Double Bass DB repair near San Francisco?

[cbird]

Hi, I need to take my bass to see a luthier for some fingerboard planing work. Anyone recommend a good double bass luthier in the San Francisco/ Sacramento area? I live closer to Sacramento but am willing to drive for good repair work. Thanks.

 

[damonsmith]

I use best instrument repair in Oakland. Greg does, great, solid work and the prices are more than fair.
http://parduba.com/best.html

 

[Basschair]

Alex Friedman in South SF: http://www.acousticbassshop.com/

 

[mojoluthier]

That's not repair, but setup. I don't do repair, but if your fingerboard is ebony and you'll wait till after July 12 and before August 10, I could help.

 

[nonfatmatt]

Jeff's a really nice guy who has done some quality work on my double (works on the basses of all the orchestral players in the area) - if you're closer to Sac then he might be the ticket. I had my fingerboard planed and he did a nice job.

Jeff Sahs Violin
Sacramento, CA 95814
916 - 739 - 1962
Category: Musical Instruments Violins

 

[WalterBush]

Alex Friedman in South SF: http://www.acousticbassshop.com/

+1,000

The man's amazing.

 

[Steve Swan]

If you are closer to Sacramento, the clear choice is Jeff Sahs for setup work. He's my favorite setup guy in northern California. I take almost all of my basses to him for setup work.

Don't get him talking about boats, though, or you'll be there all day!

 

[cbird]

Thanks for the recommendations! I'll definitely check all these guys out, and let y'all know what happens. Cheers

 

[cbird]

Thanks again for the recommendations. I ultimately took my bass to Alex at the Acoustic Bass Shop-- he did a fantastic job on my bass, it plays so smooth and sounds great. I'd definitely recommend him to someone else.

 

[Steve Swan]

Alex is usually very quick with work turnaround and is a delight to work with.

 

[smbear]

Probably moot at this point, but Alex Friedman at the Acoustic Bass shop is great. I bought a Christopher from him a couple of years ago. He's worked on my basses for years. Nice dude, good work.