Old Style Guitar Shop — Local services in Los Angeles

On April 18th I brought my guitar in to have some binding repair work done on the fret board. They said to just leave it and in a couple of days someone would call me back with an estimate and scheduling of the labor. No one called so I called back a couple of times and no one picked up. I even drove by to stop and knock on the door during business hours. Crickets....... On a hunch today I stopped by again and walked into The Old Style Guitar Shop. When I came in they said the were closed for business. Of course they were. They were ready to move everything outta there Pronto! Every musical instrument that had a case was on the floor ready to go out the front door. I asked for my own guitar which they found in a pile of other steel strings and headed back home. I'm so glad I dropped in today. I doubt if they will be there...

Reuben did a great setup on a used Telecaster I bought. He was attentive to what my issues were with it and even saved me money by suggesting simpler fixes than what I had in mind. He doesn’t work on amps, so he recommended me a place (Revamp on Melrose) that turned out to also be great. Reuben quoted me a week and a half for my Telecaster and got it done in just a few days. The attention to detail is clear in Reuben’s work, and it plays fantastic now! Wish I could’ve actually perused Reuben’s very cool little shop and eclectic selection of guitars, but such are the limits of COVID times. Was also grateful that he is a serious observer of COVID precautions, wearing a mask at all times I was in the shop and only seeing clients on an appointment basis. Thanks for everything Reuben! Will be back for any...

The shop did a full setup on a partscaster Jazzmaster I brought in that sounded beautiful but had a few wicked little fret buzzing areas and insanely high action. When I brought it back into the shop a week or so later because of some intermittent soft clicking in the signal that appeared post-setup, the shop tech took an entire half day narrowing it down and silencing the damn click. :) I really appreciated that quick turnaround, because I had a little tiny show to play coming up, and they reassured me that all would be well (I was troubleshooting my cable, pedals, etc for days before bringing it back in). Now the guitar sounds just as beautiful as always, but I can play all the notes without buzzing and the intermittent clicking is gone and folks, i recommend bringing in...