Instrument Repair in San Antonio

We are extremely pleased to welcome John Hurston to our staff. Johm will be handling all repairs. He's got great skills & many years of experience. John is moving here from the D.C./Baltimore area where he's well known among discriminating players. We're fortunate to introduce John to the South Texas music community. There's little that he hasn't tackled in the world of instrument repair. He'll be here in mid-June so come in & bring your axe.

Mark Waldrop attended Bryan Galloup's repair school in 1995, and has been a member of the Guild of American Luthiers since 1996. Mark, and his associates handle all aspects of repair and warranty work.

We offer free estimates for repairs, so bring your guitar, mandolin, or other acoustic  instrument in, and we will help.  We service what we sell, and do warranty work for C.F. Martin, and others.   Sorry, but we don't currently provide amp repair.

If you need an appraisal, bring your instrument in. We provide written appraisals for $35.

The acoustic market is hugely diverse, covering many tastes and styles, but the standards for the a fine instrument are the same regardless of what style of music you play. We offer a great selection at great prices.

Come on in. We look forward to visiting.

A WORD ABOUT ACOUSTIC GUITAR PICKUPS:

A lot has changed since I first began installing acoustic pickups & I've tried just about every pickup for acoustic guitar available. Recently, with innovations from L.R.Baggs like their I-Mix systems & Fishman's Aura system we've moved much closer to the warm, organic plugged in sound we've all been seeking for so long.  Either one is minimally invasive & can provide excellent stage sound, giving the player on-board control without the ugly hole in the side of your guitar.

The K&K pickups can be a good choice for solo players wanting to maintain as natural tone as possible, especially so for classical players but I've had great results on dreadnoughts, too.  Perhaps not so good, though, for the ensemble player who needs lots of volume & a high threshold before feedback becomes a problem.

McIntyre pickups makes wonderful products for the acoustic purist & I especially like their mandolin pickups. None better at any price.

We do lots of pickup installations & we'll be glad to advise you on your choice. However, the choice is yours & we encourage you to do your homework & make your own decision. One particuarly positive aspect of all the choices I've mentioned is that they're all reversible if should choose something else or just to go back to pure acoustic.

Guitar Tex
4330 McCullough
San Antonio, TX 78212
(210)822-1595
(210)822.1537 (fax)
www.GuitarTex.com
info@guitartex.com