Services and Repairs

SERVICE AND REPAIRS

What types of work do you take on?

• Basic guitar servicing
• Guitar setup
• Pickup swapping
• Fret-levelling and top nut jobs
• Tube amplifier servicing

What does a basic guitar service cost?

• Fender and Gibson style electrics, acoustic guitars, basses: 67 €
• Floyd Rose-equipped guitars: 77 €.

What is included in the basic guitar service?

• Overall cleaning of the instrument, and oiling of the fretboard
• Inspection for loose components (tuners, strap buttons, controls, switches, jack plate, etc.)
• String change
• Truss rod and string action adjustments
• Intonation adjustment
• Inspection for damaged top nut or bridge saddles
• Basic check and cleanup of electronic components
• String lubrication with graphite (at nut, bridge, and string tree).

How long does the basic guitar service take?

• Usually about 1 week. Fretwork takes 2 weeks. 

What other guitar-related work do you do? What are the prices?

• Basic electronic work 76 € per hour (plus any spare parts). – Examples: pickup swapping for a tele/strat/Les Paul 76 €, Changing a pot, jack or a pickup selector 35 € (for one of these operations).
• Rounding the fret ends: 60 €
• Fret stoning and crowning: 152 €
• Refret: 310 € (for a bound-neck guitar 350 €), includes fret materials.
  
• New top nut (depending on chosen material): 90-100 €
• New bridge saddle, acoustic guitar, including compensation: 100 €

How long do amp repairs take? What are the prices?

• A regular amplifier servicing (or repair) job will take us 1-2 weeks.
• Pricing: 60 € per hour (plus any spare parts)