DON’T HAVE A WORLD-CLASS LUTHIER IN YOUR AREA?

We are specialists at mail-in repairs.  Anything from Floyd Rose installation, refretting, custom pickguard assembly to acoustic repairs such as neck resets and crack repairs – and virtually anything else.  Since January 2004, I've been very pleased--and very fortunate--to have Martin Miranda working with me here at the shop.  He is a world-class luthier and technician.  From my 20+ years in the guitar business – he’s absolutely the best I’ve seen.  Martin will give your prized guitar the attention it deserves.  A brief bio appears below.

W. Martin Miranda

Instrument Repair--Consultation--Representation

Phone:  518.330.5447

Email:   de_Erro_Guitars@yahoo.com 

Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Martin was fortunate enough to be in the center of the guitar building universe. Starting at the world famous VALLEY ARTS GUITARS, he became the General Manager within a few years. During his tenure, Valley Arts grew into a network of three stores world wide: Los Angeles, California; Cologne, Germany; Guadalajara, Mexico. VA was also the original location of GIT/MIT in Hollywood. 

Starting his career as a guitar repair man, Martin studied with Jack Willock, the head of Gibson warranty repair in the 1930’s. Studying for 3 years, he helped to launch a repair shop that grew to 12 repairman repairing more than 300 guitars a week. VA was also the warranty repair station for GIBSON, YAMAHA, FENDER, JACKSON, GUILD, MARTIN and TAKAMINE. 

Martin then became a founding partner in VALLEY ARTS USA, the guitar workshop for producing VALLEY ARTS GUITARS, now owned by GIBSON GUITARS. 

Martin has recently opened an instrument repair shop in the Historic Harmony Mills section, Cohoes, NY, where he builds hand-crafted guitars and conducts repairs and modifications to virtually any type of stringed instrument. 

 

Some of Martin’s former clients are: Larry Carlton, Lee Ritenour, Tommy Tedesco, Christopher Cross, Jennifer Batten (Michael Jackson), Jon Clark (Michael Jackson), Jackson Browne, Ricky Nelson, Vince Gill, Jon Walmsley (Richard Marx), U2, FLEETWOOD MAC, THE BEACH BOYS, EAGLES, and THE DOOBIE BROTHERS.