Set-ups

Our Full Set-up includes full diagnostics and inspection of the entire instrument, full inspection of all electronics, personalized recommendations for upgrades and improvements, cleaning and oiling of fret board, tightening hardware, replacing any needed small parts or screws, restring, adjusting and polishing nut slots, lubricating truss rod nut (if needed), full truss rod adjustment, balancing tremolo or setting tailpiece, adjusting saddle height, setting intonation using even temperament methods, checking electronics, adjusting pick ups, detail polish and cleaning. Electric/acoustics get balance of output, and archtops and mandolins have bridge fitted to the top, located and glued in place.

 

Fret levels include measuring and precision leveling of frets, recrowning with 4 courses of diamond files and redressing to a high polish.

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STANDARD GUITARS

Hard Tails, Les Pauls, Teles, Basic 4-string Basses, Ukulele, Acoustic 6-strings, Classical Acoustics, Stratocaster style guitars, Guitars with Bigsbys, Lapsteels, 7-string electrics, 5-string Basses, Resonators

$40

OTHER INSTRUMENTS & MORE COMPLEX GUITARS

Locking Tremolo Guitars (Floyd Rose trems), 12-string guitars, 6-string Basses, Jaguars & Jazzmasters (Includes shimming neck, teflon taping bridge and thread locking on saddles)

$60

 

Restring & Tune

Remove old strings, clean fretboard and polish tops of frets, oil fretboard, tighten loose tuners and hardware, oil fretboard, stretch strings, tune to pitch, full truss rod adjustment, adjust any equipped tremolo or tailpiece and polish guitar. Cost of strings is not included.

6-STRING, 7-STRING, BANJO & UKULELE

$30

With other work $20

12-STRING

$30

With other work $30

CLASSICALS, LATIN INSTRUMENTS & MANDOLINS

$35

With other work $30

FLOYD ROSE TREM EQUIPPED

$35

With other work $30

Restring & Adjust

Includes everything in our Restring & Tune plus: light cleaning of hardware, adjust saddle height for proper string action, adjust pickup height and output, adjust intonation 9how well the guitar plays in-tune with itself) and more detailed polish of instrument. Cost of strings is not included.

6-STRING, 7-STRING, BANJO & UKULELE

$40

With other work $30

12-STRING

$40

With other work $30

CLASSICALS, LATIN INSTRUMENTS & MANDOLINS

$55

With other work $45

FLOYD ROSE TREM EQUIPPED

$55

With other work $45

Add-Ons & Adjustments

$25

ADJUST ACTION OR INTONATION

Included with set-up

$15

ADJUST TRUSS ROD

Included with set-up

$15-25

CLEAN ELECTRONICS

With set-up $10-20

$10-20

DOWEL AND DRILL STRAP BUTTON

$15

STRAP BUTTON INSTALL

With set-up $10.00

$20

SHIMMING NECK

With set-up $10 Plus $10-13 for laser cut shim

$20

SHIMMING SIDE OF NECK POCKET

With set-up $10-15

$25-75

VERY DIRTY GUITAR OR RUSTY/FROZEN HARDWARE

Requires set-up

$25-50

REMOVING STICKERS

With set-up $15-30

TUNER MOUNTING, DROP IN, 6 STRING

Plus Cost of Restring or Set Up

With Full Set Up $10

$40

TUNER INSTALL, WITH REAMING & DRILLING 6 STRING

Plus Cost of Restring or Set Up

With Full Set Up $30

$75

12 STRING TUNER INSTALL

Plus Cost of Restring or Set Up

With Full Set Up $60

$50

TUNER INSTALL, NON-DOG EARS (SPERZELS, SCHALLER)

Plus Cost of Restring or Set Up

With Full Set Up $35

Nuts

Includes hand cutting and shaping new fingerboard nut from scratch, and fitting it specifically for each instrument. Some variation in pricing is due to the unexpected difficulty in removing some nuts. It is highly recommended each instrument be set up to ensure optimal playability. Restringing is NOT included. Price excludes cost of blank ($8-15 for high quality bone/synthetic)

$15-25

DIFFICULT REMOVAL OF NUT

With Set up $15-25

$35-55

FIT & ADJUST PRE-CUT NUT

With Set up $25-35

$25-45

ADJUSTING FLOYD ROSE NUT SHELF

With Set up $15-25

Binding Work

$175-250 1ST SIDE

REGLUE LOOSE BINDING ON TOP, SIDE OR BACK WITH TOUCH UP

This is a very difficult repair and can require lots of touch up to make it work and look good.

Each additional side $125-150

$275 1ST SIDE

REPAIR BINDING THAT IS MISSING, CRACKED, DISINTEGRATING

This is another very time consuming repair. Often, we may recommend refinishing the whole guitar.

Each additional side $175

MUST QUOTE

REPLACING BINDING, ON ANY PART OF GUITAR

Guitar Bridge Work

All prices are for 6 strings except where otherwise noted. Add $10-20 extra for 12 strings. Restring is NOT included unless otherwise mentioned.

Acoustic Guitar Bridges

$60

SADDLE, HAND-CRAFTED BONE

High Quality Bone Blank $8

$75

SADDLE FOR 12 STRING

High Quality Long Bone Blank $10

$175

BRIDGE REMOVE AND REGLUE, MARTIN STYLE 6 STRING

Includes Restring & Adjust Service

Electric Guitar Bridges

$20

MOUNT NEW BRIDGE

Tune-O-matic or Strat hard tail

$30

MOUNT TELE BRIDGE

$20

MOUNT BASS BRIDGE

Installing Bridges

Some woodworking, includes Complete Set Up

$120-160

TUNE-O-MATIC

$120

BIGSBY INSTALL

includes full setup

$200

Guitar Electronics

$25

MINIMUM BENCH FEE OR DIAGNOSIS

$25-75

HOLLOW BODY ADD-ON

$50 FIRST ONE

PICK UP INSTALLATION

$69 for two pickups

$79 for three pickups

$65

PICK UP INSTALLATION ON TELE, BRIDGE

$50

PICK UP INSTALLATION ON TELE, NECK

$75

PICK UP INSTALLATION ON TELE, SET

$75

ACOUSTIC PICK UP INSTALL, UNDERSADDLE

With Set up $45

$150

BANJO OR MANDOLIN PICK UP INSTALL

Includes Set up

$45

SOUND HOLE PICK UP INSTALL

With Set up $30

$25

CLEAN ELECTRONICS

Top load (Strat style)

$25

CLEAN ELECTRONICS

Back Load (LP style)

$45

REPLACE POT

Two pots $65

Three pots $80

Four pots $90

 

Cracks & Structural

Headstocks and top cracks. Guitars with multiple cracks will be done at a discounted rate per crack. -25% per each additional crack.

$75-100

CA SEAL CRACK, UP TO 3"

No Finish Touch Up, Only Wet-sand & Buff

$125-175

CA SEAL CRACK, UP TO 6"

No Finish Touch Up, Only Wet-sand & Buff

OVER 6" MUST QUOTE