Services

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Here to help

Feel free to ask me any questions you have, I’ll be able to give you some advice and options on your guitar situation.

Minimum bench fee $30

Available 11:00 - 5:00 Tuesday - Saturday. If you have a serious inquiry, please fill out my Contact form below to schedule an appointment.

Standard Setup $120 - $160

Acoustic & Electric

Instrument fully cleaned, electronics checked and cleaned (if present), high & low fret spots identified and leveled, frets crowned and polished, sharp fret-ends filed smooth and shined, fingerboard cleaned and oiled, new strings installed, truss-rod adjusted, string-height adjusted at nut and saddle, pickup height adjusted (if present), intonation set. Price dependent on amount of fret leveling involved and does not include price of strings.


Simple Setup $80

Instrument cleaned, frets polished, fretboard cleaned and oiled, new strings installed, truss-rod adjusted, string height adjusted at nut and saddle, pickup height adjusted (if present), intonation set. Does not include price of strings.


Restring $40

Frets polished, fretboard cleaned and oiled, new strings installed. Does not include price of strings.


Available for purchase:

  • D’Addario EJ16 string set, Acoustic light gauge 12 - 53

  • D’Addario EJ17 string set, Acoustic medium gauge 13 - 56

  • D’Addario EXL110 string set, Electric light gauge 10 - 46

  • D’Addario EXL115 string set, Electric medium gauge 11 - 49

  • Bleached bone nut & saddle blanks

  • CTS Pots, Switchcraft Switches and other misc. electronic parts

 

General Repairs

Hourly Rate $80 per hour

Any additional work not included in setup description

  • Parts installations (bridges, pickups, tuners, etc.)

  • Custom routing

  • Wiring modifications

  • Odd jobs


Re-Fret $10 per fret + material cost

Old fret wire removed, slot repaired, new fret wire installed, filed, crowned and polished

  • Additional $2 per fret for fingerboards with binding

  • Additional $5 per fret for gloss maple fingerboards


Acoustic Restoration

Bridge Reset - starting at $300

Bridge removed, area cleaned, original bridge sanded to soundboard and re-glued. Helps solve problem of high, uncomfortable action and improves sound quality by increasing bridge-to-soundboard contact.

  • Add $50 + cost to install new factory bridge

  • New hand-carved bridge, starting at additional $150


Neck Reset - starting at $600

Neck removed, area cleaned, joint adjusted to correct neck pitch, neck re-glued. Helps solve problem of high, uncomfortable action, improves the instrument’s sound quality and reduces high string tension by improving structural integrity.


 
 
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