Balboa Guitars

Mark Newstetter, who runs Balboa Guitars at Balboa and 41st Avenue in San Francisco, is a wonderful guitar teacher with an amazing grasp of theory and an eclectic effective approach to learning...

I brought in a 30 year old strat in that had a few issues from being in storage and he made it like new again. Very appreciative for his efforts!

I took lessons as a beginner from Mark for almost 2 years, and he also setup my guitar/bass during that time. A great teacher (especially for getting proficient with theory on the fretboard), a...

Just adding that I've had a few more instruments set up by Mark and he continues to kill it. Such a pleasure to play my rejuvenated instruments after Mark's skilled attention. And always a great...

Mark is an artisan luthier. My wife's mother who lived to the age of 105 gave us her mandolin. We have a photo of her at the age of 3 with this mandolin in her hands. My nephews were playing with...