GUITAR REPAIRS & SERVICING
With in-house luthiers & technicians in our workshop from Monday to Saturday, we’re able to offer comprehensive instrument servicing, restoration, repair & custom builds. With outstanding attention to detail, fair pricing and the right advice, we’ve got you covered. Be it the precious vintage piece or the hard-worn workhorse, we’ve seen them all.
We pride ourselves on quick musician friendly turn around times.
Standard servicing turn around is generally a maximum of 5 business days (excluding instruments requiring structural repairs, re-fret’s, finish work etc.).
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Re-String - $40 plus strings*
Service includes:
Installation of strings and tuning the instrument. We’ll sight the neck relief and adjust if needed.
*$40 for acoustic, electric, classical and bass guitars
*$50 for 12 string guitars
*$60 for Floyd Rose equipped instruments
Service and Setup - $120 plus strings*
Service includes:
Fingerboard clean and condition
Spot level, re-seat and polish frets
Instrument clean and polish
Nut action set to Dan Erlewine spec
Tuning machine tighten and lubrication
Bridge/saddle radius cut/adjust
Clean and lubricate electronics/reflow dry solder points
Action height adjustment to personal preference
Intonation adjustment
*Please note that “string buzz” is a factor in a setup, particularly with light strings - if you’re running 9 gauge strings, the wound strings will more than likely buzz when fretted. We will not let a guitar leave the workshop that is choking notes. Guitar’s have to be re-strung to be setup correctly, we will not retain strings under any circumstances. We will happily retain strings for bass guitars if it’s strung up correctly.
*$140 for instruments requiring a setup with a floating vibrato
*$160 for 12 string guitars
*Deep cleaning fee ($20) applies to instruments with heavily soiled fingerboards
Priority Servicing
Add $50 to the above rates for same-day on the spot servicing (weekdays only). Please allow a minimum of 2 hours. We like coffee in the morning and red wine in the evening, fyi.
Guitar Service, Setup and Fret Dress - $250 plus strings
Service includes:
Frets seated, levelled, crowned and polished.
Includes standard setup & service.
Re-Fret - Starting From $400
$400 - Unbound bolt on rosewood fingerboard
$500 - Unbound bolt on maple fingerboard (Includes nitrocellulose refinish on fingerboard)
$500 - Unbound set neck
$600 - Bound set neck
*Prices may vary slightly depending on age and condition of your instrument. If your guitar is fretless and you want frets in it, that’s annoying for us but we’ll do it, I guess.
Nut Replacement - $180
Removal of old nut
Carving of new bone nut
Fitting of new nut
Includes standard setup & service
*Nut’s cannot be cut correctly without adjusting neck relief and adjusting saddle radius and height. If you just want a nut cut, it is $80 but we strongly recommend against it in most cases.
Electronic works (quote upon inspection) - starting from $50
Services include:
Pickup installation (Acoustic & Electric)
Pickup re-winding
Custom pickup winding
Wax potting
Wiring modifications & customisations
Pot, switch and output jack replacement
Pickup cavity shielding and grounding
General electronic diagnostics
*We do not repair amplifiers and pedals in house although some of us have been known to.
Structural Repair - Starting at $200
Services Include:
Broken headstock repair (Gibson players - stop dropping them please), neck re-sets, Bracing repair, Bridge Replacement, etc.
Finish Work - Starting at $300
Nitrocellulose refinishing French Polishing
Relic’ing existing finishes & hardware
**Guitars always sound better after the headstock has been broken and repaired. We’ll happily provide the full experience if you’re chasing that unobtainable sonic quality from your guitar.
**We are Melbourne’s north side Fender authorised repairer, if your strat don’t strat, tele us about it.
No need to book ahead, come in and have a chin wag to Rick, Ben or Matt today! (Unless it’s Sunday)