Music Store/Luthier in Winnipeg

[xiolo]

Hey Folks,

I'm recently moved to Winnipeg, and am looking for recommendations on a place to take my basses for repairs/tuneups. Right now I'm just needing a setup on my fretless, and maybe my 5 string, but I'm sure there'll be more work down the road.

Any suggestions on good stores or luthiers to bring them to? I had a good guy in Calgary, so it'd be nice to find someone out here. I'm scared about just picking some place at random to bring it into.

Thanks!

[dmq89]

Welcome to Winnipeg - "Where Car Thieves Come to Play" (my own city slogan!)

A good luthier? Depends where you are in town...

Terry Barnett works out of Mother's Music on Wall Street - he's done some AWESOME work for me (including swapping necks, rerouting neck pockets, and wiring harnesses)

Brian Tataryn owns the Ultimate Guitar Works on Henderson Highway - awesome luthier! This guy can fix ANYTHING! I've had him do work for me also. The nice thing about Brian is that if he figures a repair is a waste of money, he'll tell you right off the bat!

Ask any "Peg guitar or bass player - I'm sure most of us has had dealings with either one of these guys at one time or another!

Good luck!

ps - both of these guys are very reasonably priced as well!

[xiolo]

oh ok. I'm in the west end. I've been checking out places like Quest, St. Johns and Encore. The guys at Quest were amazingly helpful, St. Johns are more piano/band oriented, and the guys at Encore are those i'm-too-important-and-too-amazing-a-musician-to-help-you kind of people that I have no patience for.

I'll definitely check out Mother's and Ultimate Guitar works though.