Hello All!
I need help in finding a Luthier/Repair person who is Mando Savvy in Southern California (San Diego to Los Angeles)
Have mando that needs work, will travel!
Hello All!
I need help in finding a Luthier/Repair person who is Mando Savvy in Southern California (San Diego to Los Angeles)
Have mando that needs work, will travel!
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
I'm in Modesto. A bit of a drive, what does the mando need?
When I clicked "Builders" at the top of the page and then searched "California" I was presented with 5 pages of California luthiers listed with this site.
John Hamlett
www.hamlettinstruments.com
I've had my mandolins worked on by a handful of well-respected luthiers. None can hold a candle to Bill Fiorella of Little Flower Guitars in Wrightwood, CA. Wrightwood is small mountain town located 35 miles north of Rancho Cucamonga, 12 miles off I-15.
http://www.littleflowerguitars.com/ (The phone number on the website is correct, but Bill has moved to Wrightwood from Topanga Canyon.)
I live in Wrightwood... look me up if you come up this way.
"But no well informed person ever called the picking of the mandolin music." New York Times, 1897
Thanks Everybody!
For now I'm going to see a guy in my backyard named Chris Camp who has glowing recommendations. Modesto is a little bit to far and Wrightwood would be my second choice if things don't work out with Chris(no reason to believe they won't)
Thanks again!
Nick.
P.S. I'll keep you posted on the diagnosis and treatment for this truss rod deal...
1994 Gibson F5L - Weber signed
"Mandolin brands are a guide, not gospel! I don't drink koolaid and that Emperor is naked!"
"If you wanna get soul Baby, you gots to get the scroll..."
"I would rather play music anyday for the beggar, the thief, and the fool!"
"Perfection is not attainable; but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence" Vince Lombardi
Playing Style: RockMonRoll Desperado Bluegrass Desperado YT Channel
Blocks Musical Repair in Lake Elsinore, is about 75 miles north of San Diego, or 45 miles south east of Anaheim, off of I-15. Well worth the drive. He is a true master luthier of anything stringed. He's re-fretting my Weber Yellowstone F5 as I write. Very reasonable. Over 60yrs experience.
-- Don
"Music: A minor auditory irritation occasionally characterized as pleasant."
"It is a lot more fun to make music than it is to argue about it."
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