Its hard to be without your guitar for a number of weeks if it just needs a few hours of bench time. In order to keep our turn around time the shortest in Calgary, we have moved to make room for our newest luthier. More bench space gives us a chance to serve you better. We invite anyone to stop by and check out the new space.
The best part about it, is its actually only a couple hundred feet from the old location. We’re now in unit B15 in Phillips park. 6020 2nd St SE. Located convieniently close to Long and Mquade and St Johns Music
We look forward to continuing to provide the best service possible for all your stringed instrument needs.
On Monday March 28, the Wildrose Brewery will be hosting another Beers and Guitars Night. Come out for some amazing instruments, special players and beer!
People are invited to bring and display their favorite guitar. In a safe enviroment for your instruments, you can relax and meet and greet with some of Calgarys’ best players, beginners and general fans. Listen to songs, play along or just enjoy a pint.
For the 3rd year in a row Guitar O.R. was able to play a vital role in helping to make folkfest the success it is. With the weather being all over the map again, many instruments needed last minute professional help. Once again the experience is something that we at Guitar O.R. can use on every instrument that comes through the door.
Introducing to the Guitar O.R. team, Mr Jordan Haber. Jordan recently graduated from the highly acclaimed Roberto Venn School of Luthrie from Phoenix AZ. Adding Jordan to the team has made it possible to keep up the high quality of work that you have come to expect, without adding to the turn around time. Something that everyone enjoys and can take advantage of at Guitar O.R.
Does your guitar always sound a little out of tune? Is your E string in tune, but your 3rd fret is sharp? Its a pretty common issue. Without getting into too much detail, the guitar by nature is never really in tune. Its what you call a tempered instrument and the distance between frets is based on a mathematical equation to find the best “balance” between sharp and flat notes. There are a few ways in which we can maniputate the guitar to minimize these issues, however there are a couple of great products on the market to help us achieve better, more reliable results. One being the Buzz Fieten system, and one being Earvana. For various reasons ( I’ll let you do the research and decide on your own ), I’m a big fan of Earvana.
Essentially it is a replacement nut that reduces distance from the nut to the 12th fret. Resulting in a lower amount of string tension, which minimizes the fretted notes from going sharp when pressed. After having installed a number of them, I’m confident that you will be amazed at how big a difference it makes. The pictures in this post are that of a Gibson 336 that recently came through the shop. With it being such a beautiful guitar, the owner wanted the quality of pitch to match. The Earvana nut was just what it needed. No more sharp notes on the G chord that constant retuning wont fix.
The Earvana nut is available for all makes of electric and acoustic guitars. Its made of high quality material similar to graphite, and it does’nt require any irreversable work to be done on your guitar. To book an appointment to have one installed on you guitar,call or email now.
Its hard to be without your guitar for a number of weeks if it just needs a few hours of bench time. In order to keep our turn around time the shortest in Calgary, we have moved to make room for our newest luthier. More bench space gives us a chance to serve you better. We invite anyone to stop by and check out the new space. 
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