As far as I’m concerned guitar players are some of the most passionate people in the world. Guitars are an extension of ourselves. What we may love and play all the time, another person may think is a piece of junk. That is why it is so important to treat every  guitar in need of guitar repairs with the same delicate and gentle touch I would use when I handle my Fender Eric Clapton Custom Shop Guitar. Guitar makers or ‘luthiers‘, have to have more than great skills and uncompromising craftsmanship, I call it ‘love’.

When you choose a guitar repair shop, you have no way determining what type of outfit you are dealing with unless you get a personal recommendation, or see some of the work performed in the past on other guitars. Generally speaking there are only a small number of luthiers or guitar makers in any area. In fact, the best guitar repair shops are not always listed in the phone book. Most luthiers of that caliber don’t need more business, they have an established clientele already.

That is not to say you can’t find a good repair shop. As a matter of interest there are two competent shops that only do guitar repairs and don’t sell guitars and guitar tabs in my town of Fort Pierce Florida, 34982 (Experience Guitar Repair and Setup). I’m one of them of course and I’m in the phone book. The other guitar maker, who is more experienced than me is not listed, rock-stars send him guitars from all over, he does not need any more business. We are friends and when I go over there I pay attention. You never know what type of unspoken information you  might pickup.

The point is that you deserve the best, and being choosy is a good idea. Really good Guitar Repairs can be found with some research. Guitar repairs are similar to actually playing the guitar. People say “the guitar is the easiest instrument to learn to play bad, and the hardest instrument to learn to play good”. Guitars are pretty easy to mess up with lousy repairs, but take a special type of craftsmanship to repair properly. Enjoy and Good Luck.