Welcome To Hickies

Reading's Music Shop

Offering a wide variety of musical instruments, music accessories & printed music. Hickies has been a cornerstone of the Reading high street since 1864 and continues to trade as one of the oldest music shops in the United Kingdom. So if you’re looking to learn a new instrument, track down the piano you’ve always wanted or simply want to spend an afternoon amongst stunning instruments and friendly staff, pop in today!

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Hickies Services

Our Reading music school teaches over 200 students all across Berkshire and Oxfordshire, covering a wide collection of instruments including guitar lessons, piano lessons and woodwind lessons. Our instrument rental service gives convenient and affordable access to premium instruments for everyone from maestros to novices. Hickies also has skilled luthiers able to work on any guitar repair or instrument repair you may need.

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Boss Katana Amplifiers

I will admit that I’m a very jaded gear enthusiast, over the years my heart has become very hard to “innovation” and digital profiling and the hype that surrounds it, dismissing most recent developments in the world of amplification as fads or a pale imitation of the great tone of vintage valve circuitry...

PRS SE Limited Edition

The PRS (SE) Custom 24 is a design that needs no induction, its easily accessible neck and iconic design has been inspiring guitarists for decades now and the new range of SE Custom 24’s are no different. Unlike other models in the past however this series comes with a bonus extra: their fretboard/necks...