Rick Emery's Mainline Music, Ardmore PA

Rick is friendly, and loves a good conversation. He also has decades of experience and still loves what he does!

Best place by far to get work done. I would not go anywhere else. Rick is an expert at what he does and is very friendly. He completely overhauled the proprietary electronics in my guitar and I could not be happier with how it turned out. 5/5

Best guitar and amp repairs in the area. Rick is extremely knowledgeable, professional, friendly and very reasonably priced.

I don't use anyone else and won't recommend anyone else!

Rick did set up work on my PRS Hollowbody. He finished the work earlier than promised and did a beautiful job. My guitar now plays great! He went over everything with me and even taught me how to make small adjustments myself. Super nice guy, great work, and very reasonably priced!

If you are serious about tube amps or play guitar professionally, you probably already know that Rick Emery is the man when it comes to guitar setups or tube amp repair.

Amp was never totally repaired. There's a constant hum that could not get repaired. OK, fine. But now my brand new, expensive power tubes are red plating. Now I'm going to have to take the amp somewhere to get it fixed again and I'm guessing these power tubes are toast. I think my original tubes might have also gotten destroyed because of this bias/voltage/whatever issue and those tubes were also really expensive.

I drive 2 1/2 hours to bring my guitars to Rick. He is a master at his craft and I trust him implicitly! No one puts the time, expertise and effort into equipment repair like Rick!

Rick was extremely knowledgable and helpful. I snapped my neck close to the body and I trusted him to fix it. My guitar turned out fantastic! I highly recommend this guy for all repairs and setups!

Just had my guitar set up and new pickups put in at Rick's store. He also helped me with a non-typical switch setup where I can add a middle pickup with a two-way switch. Rick knows a lot about guitars, music and guitar players and is also friendly and fun to talk to. I fully recommend him and Mainline Music, I'd have given six stars if that were possible.

Rick Emery of mainline music is the best. He’s extremely good at what he does and very nice and honest. THE BEST.

Rick is awesome. Great guy and his work is second to none. Had Rick work on three of my guitars and he nailed it! Highly recommend! The latest project was nothing short of perfection- a brand new, one off build from scratch that I designed and built but it was Rick who got everything into spec. Because of his work it is the best guitar I have ever handled.

Professional, knowledgeable, and a lot of fun to talk to. Would absolutely recommend. One of the best, if not the best customer service interactions I've ever had.

Rick is the real deal. He's bailed me out of more than one ill advised gear adventure by fixing the misdeeds of the past. He's amazing with tube amps and guitars of all stripes. I really don't know what I'd do without.

I brought my Les Paul to Rick to correct a botched nut replacement*. He explained (in detail) what he was going to do, what materials would be used and how long it would take. We then went over some of the finer points (picking style, string gauges, etc). He then gave me a very reasonable quote and we agreed on a pickup date.
When I picked it up, the work he did exceeded my expectations. I could tell just by looking at the new, unbleached bone nut that the work was professionally done and to my specifications. It was perfect. He then charged me exactly what we agreed upon, no hidden charges. I can’t recommend him highly enough, and would definitely use him again. Very professional.
*side note: be very cautious when choosing a repair shop. The original replacement was done by a “manufacturer certified service center”. I honestly don’t know what skill level is needed to become “certified”, but it seems that the bar is set quite low.

Rick did a fantastic job on my Strat and it was done in just a couple of days. I will definitely be back!

Rick is very helpful and friendly. Set up my acoustic perfectly and fixed my ampeg svt. Best tech I've ever met.

Rick is great, he fixed a broken tube amp for me and set up an electric guitar for an extremely fair price. I drive 45 mins to get my equipment checked by Rick.

I went the store last night to buy a piano wire for my daughter’s school project. They did not stock the wire; however, the owner looked through his own collection of strings and found one for me. There are no words to describe my feelings for his incredible assistance.

I took my Martin acoustic guitar in for service to get the action lowered, straighten the neck, and seal a crack on the back of the neck. The guitar was pretty much unplayable and did not sound too good for whatever reason. Rick brought my guitar back to life! The guitar ended up sounding better than ever it's astonishing, and it's even more enjoyable to play with. I am very impressed with his fine attention to detail and very satisfied with his service.

Amazing service, rick is very nice and knows his stuff, he found the right guitar for my budgit, will definatly go again.