Benjamin E. Rios started his passion for guitars at age 4 knowing he liked the sound of guitars. At age 8 he began to learn chords his father taught him after receiving his first guitar.

At age 10 started learning songs on his own and learning more chords from Mel Bay books.

 

Through the following years playing with various musicians and making a couple guitars in high school, he continued to play in bands through out the Detroit and surrounding areas in Michigan. This was a night time gig for him as he was running manufacturing plants in midst of his musical career and learned about extreme manufacturing processes. He then moved to Cleveland, Ohio started playing in his band called Rios. Moved to Texas and started a Rios Band there for a while. He partnered with a friend Dave making acoustic guitars and developed a neck through the body acoustic guitar of which they patented. The company closed shortly after his partner Dave died of cancer. Benjamin partnered with another company making his solid body electrics guitars. He then moved back to Ohio in 2018 and left that other guitar company later in the year.

 

He then started Rios Guitar Co., LLC, shortly thereafter around August 2019. He and his technician, Jon Gordon began making basses and guitars for Suzi Quatro, David Pastorius, Pat Travers and Paul Nelson. Paul partnered up with Benjamin for a couple years in the beginning or so until Paul’s death. Benjamin forged ahead. He then bought a music store in Medina, Ohio that was in need of refreshing. Rios Guitar Co. & Music Store was started on February 1, 2026. The idea behind the store was to have a music store like he used to go to when he was a young musician in Michigan. Rios Guitar Co. & Music Store provides lessons for guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, drums, brass, woodwind, reed instruments, double reed instruments, pro audio and many more instruments; with the best teachers. 

 

Providing sales and service of a real old school music store that fully understands the community customer and student needs by offering advice, expert knowledge and professionalism. To help them achieve their musical goals.

 

Providing Expert Repairs of ALL instruments, such as: Guitars, Basses, All Stringed Instruments Violins, Viola, Cello, Banjo, Dulcimer, Ukulele, Mandolin, Brass Instruments , Woodwind Instruments , Reed Instruments, Double Reed Instruments, Amplifiers, Speaker Re-cone, Accordions, and pretty much any instrument you want to bring in for repair.

 

Rios Guitar Co. & Music Store is here to be the Best Music Store Available and become the go to store for EVERYTHING MUSICAL! 

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Whilst running the busy Music Store, Ben and the team still offer custom made Guitars and Basses which are designed and built by Musicians for Musicians 

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