George Stritter's Guitar Shop

"I highly recommend George. I needed a luthier to work on my old Ibanez Roadstar guitar. It had a lot of issues with the pots and the wiring, the neck pick up didnt work anymore, and the poor guitar just needed some serious TLC. I found George online, and he had a lot of great reviews. He fixed everything, and it plays awesome. He did such a great job, I brought my other 3 guitars in for setups, and even had my marshall amp worked on. His prices are fair, and he gets the work done quickly. I even take lessons with him now, and I have seen a big improvement in my playing and technique."

"George is an honest, professional Luthier. He'll have your stringed instrument repaired before you know it and he'll explain what the problem was. Don't presume to know what the issue is, you'll blow it. George will figure it out. There's no need to bring your equipment anywhere else. If you need guitar lessons, George will teach you."

"George has done practically all of my bass work since the late '90's when he was at The Music Den in Landing NJ at the time. His work has always been top notch, and has only improved over the years. George has consistently worked around my schedule to accommodate my repair needs. There isn't a more talented, nicer cat out there. I've recommended George to all my musician friends, who all are return customers."

"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 guitar tech!"

"I found George to be the ultimate professional luthier. I recently brought him my Martin D-15M for repair. I am primarily a bassist and I tend to play guitar with the same "grip". That is to say I press hard. As a result I had worn my frets and they needed to be replaced. George did that in 4 days (with just 5 days between gigs) for an extremely modest price. His workmanship is outstanding as he was able to match the fret wire! Not an easy thing! I will take all my guitars and basses to him if repairs are needed. I have recommended him to all my musician friends. Thanks George!"