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    4 months ago

    Guitar looks and plays great. I was also very happy with the service and care for the Guitar.

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    11 months ago

    Very pleased with Scott's attention to customizing a setup to my wishes. Will definitely use him again.

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    Great fixing up guitars here. They helped add a guitar strap on my guitar and it works great!

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    1 year ago

    Scott performed work on my guitar and brought the playabilty beyond my expectations. Highly recommendable.

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    Price is beyond fair, actually quite average & better than other locations I have had a setup done prior.

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    R E Brune Luthier

    R E Brune Luthier

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    Buying Jon a professional level guitar!…read more What an amazing experience. In this day of mass manufactured instruments, it is a rare and wonderful site to see someone who actually hand crafts guitars. Mr Brune has been doing this for many years - he proudly displays the first guitar he made as a teenager out of his parents dining room table... The space is really interesting - you walk into a hallway where he has his office. Off to the left is the display room. He has four or five display cases, each one with guitars of a different price range. He carries not only ones made by his hand, but those of other Luthiers from around the world. Each guitar he carries he knows the story and history. While my son was trying various guitars, he gave us a tour of his work shop. We walked through a door into the back and entered a tight space where he had guitars stacked up for repair and a few machines. This in and of itself was impressive. We said it was a cool workshop and he laughed and said this was not his workshop. We went through another door into an enormous space filled with lots of different types of wood and equipment. There were guitars in various stages of being built or repair. His son, a violin maker, shared the shop for some of his work. This was an incredible experience for anyone who has an interest in music.

    He is a fantastic luthier and has incredible knowledge on acoustic guitars. He had fitted strings…read morefor my flamenco guitar. He recommended a mix of strings which made the guitar sound with clarity and depth.He also constructs his own guitars ranging from classical to flamenco. I have seen other types of guitars.He can also do work on your guitar if it has problems. Most classical/flamenco guitars have been manufactured in China or Japan. Even the spanish guitar companies like Cordoba famous with the gypsy kings and Manuel Rodrigues Spanish guitars outsourced their manufacturing to places like China. Yamaha flamenco guitars have their manufacturing base out in japan. There are luthiers (guitar craftsmen) that make real handmade guitars that sound so much better. RE Brune is one of those craftsman that can give you a real handmade guitar and not those guitar center chinese made ones. If you are a serious musician, consider RE Brune as a luthier for your new guitar.

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    Consolidated Music of Barrington Inc

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    Excellent music store! Honest, helpful and very knowledgable in all areas of musical instruments…read more Sell great reasonably priced great sounding guitars , mandolin's, and banjos ! Replaces guitar etc. strings for you or repair minor problems with musical instruments or will give you Referal to someone who will. Very kind, patient, compassionate, helpful staff. Music lessons on most instruments and voice lessons. Restrung and fixed neck of my guitar so easier to play in my 70s with my arthritic fingers. Very honest. Talked me into fixing my guitar rather than buying a new one! Great store! A real gem in the Northwest suburbs! Remember to turn into road off of Barrington road and turn into commons parking lot to gain access to store. Visit for all your music needs or to learn to play a new instrument! Truly, Liza Johnson

    Been coming here since about 2017 and it's such a cute shop. There's an array of instruments, a…read morevariety of music teachers, and lots of entertaining events. Before COVID, they would host free open mics for students to show off their favorite songs, with complementary snacks and drinks. While that has stopped, they continue their Rockstar program, where kids can sign up and play in a rock band with their peers. I've attended and played in these concerts, and they're so much fun! They even have a new adult Rockstar band! The students are nice, the staff are knowledgeable, and the manager Jeff is very thorough with explanations. Only way they could improve is with more seating in the waiting area, but I believe Jeff has tried to remedy this with a futon sort of thing in the middle.

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