Austin Set-up

[Rodger Knox]

Originally Posted by Hyoung

I recently had a cracked nut replaced and a set up on my bass at Strait Music and they did a great job. I have had Mark Earliwine set up many of my acoustic guitars and he is a master. Both places seem to have a relatively long waiting line, but would you want to take your instruments to a place with no business?

I left Austin 30 years ago, and when I left I would have recommended Mark and Strait music. They've both been around a while. Mark maintains Trigger as much as Willie will let him.

[Manothemtns]

Thanks for following up with us. Can you tell me the name of the tech who performed the work?

[Jeff Mc]

Sean was the guitar tech.

[Manothemtns]

Thanks for the contact.

[SJ VanSandt]

The guys at Austin Vintage Guitars should also be mentioned. They restore lots of vintage stuff, so they have the chops for sure. Jared Allison built guitars for a number of years with his dad. The wait can be pretty long though.

[VTexan]

...where a business called SOUTH AUSTIN GUITAR REPAIR...is in North Austin.

[[J.K.]]

Originally Posted by SJ VanSandt

The guys at Austin Vintage Guitars should also be mentioned. They restore lots of vintage stuff, so they have the chops for sure. Jared Allison built guitars for a number of years with his dad. The wait can be pretty long though.

Jared's my boy. He really knows his stuff when it comes to restoration, especially vintage acoustic guitars. He's worked on a number of guitars of mine, especially my electric guitars. A few years ago he set up my Strat better than anyone had before. It was never my favorite guitar, but it felt so good to play after the setup that I started playing it at shows all the time.

AVG is an interesting shop. Every time I go there, I usually see something surprising and unique. They've gone through a few amp techs over the last few years. The repair peeps they have now are top-tier, but there was a dude a while back who I wasn't a huge fan of.

Originally Posted by Jeff Mc

Plus, they had just received a Taylor Grand Pacific builders edition for the Taylor booth at SXSW so I got to play that and a Martin D-28 Modern Deluxe while I waited.

It's nice to live in a guitar town, isn't it?