Services
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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 $25
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Standard Setup $100 - $150
Acoustic & Electric
Instrument fully cleaned, electronics checked and cleaned (if present), sharp fret-ends filed smooth and shined, high & low fret spots identified and leveled, frets crowned and polished, fingerboard cleaned and oiled, new strings installed, truss-rod adjusted, string-height adjusted at nut and saddle. Price dependent on amount of fret leveling involved and does not include price of strings.
Simple Setup $60
Acoustic & Electric
New strings installed, truss-rod adjusted, string height adjusted at nut and saddle, pickup height adjusted (electrics). 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.
Includes Standard Setup
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.
Includes Standard Setup
