Looking for a Guitar Setup

udarnik Jun 14, 2011 18 Comments

I’m wondering if anyone has recommendations about someone who can do guitar setups in the Twin Ports. Thanks!

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18 Comments

tom

about 12 years ago 

"Waabi" at Rosewood Music in DeWitt Sites (sp) building in Canal Park.

Timk

about 12 years ago 

If you can't get through the Canal Park tourist/marathon traffic, Music-Go-Round on Central Entrance does excellent set-up work.

udarnik

about 12 years ago 

I should have made it clear that this is for electric guitars.  Does Rosewood do electrics?

Thanks for the tips, both of you.

Rougement

about 12 years ago 

Mark at Music Go Round knows his stuff.

mildred

about 12 years ago 

What do you need set up?

TimK

about 12 years ago 

Mildred:  A guitar set up is like a tune up for your car. Usually it involves new strings, an inspection and adjustment of the neck truss rod and any necessary tweaking of the saddle and bridge.

mrashley

about 12 years ago 

+1 to Mark at Music-go-Round for overall value.  The guy at Northwoods in Superior does excellent work, but is considerably more expensive.

Nathan Amundson

about 12 years ago 

Music Go Round will treat you right.

Rougement

about 12 years ago 

It's also worth noting that setting up any guitar isn't rocket surgery. There are plenty of resources on the web and anyone can do it with a decent tuner, a few basic tools and some patience. 

If you plan on getting to be a good player, learn to do it yourself and you'll understand the instrument better.

woodtick

about 12 years ago 

Ron at Northwoods Guitar in Sup-Town is top notch also.

udarnik

about 12 years ago 

Oh, I'm all for doing it ourselves.  But this is a 40-year-old classic guitar that's been in questionable storage for the past five years -- we'd like to have an expert go over it, just to make sure.

Shane

about 12 years ago 

Classic electric guitar? Dale at www.nielsenguitars.com is the best guy in town for that sort of thing.

deafyet

about 12 years ago 

Ditto Ron Koivisto at Northwoods in Superior..just had him setup 6 guitars ranging from erly 60s to mid 70s,,fretwork< bridgework, etc and all of it was PERFECT! Mark at MGR is also very good. Rosewood guy I have mixt reports.

deafyet

about 12 years ago 

Or, maybe you should just sell it to me, then you wouldnt have to worry about it! ;{

Mildred

about 12 years ago 

Oh... I've never had anything like that done, though I've played guitar a long time. I can see why it would make sense for a special instrument. I have a nice acoustic I'd like to get worked over a bit action-wise, thanks for the leads!

mindy

about 12 years ago 

Ron Kovisto at Northwoods, hands down!

digit3

about 12 years ago 

Nope. Hands down- Wobi (pronounced Woe-bee) at Rosewood Music in the Dewitt-Seitz bldg Canal Park. One man shop, lots of TLC given to your instrument, lots of knowledge, fairly priced. I like to support him over any larger shop.

udarnik

about 12 years ago 

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I think it's awesome there are so many strong recommendations for several different ones.

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