Wednesday, December 24, 2008

repairmyguitar.com - online guitar repair directory

Posted by Jon in • Guitar Sites,

repairmyguitar.com
I’m sure many of you reading Guitar Noize right now have done something at some point to one of their guitars that you just can’t fix with some double sided sticky tape, no hang on that was Blue Peter.. I meant Gaffer tape! I remember for instance when my brother dropped his old Ibanez RG and took a chunk out of it which we thought was beyond repair, but someone fixed it up good as new. That is probably going to the extreme, sometimes you just want to find someone who can replace some pickups, fix up some dodgy wiring or just set the guitar up properly. Well there is a new site called repairmyguitar.com which aims to make things a little easier by creating an online guitar repair directory. Currently the site has service providers from the US, Canada, & UK, the UK was added recently so expect this site to possibly grow beyond these 3 areas… I’m thinking Australia by the way, hint hint!

To find a local shop that can help you out simply type in your Zip/Post code, City or State and a distance in Miles for the reach of your search and you will be returned a Google Map with all the shops in your area, on the right hand side the shops are listed with their contact details, website address and any ratings or reviews submitted by users. A nice feature at the bottom of the page is that you can choose to email all the shops and using a simple form let them know what you need done in order to get a quote, so you can find the cheapest deal or just go with someone who has a good user review.

I tried it with the old faithful 90210 because its the only Zip code I know and found 6 shops in a 10 mile radius, I had to increase the distance to 20 miles when I tried my old UK address as there aren’t quite as many shops on board just yet, but still within 20 miles of Dudley, it’s not like I typed in London! (by the way if you do type in London you will see there are quite a few). Very nice mashup and use of Google maps to help locate shops, repairmyguitar.com is a simple, easy to use and what’s more useful website!

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