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| - Located just "off-square," behind Whitey's Army/Navy, in a nice old brick storefront. Very appealing front window, nice display inside, guitars all along the west wall, brass and strings along the east, and a repair shop in the south-west corner.
I've taken two of my guitars there for set-ups. Both were done to my spec and satisfaction, and the price seemed in line with big-city rates. (In my dozen-odd visits, I've never been anything less than satisfied with the employees, which I really can't say for my few visits to their "flagship" shop in Kent.)
Where they fall down, I think, is the pricing of nearly everything else in the store. I'd love to be able to say, "Hey, weren't you looking for a Tele? Here, call this guy over in Medina. He's got a few new ones, and he HAD a used one, a while back..."
But I can't recommend Woodsy's for anything other than repair and "consumables" (strings, reeds, etc.). I can appreciate how tough it must be to run a brick-and-mortar in the era of click-and-order, especially when guitars and other instruments are up for grabs. You go to a store, try a few out, then walk right out and order one from a website in Guam. Boom. Saved forty percent. Whether you get the same instrument is a separate issue; you can pretty much set up any instrument made and still come out WAY ahead.
That's the quandary. I'd love to support them and am glad they're sticking around. But here's my suggestion: Have a couple barely-making-any-money instruments on sale. Keep people coming in. Don't, as I experienced, send them fleeing back to the internet with sticker shock.
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