Good: Friendly, knowledgeable and very helpful staff! Jim, their in-house luthier/set up guy was great!. Bad: Parking. Berkeley neighborhood parking can be exacerbating! Finally pulled into the Marmot Mountain Shop lot after a few laps around the block and asked them if it was OK. The salesperson spotted my mandolin case and said it was fine - apparently it's a shared lot.. Improvements: Parking sign saying it's OK to use the Marmot lot!. Other: I would highly recommend 5th String and will be taking all of my stringed instruments there for any future set up/repair work. They also have a great selection of instruments!.
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