Musical instruments benefit from a servicing and setup by expert technician. If your instrument is in need of servicing, modification or customization, call or bring it in.

We offer:

  • Maintenance & Modifications
  • Free evaluation and consultation

Acoustic Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Banjo Repair and Maintenance

  • Set Up – $80.00 plus strings. Includes neck adjust, action adjustment at nut and saddle, minor fret work, tighten tuner screws and nuts, lubricate tuning machines, general clean up, restring. (12-string or nylon add $20.00)

  • Restring - $25.00 (12-string/Nylon/Violin/Mandolin add $10.00)

  • New Nut – $75.00. May or may not include raw material, If your guitar has worn frets, a bowed neck or an ill fitting saddle, expect additional costs to correct these problems. Many repairmen will not install a new nut if other problems are not also addressed. (12-string add $20.00)

  • New Saddle – $55.00 May or may not include raw material. Same qualifications as new nut.

  • Reglue Bridge – $120.00 Remove and refit old bridge. Very minor touchup included. (12-string add $20.00)

  • Replace Bridge - $120.00 plus cost of factory made bridge, (approximately $30.00) plus cost of new saddle (sometimes)

  • Replace Tuners - $50.00

  • Fret Leveling (Filing, Dressing) - $100.00 Worn or uneven frets can be filed level in many cases, if there will remain enough height on the fret to suit the customer. Frets must be lowered to the height of the lowest pit that can be found. Sometimes replacing the most worn frets is appropriate. Includes “set up” adjustments. (Add $20.00 for finished maple fretboards)

  • Re-Fret - $15.00 per fret (add $50.00 for fretboards with binding. New nut or saddle may be necessary. Shop minimum may also apply. (Add $20.00 for 12-string)

  • Neck Reset - $300 and up. Remove Neck. Re-cut heel/body angle to correct high action. Replace neck. New saddle is often included, but new nut is often extra. Additional fret work and bridge work may be necessary. (Add $20.00 for 12-string)

  • Crack Repair - $25.00 per inch or by quote (particularly for shattered areas). Includes glue and brush touchup with appropriate finish. Cleating (installing small patches of wood inside guitar to reinforce repair) as necessary. Repairs often not invisible.

  • Headstock Crack - $150.00 and up, by quote. Glue, seal and re-finish area. Repairs often not invisible but finish should be smooth.

  • Install “Under Saddle” Pickup - $75.00 - $150.00. Expand endpin hole to accommodate jack. Wire pickup to pre-amp and jack. Fit and resize old saddle for proper action and contact with pickup. May require new saddle and re-rout of saddle slot (additional). There are other variables relating to pre-amps which must be individually quotes. Condition of bridge and neck angle may be factors in the appropriateness of an under saddle pickup.

Note: Particularly during the dry times of year, instruments may need to be humidified before and after repairs and adjustments can be made. This may require that your instrument remain in the shop for up to 2 weeks before the repairs can be performed.

 

 

Electric and Bass Guitar Repair and Maintenance 

  • Set Up - $75.00 plus strings. ($85.00 for locking nut systems) Includes neck adjust, action adjustment at nut and saddle, minor fret work, tighten tuner screws and nuts, lubricate tuning machines, general clean up, restring. Floyd Rose style may cause slightly high rates.

  • New Nut - $75.00. May or may not include raw material, If your guitar has worn frets, a bowed neck or an ill fitting saddle, expect additional costs to correct these problems. Many repairmen will not install a new nut if other problems are not also addressed.

  • Re-Fret - $15.00 per fret (add $50.00 for fretboards with binding. New nut or saddle may be necessary. Shop minimum may also apply

  • Headstock Crack - $150.00 and up, by quote. Glue, seal and re-finish area. Repairs often not invisible but finish should be smooth.

  • Finish Touch Up - $50.00 and up by quote.

  • Diagnose Electrical Problem – Shop Minimum

  • Replace Jack - $25.00 plus part. Note: Archtop guitars will often incur $50.00 up-charge to remove and re-install wiring harness for all electrical work.

  • Replace Pickup - $50.00 per pickup

  • Replace Volume/Tone Pot - $25.00 per part plus part.

  • Rout New Pocket - $50.00 plus install pickup price.

  • Replace Switch - $25 - $40.00 per switch plus part.

 

Tube Amplifier Bias Repair and Maintenance 

Maximize tube life while providing a strong healthy tone quality by proper adjustment to release the optimal tube operating characteristics. Tubes initially drift quite a bit from their correct bias point. This means that a new tube will change its characteristics. Once some use is on the tube the characteristics will stabilize to a large extent. This is very important to understanding and use. Over time your tubes will require a different correct bias voltage in order to run at optimum performance. Failure to keep tubes properly biased can reduce an otherwise fine tube's lifespan by years. 

 

  •  Variable Fixed Bias Amplifier - $85.00 (amp has adjustment component already)
  • Non- Adjustable Fixed Cathode Bias Amplifier - $100.00 (amp does not have adjustable component and must be set by installing a different fixed value component. An adjustable component can be substituted in this instance if the customer desires variable fixed/cathode bias for the cost of the component.
  • Amp Maintenance - $125.00 plus cost of components. Includes tube amp bias, cleaning potentiometers, cleaning and re-tensioning tube sockets, diagnose and advise on general operation, specifications, condition of tubes, power supply and failed or missing components.

  • Amp Maintenance & Power Supply Cap Job - $160.00 plus cost of capacitors. Includes the above and additional labor to replace power supply capacitors. Breathe new life into your amp by replacing power supply capicitors. This will restore the strong, healthy hum-free punch your amp was born with. Get rid of mud now. Electrolytic capacitors are rated for 10 years of life. Failure of a single capacitor in your bias circuit can cause hundreds of dollars of damage. At risk are your output tubes, sockets, resistors and audio and power transformers.

  • Amp Maintenance & Full Cap Job - $200 plus cost of capacitors. Includes the above plus the labor to replace the remaining electrolytic capacitors, which are in the audio circuit.

 

Due to fact these capacitors are under less stress, they generally outlive their rated lifespan of 10 years. Although we recommend replacing these caps no later than the 20 year mark, most players choose to perform this work during the ten year service for sonic and safety concerns. Since these caps are in the audio circuit, unlike power supply caps, you can expect a difference in the tonality of the amp. Specifically, the amp will sound like it did when it was new. In general terms, capacitors will drift from their rated value until they are outside the stated tolerance or fail. When they fail it is usually due to leaking of the electrolyte in the case of power supply caps. Or breakdown of the dielectric in the case of electrlytic caps in the audio circuit. Depending on where in the circuit the cap is, the effect on the way an amp sounds can be varied.

ose to perform this work during the ten year service for sonic and safety concerns. Since these caps are in the audio circuit, unlike power supply caps, you can expect a difference in the tonality of the amp. Specifically, the amp will sound like it did when it was new. In general terms, capacitors will drift from their rated value until they are outside the stated tolerance or fail. When they fail it is usually due to leaking of the electrolyte in the case of power supply caps. Or breakdown of the dielectric in the case of electrlytic caps in the audio circuit. Depending on where in the circuit the cap is, the effect on the way an amp sounds can be varied.

 

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