Pricing

COMPLETE SETUP
- $70 to $100
A Basic Setup includes:
- remove strings
- cling & polish frets
- inspect & clean tuning machines
- inspect & clean bridge
- inspect & clean nut
- inspect & clean tail piece
- inspect & clean electronics
- restring w/ new strings
- tune
- set action (string height)
- adjust neck, truss rod
- lube metal parts
- retune, adjust intonation
- final test

REPAIRS
Fret dress and crown - $140
More extensive repairs may be required. The frets may come loose or be worn out and may need replacing. Generally, leveling, recrowning and polishing the frets will solve most fret problems.

Body Repairs - $50 & up
Reglue broken or
loose braces
Repair cracks - $60 & up

MODIFICATIONS
The most common forms of modifications involve the installing of pick-up systems that may be as simple as an under-the-saddle pickup to an end-pin jack or as complex as a sophisticated multi-source pick-up with on-board electronics.

Pickup Install (Acoustic)
$85 & up

Pickup Install (Electric)
$65 & up

OTHER FRET JOBS
Rosewood or Ebony
- $300 (no binding)
Rosewood or Ebony
- $375 (with binding)
Maple Refinished- $475
Maple with Oil Refinish
- $300

NECK RESET - $500 & up
Neck adjustments are done in the Basic Setup, however, sometimes a guitar neck must be reset. On bolt-on electric guitars, this is a simple and inexpensive procedure. On acoustic guitars, the neck must be removed and the angle of the dovetail joint recut. The neck must then be reglued to the guitar.

OTHER NECK REPAIRS

Broken Neck or
Headstock $140 & up
Heat press neck $140 & up

BRIDGE REPAIRS
Install new saddle
labour only $35
Make new saddle
labour only $55
Resurface and reglue bridge - $140
Make new bridge - $140 & up

PEGHEAD REPAIRS
Glue & finish to touch-up $140 & up
Install new tuning machines
labour only $35 & up
Install new bone nut
labour only $35
Make new bone nut
labour only $60