New York Tri-State area bluegrass and old-time music scene:

 

NY area guitar shops that cater to the acoustic musician:

 

Please alert me to any additions that should be made....ben

 

 

Lark Street Music 479 Cedar Land, Teaneck, NJ http://www.larkstreet.com/

 

Mandolin Brothers 629 Forest Ave, Staten Island http://www.mandoweb.com/

 

Matt Umanov 273 Bleeker Street, NY, NY http://www.umanovguitars.com/

 

NY Guitar & Bass Boutique, Inc. We specialize in repairs, restoration and build our own solid body basses. 
Jimmy Coppolo President NY Guitar & Bass Boutique, Inc. 746 9th ave.
New York, NY 10019 (212) 399-3414

 

R.E. Menzel Violins (www.menzelviolins.com) in Livingston, NJ. The shop has recently added a fretted instrument department and carries brands such as Breedlove, Kentucky, Rover, Blueridge, Gitane, as well as Terris Fine String Instruments, handcrafted by Michael Terris (www.terrisguitarmaker.com) of Glen Gardner, NJ.  Mr. Terris also handles repairs on all fretted instruments at the shop.  The shop has also started a new line of fiddles under the $1000 mark that are specially suited to the fiddle playing crowd.  More info about Menzel's new lines can be found at www.mofiddles.com. 

 

Kings County Strings
We are a grass-roots NY web-based company specializing in the sale of high quality mandolins and guitars. Go to our temporary home - www.myspace.com/kingscountystrings and check the picture section for our current stock and the mp3 board for sound clips of these fine axes. We are also the exclusive seller of Dan Voight's custom mandolins (www.myspace.com/mandodanyo), and we expect a batch of killer mandos from him in the coming months. Check with us regularly to see what's coming in as we build our inventory. Email bradeinhorn@hotmail.com to schedule an appointment to try anything out, or we will make any of our instruments available on sundays at the Ponkiesburg Jam at Kili in Boerum Hill. Got something for sale? Let us know what you have. We are currently looking to purchase and take consignments. Additionally, if you'd like to see more pics of any instrument - send an email to bradeinhorn@hotmail.com.

 

Steve Uhrick, New York String Service www.retrofret.com Retrofret - New York String Service
233 Butler Street | Brooklyn, New York, 11217 USA
718 237 6092 Voice | 718 237 6092 Fax | info@retrofret.com