We can do almost anything you need for your electric guitar or bass. We guarantee our work.
Setups are $75, flat rate for electric guitar & bass. This will get your action how you want it, eliminate buzzing, and make the guitar play in tune up and down the neck. (no additional charge for 5 or 6 string bass, Floyd Rose, Kahler, or other Floating Bridges) (some fees for 12 strings apply)
Our complete setup includes: Restringing with strings you provide (we can suggest a set) Cleaning/polishing frets/fingerboard, oiling unfinished fingerboards (such as rosewood) Adjustment of the truss rod for proper neck relief, Adjusting/leveling the bridge, saddles, Slotting the nut to set string height and eliminate binding/improve tuning, Accurate setting of intonation (to make it play in tune all over the neck) Adjust pickups, tighten and clean hardware, etc... We also give the entire instrument a good cleaning and polishing.
A good setup usually means the difference between a guitar that plays well and one that doesn't. Even inexpensive guitars can be setup to play right. We will make your guitar play better than it ever has.
Peterson Strobe Tuners are used to ensure the best possible intonation. We'll make those chords sound beautiful and those high notes stay in tune way up the neck.
Complete fret work available at competitive prices. We charge $60 to do a detailed fret level & dress - making your old worn frets look and feel new again. $130 for a Setup & Fret Dress combo.
Refrets start at $275. The price varies depending on the type of neck, finish, binding, etc... We have several fret sizes available, or we can special order any type. We'll pull those old frets out, level the fingerboard and clean it up, then put in whichever size of new frets you like. We work with bound necks, set necks, and maple fingerboard refinishing. The neck is virtually like brand new after this procedure.
We make bone and graphite nuts to custom fit your guitar. The price for a bone nut is $50. Each one is carefully hand crafted, cut and filed to spec and cleaned up for an attractive appearance.
Wood routing prices vary depending on the job. Routing a hubmucker is typically $40. This is a case-by-case basis, but we can do almost anything you come up with.
Custom pickups, bridges, hardware, controls, batteries Pickup repair such as rewiring, wax potting for old pickups that feedback (screeching noises) We charge $30 to install a pickup, $60 to do two or three of them.
We do complicated projects like active pickups and preamps. Our soldering work is very clean and professional. We use a Weller Digital Soldering Station and mil spec soldering techniques.