No one touches my basses, but Dave. My Alembic, fenders, and rickenbacker have all been to Dave’s shop and come out exactly how I want them.He is worth the price, been to other “luthiers” who couldn’t hold a screwdriver In his shop.Don’t mind the long turn around time either, makes sense that everyone in the area wants him to work on their guitars.I also find it pretty interesting that most negative comments are people out of state or out of country. Click on some of the profiles and see for yourself.

Sometimes we go into a guitar shop for the first time and expect overly friendly staff. The first time I walked into GUITAR WORKSHOP I felt as if they were not friendly enough. Sometimes our expectations are unrealistic. I suppose it would have been nice if they threw a party for me as I walked in their shop for the first time. I was disappointed that they acted like they didnt know me. I too felt a little borderline. I didnt get the special treatment that Im used at the music store were I really do know the people.However the last 2 times Ive walked into the store. I was treated really well by the owner and was super personable.3 days ago I really needed help. I had dropped my PRS Custom 24 and effed up the 3rd fret. I knew that this place would have the specific fret wire. The owner gave me the fret wire I needed and did not charge me.Although I replaced the fret myself it would have not been possible if Dave didnt carry the parts I needed.I appreciate this store its localy owned. Its old school and Dave is a top notch at repairs.My first impression wasnt accurate. I found that Guitar Workshop and the people that work there to be very helpful, knowledgeable. If I needed serious help I wouldnt go anywhere else.

Good service that you would expect from a professional guitar repair shop. Recently had the fretboard on my bass guitar fixed as it was coming unglued from the neck. The owner did a very good job for a very reasonable price as I was unsure if it could be fixed. The wait time was approximately three weeks, but thats pretty typical in my opinion for instrument repairs when you are a repair shop that does good work.

Injects politics into his business, supporting insurrectionists, and insulting people on the company Facebook page.Find business elsewhere.

Terrible service, owner is completely uneducated on the very basics. Will not be returning.

I had a fret leveling done on my strat. The work was finished before the quoted time frame and my guitar plays like new. I highly recommend this shop for guitar work over the other shops in the area. Only negative was the linseed oil used on the fretboard. It smells like dead fish. Now I know to specify he use lemon oil next time.

Doesnt believe in Covid, has signs posted saying your body your right,Doesnt follow local mask mandates.

If you’re looking for a local guitar shop to support, look no further. They have a wide selection of gear and from what I saw, pretty fair prices. The owners seem very laid back and happy to assist, unlike guitar center where the employees always seem to hate their lives. And the best part, no sloppy amateurs attempting to play Master of Puppets or Stairway To Heaven at an annoyingly high volume.Keep up the good work gentlemen.

Just got my B.C Rich warlock back today estimate was 3 weeks took a bit longer than that not complaining on the time because i know what the word estimate means the shop owner is a bit off his rocker but we all are and personal/political views aside he dose amazing work it plays like a brand new stick no fret buzz or tone buzz i highly recommend this technician if you want quality work done right

Larry Dr. Rock brought two of my very vintage Fender amps back to life, sparkling in a manner Id never heard them before theyd eventually spend a couple decades in storage come the early 90s. Outstanding work, golden tone, and great communication concerning them in the process. Luck/timing likely played a part, but both amps were back to me a week ahead of when I was quoted for completion. Well worth the reasonable internal restoration costs. Straight-forward. No BS.

Very poor customer service and honestly isn’t that the only reason to go to a place like this?

Poor service, go elsewhere.

Great shop, great owner that give so much help

Great guy, does fantastic work. Brought my Martin guitar in for some work, when I got it back, it never played better.

I have had them work on at least 6 guitars and basses over the years and have never been disappointed.

EXCELLENT FIRST IMPRESSION!! Super knowledgeable and friendly folks. Doc Rock fixed up my amp, but spent a bunch of time with Dave and learning about choices for a pickup for my acoustic, which will be my next project. Live up the hill, so not at all convenient, but worth the travel for a local shop with true luthiers!

I always try to compliment people when I meet them and did with this guys store as well (door bell). After about 60 seconds of talking to him I would recommend him taking some hospitality lessons. I am new to town and had questions but obviously this is the wrong guy to ask anything, he was so rude he should just hang up a sign saying unwelcome! Never thought I would say I miss Texas but they are by far more polite people.

Uninformed staff, they will typically oversell or recommend items you dont need (no, I do not need a new bartolini preamp, thanks for not listening though).Turn around time is awful.Dont ask any basic questions, theres always passive aggressive responses. Even if you ask for a price, they will give you a spiel before telling you.GC at Arden has better service and turnaround time. Kline as well. Theres also plenty of other small shops.

Ive been going to Guitar Workshop for several years now, and have brought in several projects for them to work on. They have completed each job in a timely and professional manner. I think theyre great!

Took my Gibson there that I bought new in 1988, dropped it of, picked it up a week later and it was better than new. Neck adjustment, filled the frets, new input jack .the action and intonation were better than factory and Im in love with it again .Bought a beat up Bass at the flea market, took it to them and they told me Id be happier spending the money on a new Bass, as opposed to fixing the beat up one. They were right.

Always been pleased with the work done on my my guitars but, doggone, the man lacks soft skills. Every time I decide to give him another chance I cringe for doing so.

