ABOUT

Lakeside Guitar is a dedicated repair shop for stringed instruments equipped to handle just about any repair, upgrade or custom project. Here are some pictures of the workshop:

MY PHILOSOPHY

Service to Others.

There is no higher purpose. Every part of my business is designed and refined to be a service to you. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to improve.

I am NOT a guitar snob.

I appreciate all instruments (and their owners) with equal enthusiasm. Bring me anything you want to play! No matter who you are or what you play, I'm there for it!

Tone is in the Fingers.

Being a great player is always better than owning a great guitar. I will work on $4,000 Taylors and $300 Epiphones with the same level of excitement, if it gets you playing that guitar!

Never Settle.

This motto is scribbled on tape above my first workbench. In frustrating moments, which occur quite often when working on instruments, I look up at the tape and dig in deeper.

MY GUITARS

I wish I had kept EVERY guitar I ever owned. From my first guitar, a US Fender Telecaster at 15 years old (boy, what a regret selling that!) to the Fender Jazzmaster I modded just a few years back. Would have been dozens by now 🥺

Current collection:

Gretsch Jet Electromatic
Epiphone Dot (modified)
Hofner "Violin" Bass
Framus Texan (1960's West German)
Takamine 12-String (MIJ lawsuit era)

Project guitars:

Ibanez Concord (MIJ lawsuit era)
1959 Harmony Montclair Archtop
Washburn Classical
Counterfeit BC Rich Warlock
1980's Aria 6-String Acoustic

Dan playing his beloved Gretsch

MY STORY

I began playing guitar over 35 years ago, and still have a lot to learn. That's what I love about playing music, the growth never ends. Of course, I had big dreams of touring the world. After many years playing around the Northeast in the 90s and 00s, it became pretty clear that "rockstar" was not in my cards. Instead I started a business, and then another. I even got to appear on ABC's Shark Tank in 2012.

Like many guitar players, I was intimidated and somewhat clueless about the maintenance and repair side of things for many years. Over time, I started to get quite curious about improving and modifying my guitars. And, as it turns out, restoring other folks' guitars has been deeply fulfilling.

Every guitar is like a unique puzzle to solve, and getting it just right is super satisfying. Seeing your satisifcation when I give it back to you? Even better. And, of course, I get to play so many different guitars! One of my customers recently said, "You're living the life down here." Yes, yes I am.

C'mon in and let's talk guitars.
~Dan

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