http:\/\/www.thefolkshop.com\/<\/a><\/p>\nBusiness hours: <\/span> Monday<\/strong>: Closed<\/span> \nTuesday<\/strong>: 11\u202fAM\u20135:30\u202fPM<\/span> \nWednesday<\/strong>: 11\u202fAM\u20135:30\u202fPM<\/span> \nThursday<\/strong>: 11\u202fAM\u20135:30\u202fPM<\/span> \nFriday<\/strong>: 11\u202fAM\u20135:30\u202fPM<\/span> \nSaturday<\/strong>: 10:30\u202fAM\u20135\u202fPM<\/span> \nSunday<\/strong>: Closed<\/span> \n<\/time><\/p>\nReviews<\/h3>\n\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nSuper sweet staff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nI love this shop. The staff is great. A great place for anything folksy. I always walk away smiling.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nWas looking all over town as a long shot to fix up a uke from the 60s\u2026 Got tossed around a while by the big stores then ran into this place. Literally the paragon of a beautifully run business! Amazing staff, amazing store, AMAZING prices! Had all my missing tuners, strings, and even a fret board for less than what others would charge just for strings\u2026 I wish I could rate them 6\/5 stars\u2026<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nFun music shop with a bunch of oddball (and not so oddball) instruments. Great place to stop in and browse for something unique.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nPutting an inanimate object ( guitar) in a five day quarantine seemed silly\u2026.especially after the tech spent 20 minutes in extremely close contact doing the inspection. The work was fine, the price was fair. The extreme lock down just turned me off\u2026.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nFriendly staff<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nI am absolutely incredulous as to how condescendingly I was treated over the phone by this place. I arrived with my Taylor 312-CE looking to trade up and quite likely spend substantial chunk of money. I noticed the posting on the door that read (I may be paraphrasing) \u201cmasks required even for those vaccinated.\u201d I have been twice jabbed with Pfizer, but no problem. I get it. I understand it. People may not be fully honest about their status and might contaminate others. I have zero issue complying with the policy The posting also read \u201cdo not knock; call to be granted entry\u201d (again, I may be paraphrasing, but this was the gist). I keep a KN-95 with me in the car but couldn\u2019t find it. Maybe it fell behind the seat or something. I ring their number. A woman answers. Convo goes like this: \u201cHi, I noticed you require masks even for the vaxxed, which I am fully, but I can\u2019t seem to find mine here in my car\u2026.I\u2019m here outside\u2026.do you happen to have any masks there inside the store that you could pass out to me\u201d? (like logical, sensible merchants across town, the state, the country have in abundance in case you forgot or can\u2019t find yours\u2014sterile ones for the taking in boxes) \u201cIf not, I don\u2019t live too far. I can run home, grab one and come back\u201d. The woman on the phone raises her voice and says \u201cNO YOU NEED TO WEAR A MASK\u201d and abruptly hangs up!! Um, I think I got that part and more than amply communicated it back. Wow. And delivered with a tone of voice akin to Mrs. Gulch from Wizard of Oz. I was perfectly polite, acknowledged the policy and was willing to go out of my way to comply. This is not only ridiculously bad policy, but there was not even basic intelligible, lucid communication on her part. Not the conduct of a sound minded individual.<\/p>\n
Now, for some background. I have never made any major purchases at Folk Shop. However, I have patronized them over years\u2013even before I moved to Tucson. The first time, I was recording an album visiting from Austin in 2014 and needed a dobro capo. The engineer called around to Guitar Center and few other places. They didn\u2019t even know what a dobro was, much less a dobro capo. Folk Shop to the rescue with a Paul Beard capo, just like the one I had forgotten and left back in TX! I\u2019ve been there since for strings, straps, stainless steel slides etc. Never ever the slightest of problems. What happened today is totally inexcusable. I myself have been fastidious and a stickler about masking and distancing throughout the pandemic, but this kind of post-mandate fanaticism, illogic and outright meanness is beyond the pale. They certainly don\u2019t want my money or any of my future business. To hell with this place. l\u2019ll buy a guitar from Musician\u2019s Friend before stepping foot in there, even though I prefer to shop locally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nWell, over the years I\u2019ve bought, sold, and traded with Paul and really wouldn\u2019t do so again. The last guitar I purchased there had broken tuner barrels and more important, his pricing and moods vary wildly. Certainly lots to look at, but no great shakes in terms of quality or pricing.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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<\/strong> <\/span><\/div>\nVery rude disrespectful because I was asking for a part and I didn\u2019t have a mask and I wasn\u2019t trying to go in the place without permission and they were just very rude very very rude and I didn\u2019t understand I was thrown off by it. Yelling at me for no reason all I wanted was a part I didn\u2019t even try to go into shop told her I\u2019d wait outside because I didn\u2019t have a mask she slams door in my face. So I go get a mask and they won\u2019t even deal with me I was the up most respectful and didn\u2019t deserve that. Very very rude!!! I\u2019ll never do business with them again.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n