole environment is just very authentic and fun. You can tell Gary truly loves teaching and is a true musician. I highly recommend him!
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September 2018 by Elizabeth Michalek
Gary is a great teacher! Patient, consistent, and easy to work with. My son looks forward to lessons and is learning and improving a lot. He does a great job connecting with students and tapping into what they are excited about. We are very happy and would recommend him as a teacher.
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September 2018 by Michael Hardy
I was going to use Gary for lessons. Before I started I explained I had back issues, and may miss lessons on occasion, but would be willing to make them up other days. During the practice lesson he kept yawning and seemed like he could barely stay awake at 2pm on a Wednesday. The day before my first full lesson my grandfather got a flat tire, and I was the only one who could help. While changing the flat tire I threw my back out. I also later found out I would need to accompany the same grandfather to an appointment at the VA. I sent Gary a message at 10:45 about my back for that week, and a second message saying I would need to do the lesson on a different day the week after, I sent him another message at 6:30 to see if he had gotten the others, lastly my wife called shortly after 8pm. Gary never responded, until the next day when I sent a message saying I wouldn't be using his service, and would like a refund of the money that had been prepaid. He responded within two minutes. His response was full of excuses, going so far as to say I hadn't contacted him until well after 4. I sent him a screenshot showing the several texts I had sent him, to which he replied there was no need to be cynical and that he had more students than he could handle. At this point I asked Gary to stop contacting me unless he needed to inorder to facilitate the refund. He instead sent me several more text messages (that I considered rude in nature), and called me. I had to tell him three times to stop contacting me, and finally threatened to have the police involved for electronic harassment. Hopefully this will stop him from further harassment. Additionally it took several text messages to get him to simply refund the money.
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March 2018 by Brittany H.
My husband was going to use Gary for lessons. Before he started I explained he had back issues, and may miss lessons on occasion, but would be willing to make them up other days. During the practice lesson Gary kept yawning and seemed like he could barely stay awake at 2pm on a Wednesday. The day before my first full lesson my grandfather got a flat tire, and my husband was the only one who could help. While changing the flat tire he threw his back out. Later that same day he found out he would need to accompany the same grandfather to an appointment at the VA. He sent Gary a message at 10:45 about his back for that week, and a second message saying he would need to do the lesson the following week on a different day the week after, He sent him another message at 6:30 to see if he had gotten the others, lastly I called shortly after 8pm. Gary didn't respond until the next day when my husband sent a message saying he wouldn't be using his service, and would like a refund of the money that had been prepaid. This was sent at 10:46 AM. Gary at 10:52 which I could write off as a fluke, but previous texts about using his service, and pricing had all been responded to within five minutes. His response was full of excuses, going so far as to say I hadn't contacted him until well after 4. I sent him a screenshot showing the several texts I had sent him, to which he replied there was no need to be cynical and that he had more students than he could handle. He also mentioned he couldn't check his phone during lessons, the problem with that is my husband witnessed him checking his phone, and responding to text messages during the trial lesson. Going a step further all texts regarding money were responded to within five minutes. After requesting the refund my husband had to tell Gary several times to stop contacting him unless he needed to inorder to facilitate the refund. He instead sent him several more text messages (that I considered rude in nature), and called him. It only stopped when we threatened to have the police involved for electronic harassment. Hopefully this will stop him from further harassment. Additionally it took several text messages to get him to simply refund the money. Eventually we did get the refund. Based on what it took to finally get the refund taken care of I would suggest that if you're going to use Gary's service you pay on a per lesson basis once you're at the lesson. I don't know if Gary was being snyde about the situation, or if he simply hadn't paid attention to when things were coming in, but his texts and his home call made me 100% certain we had made the right choice in choosing not to retain his services. I would suggest to anyone else considering Gary they look elsewhere. The review left by my husband was marked as not recommended because he used a secondary yelp account to respond to Gary's response. His response made me think even less of Gary who instead of addressing the issues brought up in the post started talking about giving people guitars, and how not responding to text messages until he was told we wouldn't be using him was because he didn't feel responses were necessary. As well as various other things that had no relevance to the review. He then said he would be glad to share the text messages with anyone. My husband is more then happy to do the same. In fact he will go one step further, and share voicemails left by Gary after he had been told several times to stop contacting us. I appreciate that Gary has spent time building his business. I would imagine most people have put a lot of time into their selected profession. So when Gary also used this as part of his response to a bad review it came across like a person who insists on being on the cross. Lastly and directed to Gary if you tell people what to bring to a lesson you wouldn't have to give away the $0.60 three hole binders. You wouldn't have to give students any of the other things you claimed to have simply gi
