West Coast Repair Services - The Guitar Sherpa

Tecolote Guitar Works: Tecolote Guitar Works (San Diego, CA) offers guitar repair and restoration services of flat top, arch top, and solid body electric guitars. National ListingWebsite: Tecolote Guitar Works

Folkway Music: Instrument repair and restoration are the foundation of Folkway Music (Toronto, Canada)- Which started out as a repair-shop, and it is still their specialty. They take on even the most complicated repairs and restorations, all-the-while striving to maiintain the originality and integrity of vintage and fine instruments National ListingWebsite: Folkway Music's Repair Page

JW Restoration: JQ Guitar Restoration offers setup, repair, restoration, and custom work on acoustic and electric guitars. Tucson, AZWebsite: JW Restoration

Mike's Music: Music Mike's offers stringed instrument service, repair, and restoration. They are certified and experienced with Fender, Gibson, Jackson, Ibanez, Epiphone, Charvel, Washburn, Martin, Schecter, PRS, and Ltd instruments. Riverside, CAWebsite: Mike's Music

Buffalo Brothers: Buffalo Brothers Guitars is an authorized Martin, Fender, and Taylor Warranty Service Station. They perform setups, neck resets, refretting, acoustic pickups installed, and vintage restorations. Carlsbad, CAWebsite: Buffalo Brothers

Gryphon Stringed Instruments: Gryphon String Instruments is a Martin and Taylor Authorized Service Cente and offers all manner of repair, from stringed instrument set-up through major repairs and restorations of vintage instruments. Palo Alto, CAWebsite: Gryphon Stringed Instruments

Tecolote Guitar Works: Tecolote Guitar Works offers guitar repair and restoration services of flat top, arch top, and solid body electric guitars. San Diego, CAWebsite: Tecolote Guitar Works

Andy Brauer Guitar Repair: Andy Brauer offers repairs, sales, consignments, vintage guitar and amplifier care and repair.
Los Angeles, CAWebsite: Andy Brauer Guitar Repair

Old Time Music: Old Time Music has full time repair services on premises, including two complete workshops: their regular guitar shop plus Jim’s Violin Shop. San Diego, CAWebsite: Old Time Music

The Guitar Doctor: The Guitar Doctor offers full service electric and acoustic guitar repair and restoration. They also repair other stringed instruments such as bass guitars, dobros, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, and lap steels. Fountain Valley, CAWebsite: The Guitar Doctor

Frenster Guitars: Frenster Guitars offers a variety of guitar repair services. These include setup (adjust truss rod, intonation, pickup, bridge and saddle height, adjust nut if needed, quick polish frets if needed), refrets (includes set-up), fret level and dress (includes set-up), replace nuts and saddles, pickup replacement, acoustic guitar pickup installation, acoustic guitar bridge reset or replacement, neck resets, custom wiring, crack repair, headstock repair, custom assembled guitars, and restoration. Los Angeles, CAWebsite: Frenster Guitars

Michael Charvel: Michael Charvel offers custom paint, graphics, and guitar repair services. Guitar repair includes refrets, broken necks, setups, pickup installation, and wiring. He also offers nitro lacquer, poly-urethane, and polyester paint finishes. Paradise, CAWebsite: Michael Charvel

Wescott Guitar Repair: John Wescott Guitar Repair offers a variety of repair services which include setups, refrets, fret dress, new nut, bone saddle, pickup installation, refinishing, and pickup rewinding. North Hollywood, CAWebsite: Wescott Guitar Repair

Shade Tree Guitars: Shade Tree Fretted Instrument Repair offers all kinds of repairs, from minor cosmetic fixes to major rebuilds, on all kinds of fretted instruments. San Juan Capistrano, CAWebsite: Shade Tree Guitars

Gilroy Guitar Gallery: Gilroy Guitar Gallery offers services ranging from restringing to major restorations. Gilroy, CAWebsite: Gilroy Guitar Gallery

Dan Lenz's Axe Haven: Axe Haven offers guitar restoration and repair services. Westminster, COWebsite: Dan Lenz's Axe Haven

High Desert Guitars: High Desert guitars offers a full service repair department. These include instrument repair and pickup installation. Santa Fe, NMWebsite: High Desert Guitars

Pioneer Music Company: Pioneer Music Company offers repairs and service work including set-up service. Portland, ORWebsite: Pioneer Music Company

The 12th Fret: The Twelfth Fret Guitar Repair Shop offers strobe tuning, setups, fret dresses, refretting, pickup installation, broken head and body crack repair, lacquer touchups, neck resets, restorations, and customized wiring. Portland, ORWebsite: The 12th Fret

Intermountain Guitar and Banjo: Intermountain Guitar and Banjo specializes in the repair and restoration of old guitars, banjos & mandolins. Salt Lake City, UTWebsite: Intermountain Guitar and Banjo