George Stritter's Guitar Shop — Local services in Hardyston Township

I am a professional guitarist and teacher of some 45+ years who also happens to personally know a good deal about guitar repair – I actually produced a 100 minute guitar repair video in the 80’s called “Trouble Shooting” – so I will somewhat immodestly say that I know what I’m talking about. After having worked with numerous other guitar techs over the decades, I finally lucked into crossing paths with George Stritter about 20 years ago, and let me tell you, this guy is a complete home-run. Where do I even start? Beyond the fact that George has taken and passed stringent courses given by major guitar companies, he also has an incredible personal sensitivity to his work, and intuitively understands the guitar and the many nuances that can easily go into trying to work on and successfully repair or tweak one. Among the many instruments I’ve taken to George to work on are my Fender and Gibson electrics, several steel string acoustics (Martin and Guild) and my 12 string, my nylon string classic guitar, my baritone acoustic and most recently my custom made harp guitar. I always have complete confidence and trust in George’s capabilities, and am always impressed by the fact that he really listens to you because he really wants to get it dead- on right. It’s not an easy job being a guitar tech – this isn’t the sort of work that makes you a millionaire; you do it because you love it, and let’s face it musician’s aren’t always the most financially responsible clientele. Adding insult to injury, guys like George can easily run into guitar players as customers who can never be pleased; the sort who complain endlessly about some string that’s buzzing when in fact they’re actually doing it themselves with too low an action and too heavy a pick style. In short, doing this job can be a pretty tall order – as mentioned, I’ve been around the block many times with a lot of guitar techs. And if you DO happen to find a good one, it can often a short lived experience because they can just burn out from dealing with the guitar playing public and/or get scooped up by someone famous player or band to be their road tech. So yeah, George Stritter is a total gift from God for anyone who needs an uber-competent tech to work on their instruments. He’s talented at this folks, he really is. He’s also honest, and incredibly fair in his pricing. If all that isn’t enough, he’s also just a really nice guy and very pleasant to deal with. If all this sounds a bit amazing – even incredible – then hey, good, I’m pleased: YOU’RE STARTING TO GET THE ACCURATE PICTURE. Do yourself a favor, try him out. I can happily recommend George without condition or reservation, and if I could give 11 stars instead of 10 I happily would. And no he’s not my brother in law! Just one hell of a damn good...

I have to say that the negative review posted here sounds like the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. I am a 25 year seasoned pro musician and I've had George work on my guitars on numerous ocassions and the quality of work and quick turnaround time was awesome. The first question out of his mouth is "when do you need the guitar back by?" I've already dropped a guitar off for fretwork needed on a Thursday and by Sat night was rocking the guitar at a show. George has tought a number of my friends guitar and their experiences have been nothing but positive. I've dealt with amp techs, guitar techs etc who have attitude problems like they are doing you a favor or something. I won't mention names. It's annoying. Not this guy. George Stritter is one of the nicest and most professional guitar techs and teachers you will ever meet. Please don't let the review of an apparent troll sway you. Even if there was any merit to the story(and I highly doubt there is), George would be the first to make it right. He is a stand up guy and businessman. I highly recommend George Stritter's...

I can't say nothing but good things about George. I have had him work on both my new Rickenbacker 4003 and my 78' Peavey T-40 and he actually cares that they are setup for the player. I'm a bit rough with my instruments (dropped off my T-40 with blood on it,LOL) and George got both basses to play for the player. I also have to note how accommodating he is with appointments and turnaround time. There are a lot of techs out there who are capable but either claim to be "too busy" and can't get you in right away, or they sit with your instrument forever. This is not the case with Stritter, when I said "take your time, this is my backup"...it was done a day or two later. That's unheard...