About Earthtone Guitarworks:

My name is Will Pryor, I am a life long guitar player and gear obsessed tinkerer/collector. I have always loved working with my hands, and being a professional guitar tech is something I’ve known I wanted to do since I was in high school. I started learning the ropes of guitar repair at Bernunzio’s music when I was 16, doing restrings and basic setups. My time at Bernunzio’s really showed me what a great guitar is supposed to feel like. After high school I attended Finger Lakes Community College and got my degree in music recording technology, while I was at FLCC I was hired by the school as a session player and a studio assistant. FLCC really ignited my curiosity for audio electronics, and I would often hang out with Bob Potter and watch him while he was troubleshooting an API console or replacing the capsule in a microphone. During the 2020 pandemic I started to teach myself electrical engineering, and started an apprenticeship with legendary amp builder John Nau. With John I learned tons about how to do clean electrical wiring and how tube amps tick. In 2021 I started what would become Earthtone Guitarworks as Earthtone Pickups, specializing in bespoke guitar pickups. In those early days I was spending 40 hours a week just experimenting with different pickup winding methods, magnets, wire, ect. In April 2021 I was hired as a repair tech at the coolest music store in Rochester, Sound Source. At Sound Source I had a never ending stream of guitars and amps to repair, and learned a ton of skills when it comes to guitar and tube amp repair. Today, I am always seeking new information and techniques for everything related to guitar repair and audio electronics, the learning never stops! That’s what keeps it fun.

Earthtone Guitarworks is a registered LLC in the State of NY and a registered dealer for Allparts, Stringjoy, CE Distribution, and Graphtech Labs.