Nice location, and comfy interior, but pretty useless service. Not only is it small, with extremely limited inventory, but the guitar tech (or at least the guy who I tried to get to look at my guitar) was an arrogant and incompetent jerk.I took my guitar in, because it suddenly had a wiring issue. It still worked (sort of) but the sound was weak and phaser like, and there was a bunch of ground buzz. So, either a wire had come undone, gotten crossed, etc., or perhaps something with the active pups. But probably the former, because a sudden issue with both active pups seemed unlikely.So this guy at Guitar Workshop, after arrogantly explaining to me about how important it is not to have a dead 9v battery and active pups, suddenly (after testing the battery, but not looking at anything else) proclaimed, with great authority, that I had a reversed ground. In other words, the guitar had been wired improperly. Not that something had failed, but that it had always been like this (since it was last worked on, anyway).In an utterly futile attempt to reason with this clown, I tried to explain that this was a new issue, and that whatever it was (whatever wires had come undone, or whatever had failed) had happened while I was playing the guitar the previous day. This was not an old issue from whenever the last time work had been done on it. He arrogantly proclaimed, wires dont re-wire themselves.So without even opening the guitar, he had convinced himself (and was trying to convince me) that this was not a loose wire, but an improperly wired guitar.Either way (reality, or his delusion) it was something that should take about 20 minutes to fix, right? Wrong. He completed his clown show by proudly telling me that it would take at least 3 weeks for him to get to my guitar. He said it as though it proved he was the most elite guitar tech on the west coast.Well, I told him that I was absolutely certain I could come up with a better solution than to hand my guitar over to his dumb ass for a month. (Incidentally, he thought my Schecter was an Ibanez, just because I had it in an Ibanez hard case). He was just too important to be bothered with details, like what kind of guitar he was holding in his hands.I took it to Arnie, over at Klines on Sutterville, and he had it back to me in 48 hours, for $20. The ground wire had come loose. $20. 48 hours. And, Arnie wasnt even there when I dropped it off. Had he been, he might have fixed it while I waited.

I only let Dave work on my guitars. If I cant fix it, he can. End of story.

Dave has worked on a couple of my guitars, and Ive always been satisfied with the work and service.

The technical guitar world can and does involve some pretty highly opinionated and highly strung individuals and it should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with that world that personality clashes can happen. I met Dave Lynch yesterday and I also see some of the negative google reviews. Obviously I cannot speak to those situations but I can relay my recent interaction with Dave. He did not do any work for me (I live in the Bay Area, not Sac.) but he did do a major operation on an acoustic guitar that I am very knowedgeable about for a friend of mine. Dave did a neck reset on a vintage Harptone guitar that those of us who know these guitars thought was impossible. In fact this is the *second* Harptone reset that he has done. Without going into the details I came away with the opinion that Dave is an extremely skilled and talented luthier and if I lived in the area I would not hesitate to bring work to him. When I saw and heard the guitar that he worked on my jaw dropped. Also, the time I spent with him was a pleasure. I am the kind of person who likes to learn and Dave was more than willing to share his knowledge with me, especially about the topic of building a Telecaster, which is on my bucket list. So thats my 2 cents, YMMV.

Dave does an amazing job with guitars and basses ! Great guy, guitarist and tech !!!

So Dave is a guy who does not take responsibility for the people who give his guitar lessons in his shop. He claims they are not his responsibility and to challenge one of his instructors (Tyson) in his shop is to put him in the middle.We signed up for lessons in late June. This was before the 4th of July. As it turned out, the first lesson was on the 4th. We did not check the calendar while signing up and neither did they. THERE WAS NO MUTUAL AGREEMENT TO MEET ON THE 4TH OF JULY! THERE WAS NO DISCUSSION REGARDING THE 4TH. No one said, Hey, your sons first lesson is on the 4th, can you make it? I mean it is a National Holiday. Nor did I ask Tyson to work on the 4th anymore than I would expect him to work on Christmas or New Years--those are dates normal people spend with family and friends. No discussion what-so-ever. We went on holiday like 90% of the population. The 4th was to be our first lesson and if Tyson was going to be there on a national holiday it is incumbent upon him to let us know. He (Tyson) sent me an email after the 4th saying he was there--that is the only notice we received and one that should have been sent before the 4th, not after the 4th. Everyone I talk to feels the same way about this. A national holiday, really? Who would expect a guitar shop to be open on the 4th for lessons? The money is trivial, but the point is not. We are not looking to get over on anyone, but we did not agree with anyone to be there on the 4th of July. We should have been informed and that is a shortcoming on behalf of Dave, Tyson and his staff. Sign us up and give us the pertinent information by which we can make a decision, otherwise you are deliberately or carelessly misleading the public. I know a lot of people in town, I own my own business and I would never/ever expect my clients to pay for services they did not receive when I was negligent in my communication. Tyson was negligent and frankly Daves staff member who gladly took our money and signed us up was negligent too--kindly state the store policy to us as it applies to all calendar days including holidays. If we had known we would have acted accordingly, but we should not assume that your instructor is going to be working on Xmas, the 4th or any other national holiday. It begs credibility to think so. So when I asked Dave about this matter with Tyson his first response is to say it is not his responsibility. That he feels put upon because these people only give lessons at Daves place, but they really do not work for him. When money is exchanged at your pace of business you do bare responsibility. Period.They offered lessons with another instructor, but after careful consideration I decided I did not want to do business with them. I did ask for money back on the lessons not used. Dave said there were no refunds on lessons. Not a wise move to make people pay for services they do not receive. This is a poor business practice, but reflective of the owner and his lack of business acumen. I run my own business we have five star reviews for a reason. We put our customers first. Dave and the people at Guitar Workshop practice a form of business that has little honor. Maybe I am old fashioned to say so, but I think you should conduct yourself honorably in business and that means not taking money you have not earned. So keep the $50.00 Dave, it is a very small price to pay to keep people like you out of my life and the life of my son. And this I would say to parents who are considering guitar lessons at Guitar Workshop: they lack honor and they will not put your childrens interest first.

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