Services

We provide personalised services from simple guitar setups to full restoration projects, no job is too big or too small.

Core Services

Initial Assessment - Free

We start with a conversation to understand your playing style & goals, issues with the instrument, followed by a visual inspection. At this point we can discuss options and agree on a way forward.

Full Setup - $120-150

The setup is perfect for getting your guitar back into great playing condition. Over time and with changes in weather, the wood in the guitar is often affected, causing changes in the action and tuning issues. The core services included are:

  1. Check neck straightness & string height and adjust both truss rod and bridge saddles as required.

  2. Check the electronics and fix any solder joint problems, loose wiring and tighten screws and connection jacks.

  3. Thorough cleaning of the fingerboard with lemon oil applied for rosewood necks and steel wool to polish the frets.

  4. Restring the guitar with a new set of strings and check intonation to ensure pitch consistency.

  5. Overall polish to ensure the instrument is returned to you looking like it came out of the showroom.

  6. Advice on additional items discovered in the setup for further consideration.

Restring and tuning - $50

This is the most basic service to get you up and running at minimal cost and includes:

  1. Restring the guitar with a new set of strings and check intonation to ensure pitch consistency.

  2. Overall polish & fretboard clean to ensure the instrument is returned to you looking like it came out of the showroom.

Fret dressing - $250 and up

As your guitar is played more over time, you will notice uneven wear or indents on the frets and this will often result in issues such as string buzzing and dull tone etc. Fret dressing is a required maintenance activity to ensure consistency across the finger board and is essential to achieving quality tone with a low action. Fret dressing includes:

  1. Fret levelling, crowning and polishing. We take care to remove as little as possible metal when filing to maximise the life of your frets and delay the need for fret replacement.

  2. A full setup is including in the fret dressing to ensure that the guitar is in excellent working order

Fret replacement - $500 and up

Replacing your frets is a major undertaking and is often more expensive than buying a new neck! However if you love your current guitar as it is, then replacing your frets will bring many more years of life for your prized instrument. This involves:

  1. Discussion on desired fret size and type of metal to suit your playing style and preferences.

  2. Extraction, installation and dressing of new frets to leave your neck in practically brand new condition. Please note minor marks and chips can occur during extraction, we will fix those so don’t stress it’s a normal part of the process.

  3. A full setup is including in the fret replacement to ensure that the guitar is in excellent working order

Other Services available

Nut replacement - quote on assessment

String height and action is also determined by the nut slots which house your strings and if they are too low then a new nut may be required. Alternately you may wish to try a different type of material depending on what type of tone you are after.

* Prices will vary depending on nut selection & material type, i.e. custom carved versus pre-made.

Electronic & pickup upgrades - quote on assessment

If you want any electronics installed, including new pickups, pots, switches etc then we can do this for you.

We can recommend and source the specific items or alternately install the ones you provide.

Cabling & pedal boards - quote on assessment

We have experience in setting up pedal boards and patch cabling (both soldered and solderless).

Creating a pedal board is a complex process with many variables, feel free to contact us and we can discuss and tailor a plan to meet your needs.

Full restoration - cost varies - quote on assessment

We love to work on vintage guitars and bring them back to the glory they deserve, feel free to contact us and we can discuss and tailor a plan to meet your needs.

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We’ll walk you through every step of the process.