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    Cream City Music is on a constant search for great deals to pass on to our customers. Whether it is new, used or vintage items you are looking for, we probably have a better price… try us and compare!

Our staff is knowledgeable and friendly. They also like to share that expertise, so if you have questions, let us try to answer them. There is a lot to choose from, with a broad assortment of new, used, discontinued, and scratch and dent deals. You can find these bargains on our website, eBay, or in our store (just a few minutes from downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin). We take pride in giving detailed, accurate descriptions of everything we sell, so you won’t have to worry about unpleasant surprises. In fact, if you are not completely happy with your purchase, you may return it for a full refund through our 7 day return policy*. At Cream City Music, we are trying to provide the best one-on-one customer service available on the planet!

SHOWROOM TOUR  & PHOTO ALBUM

Cream City Music
a division of Warpdrive Music LLC
12505 W. Bluemound Rd.
Brookfield, WI  53005
USA

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normal retail hours:
Tues-Fri 11-7pm, Sat 11-4pm,
closed Sundays & Mondays


Phone: 262-860-1800,
Toll free: 1-800-800-0087

  http://www.warpdrivemusic.com/images/jessi/skype.bmp
Fax: 262-860-0800
Email: service@warpdrivemusic.com

Customer Reviews:

MEET THE GANG!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are the faces that go with the voices you hear on the phone when you call Cream City Music. Joe and Jessi Gallenberger are the owners of this great store and Virgil, the dog. They have been doing business as Cream City Music for eleven years and have watched the business grow from a small operation in their home to one of the best guitar stores on the planet. They both do a lot, from business strategy to the more mundane day-to-day tasks involved in running a busy retail concern. Joe is also our main buyer and a respected authority on vintage stringed instruments. He is often joined by vintage specialist John Majdalani, the guy you might be talking to if you want to buy or sell a rare guitar. Retail manager Brian Douglas, is the voice of Cream City and its most public face, he also handles much of our marketing and advertising. Ben Derickson is a product specialist with more brands than you wouldn’t care to count! Ron Jones, our master luthier, has brought many guitars back from the brink of extinction. John Sieger is responsible for a lot of the photos and content on our website, Facebook and Twitter. Beezer Hill our shipping guru, makes sure everything gets to you in one piece.  Kim Allen, retail and product specialist also handles customer relations. Ben Woyak works on all things amplified, from repairs to sales, his specialty is vintage tube amplifiers . Andrew Feller who also works the retail floor, is our go-to guy in the bass department. Jeremy Cain, our second guitar tech, handles a lot of guitar set ups and does some repairs also. Josh Hanson, our newest employee, is also a set-up and repair guy. Also new to store, Paul Klagstad, helps with internet sales and photography. Almost everyone who works here plays music, so they know what they are talking about. They are happy to see you and glad to share what they know with you when it comes time to buy (or sell) an instrument or amplifier. Come to Cream City and take advantage of our greatest resource, a friendly, knowledgeable staff!


 

Left to right: Joe Gallenberger, Jessi Gallenberger, Kim Allen, John Sieger, Ben Woyak, Brian Douglas, Beezer Hill, Andrew Feller, Ben Derickson, Josh Hanson, Jeremy Cain, Ron Jones and John Majadalini. Seated on table: Virgil.


Front & Center: Virgil - Kneeling Left to right: Jeremy, Jessi and Ben W -  Standing Left to Right: Ron, Beezer, Brian, Ben D, Kim and Josh Hanson - Back Row Left to Right: Paul Klagstad, John S, John M, and Joe

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Past Events and Newsletters:
Fall, Winter '07-'08 Edition
Volume 1/Issue 1 - Jan 08
Volume 1/Issue 2 - May 08

Cream City Music
was in the NEWS!
Fox 6 video Feb. 2011
with Joe
with Jeremy

ARTICLES:
Small Business Fortune Magazine, 6/25/09 "Make Purchases without Cash"
 
...In a tough economy, more business owners are conserving cash by bartering for the stuff they need. "

Guitar Shop Hitting the Right Notes. Cream City Music has flourished since moving to Brookfield.

Downtown Kalamazoo "Popular Music Store Brings Guitar Roadshow to Kalamazoo"
After nearly 9 years of retail business in Milwaukee, WI, Cream City Music has decided to bring their wares on the road...

The Music & Sound Retailer "Survivor: Guitar Stores"
You look out your window and see the new Guitar Center that just moved in next door. You look down at the beginner packs in the new Wal-Mart ad that appeared on your doorstep. And then you look at your finances and see the margins just aren’t where you need them to be. What do you do?...

Milwaukee Business Journal "Growing via eBay at Warp Drive speed"
Gleaming electric guitars hang three high and cover the length of the showroom wall at Cream City Music. It's eye candy for guitar lovers, but the guts of Joe Gallenberger's business hums in a back room that looks like a basement workshop gone gonzo...

Milwaukee Journal "Hector wiped out as guitarist but assembled noteworthy collection"
Joe Gallenberger told me that Barney Hector told him that he -- Hector -- played guitar for the one-hit wonder, The Safaris, whose one-word song, "Wipeout," neared the top of the charts in the early 1960s and, for better or worse, has become an enduring, if not jarring, contribution to the modern American Zeitgeist...

Marketplace - Nov. 28, 2007
Cream City Music is a slice of heaven for guitarists
For guitar enthusiasts, Cream City Music's showroom in Brookfield is a can't-miss proposition. There are more than 500 guitars on display, including a wall of vintage instruments.
Music - July 6, 2007
Local musicians band together to help injured Kishline
Bassist Jim Kishline was seriously injured in a May 6 accident and has been hospitalized for weeks. On Sunday, July 15, Cream City Music, 12505 W. Bluemound Rd. in Brookfield , will host a day-long benefit concert.
 
Music - July 13, 2007
Milwaukee musicians band together for Jim Kishline
Greg Koch, Willy Porter, Peter Mulvey, Paul Cebar, Robin Pluer, John Sieger and the Subcontinentals, The Lackloves, and Chuck Hedges are scheduled to perform a benefit concert for Milwaukee bass player Jim Kishline Sunday.
Music - Dec. 25, 2007
Learn songwriting from Sieger
If you want to learn to do something or to improve your skills, you go to a pro, right? So, budding or wannabe songwriters, check out John Sieger's songwriting clinic at Cream City Music, which begins Thursday, Jan. 10.


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We are one of the largest Gretschdealers in the world!
See our interview with Gretsch owner and great grandson of company founder, Fred Gretsch!
video 1, video 2, video 3
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You don’t have to be a Billionaire to own an electric uke.
World famous investor Warren Buffet knows a great value when he sees one. That’s why he got his Oscar Schmidt electric ukulele from Warpdrive Music. Check him out plugged in (small amp on table)and rockin’ out in the below video!
 
7/24/09 Tallan "T-man" Latz from the "America's Got Talent" show stopped by Cream City Music and met up with Dean Zelinsky, founder of Dean Guitars. Heres the famous tike ripping it up on a new DBZ Imperial.
Video 1
Video 2

Tallan Latz and Dean Zelinsky of DBZ guitars interview with Brian Douglas of Cream City Music
Interview Video