Premium Quality Instrument Setups
Keep your instrument healthy
& playing to its full potential.
Instrument Setup Includes:
- Expert evalutation
- Instrument restring
- Fretboard cleaning and conditioning
- Fret polishing
- Clean and polish instrument body
- Tightening of loose hardware
- Dress and lubricate nut/saddle
- Adjust truss rod and saddle height (action adjustment)
- Check/adjust electronics
- Set intonation
- Bench check instrument
Guitar / Bass Setup Pricing
Acoustic
$65
Electric
$75
Locking or Headless
$95
+$15 upcharge for 12-stringed instruments
No extra charge for bigsby, 7-string guitars, 5-string basses, etc.
Pricing for Other Instruments
Ukulele
$60
Mandolin
$75
Banjo
$85
We offer rush service too!
Instrument Setup FAQ
- Does your guitar seem more difficult to play than it once did?
- Has your guitar started to buzz recently?
- Does the guitar seem to be constantly out of tune even after you tune it?
- Are your strings corroded and the fingerboard filthy?
- Are you using a heavier or lighter string gauge than was installed at the factory?
- Are you playing the instrument in an altered tuning?
- Has your guitar remained in its case, unplayed, for months or longer?
The first thing to do during a guitar setup is to evaluate the instrument, paying particularly close attention to the neck, the fretwork, the nut, the bridge, and the saddle. We also test the electronics to make sure that there is nothing abnormal going on there. This evaluation allows us to determine whether the instrument is in good health, that it is “setup-able”, or if additional work will be required.
After evaluating the instrument, Our next step is to talk to you, the player, and determine how to best serve you. This is a where we can talk about any concerns you have with the instrument, what tuning you are playing in, what brand and gauge of strings you like, what type of music you are playing, etc. The goal is to tailor the instrument to you liking. We are of course happy to offer advice to those indecisive or inexperienced.
After doing the above we are able to set about the “work” portion of a setup. What is to be done during a setup can vary slightly on a case by case basis, but generally a setup consists of: removal of the old strings, cleaning the guitar, conditioning the wood of the fingerboard and the bridge (acoustic instruments), a basic polishing the frets, tightening of any loose hardware, dressing and/or lubricating the nut and saddles, restringing the instrument, adjusting the truss rod and saddle height (action adjustment), adjusting the pickup height, setting the intonation, and lastly bench checking the instrument through playing.
At Guitar Repair Long Island we do our best to return work to our customers as soon as possible. We strive to provide a turn around time that many of our competitors simply can’t match. Most setups and other basic jobs are completed within 2 days.
However, we realize that sometimes it just can’t wait. you need it done now: For these occasions, we are happy to offer While-You-Wait Rush Service to our clients.