bambookoolele
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Hey everyone. I'm new here (like a lot of people, Covid-19 got me to start playing the ukulele).
Anyways, I acquired a new ukulele prior to my knowledge of the setup. Since it doesn't seem practical to ship my ukulele to the known ukulele specialty stores (due to shipping costs and the fact they probably are too busy to work on a ukulele that wasn't purchased from them), I was looking for recommendations on places I can get a set up locally (I live in the SF Bay Area) once lockdown is lifted. I prefer to go to someone who actually knows ukuleles as opposed to music stores that have their own in-store "expert" that only works on ukuleles a couple times a year. In the past, I've had bad experience with one of these jack-of-all trades repair guys working on one of my other instruments (where he messed up and tried to play off he knew what he was doing and it wasn't a mistake). When I call stores, they tell me either (1) a setup isn't needed or (2) their guy can do whatever repair I needed done. Neither answer builds confidence to leave my ukulele to use their services (especially since it isn't broken and doesn't need repair). I figured people here would have a list or directory but I couldn't find it with search. I also figured people in very specific hobby communities would have more knowledge on their local ukulele specialists.
So if you live/lived (or have any ukulele\luthier colleagues) in the SF Bay Area, please chime in. Thanks in advance.
Anyways, I acquired a new ukulele prior to my knowledge of the setup. Since it doesn't seem practical to ship my ukulele to the known ukulele specialty stores (due to shipping costs and the fact they probably are too busy to work on a ukulele that wasn't purchased from them), I was looking for recommendations on places I can get a set up locally (I live in the SF Bay Area) once lockdown is lifted. I prefer to go to someone who actually knows ukuleles as opposed to music stores that have their own in-store "expert" that only works on ukuleles a couple times a year. In the past, I've had bad experience with one of these jack-of-all trades repair guys working on one of my other instruments (where he messed up and tried to play off he knew what he was doing and it wasn't a mistake). When I call stores, they tell me either (1) a setup isn't needed or (2) their guy can do whatever repair I needed done. Neither answer builds confidence to leave my ukulele to use their services (especially since it isn't broken and doesn't need repair). I figured people here would have a list or directory but I couldn't find it with search. I also figured people in very specific hobby communities would have more knowledge on their local ukulele specialists.
So if you live/lived (or have any ukulele\luthier colleagues) in the SF Bay Area, please chime in. Thanks in advance.