Repair Pricing
The Repair Menu
Guitar Repair Pricing
PLEASE NOTE: All services listed are offered á la carte. A combination of services is often required to complete a given job.
All prices are estimates subject to change upon evaluation.
Instrument Maintenance
Instrument Setup & Restring
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Acoustic Guitar (Steel or Nylon String) | $65 |
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Electric Guitar or Bass (No additional charge for Bigsby vibrato, or extended range instruments) | $80 |
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Locking or Headless Designs (e.g. Floyd Rose, Kahler, Steinberger, Strandberg) | $95 |
*add $15 for 12-stringed instruments
General Maintenance
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Free Seized or Difficult to Remove Hardware | $15 and up |
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Cleaning Fee (Clean extremely dirty instrument and/or sticker removal) | $15 and up |
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Humidify Instrument (Monitor restoration of instrument to proper humidity levels.) |
$10 per day 3 day minimum |
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Detailing Fee (e.g. disassembly of instruments hardware for cleaning and conditioning) | Hourly Rate Applies |
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Troubleshoot (may apply to: diagnosis of intermittent problems, research and sourcing of parts or schematics, etc.) | Hourly Rate Applies |
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Retrofit Component (adapt part for proper compatibility) | Hourly Rate Applies |
Nuts & Saddles
Nuts
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Dress / Profile String Nut | $15 and up |
| Fit Pre-Fabricated String Nut | $45 |
| Fabricate String Nut | $90 and up |
| Lower Locking Nut Height | $25 |
| Buzz Feiten Retrofit | $150 + $29 blank |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Acoustic Saddles
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Fit Pre-Fabricated Saddle | $30 |
| Fabricate Saddle | $75 and up |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Electric Saddles
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Mount Electric Guitar Saddles | $15 and up |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Electronics
Electronic Repair / Installation
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Clean / Tighten Electronics | $15 and up |
| Output Jack Replacement | $30 |
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Wiring Repair (Re-solder loose wire or bad connections) | $30 and up |
| Potentiometer Installation |
(1) $45 (2) $65 (3) $75 (4) $90 +$10 each for switching potentiometers |
| Pickup Selector Switch | $45 and up |
| Rewire Instrument |
Tele = $175 and up Strat = $200 and up LP/SG Style = $225 and up Precision Bass = $120 and up Jazz Bass = $165 and up |
| Shield Control Cavities | $45 and up |
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Rout Body for Electronics (e.g. battery boxes, pickup cavities, etc.) |
New rout: $75 and up Deepen Existing: $45 and up |
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Drill Mounting Hole (e.g. potentiometers, mini switches, etc.) | $25 and up |
* Additional charges may apply if troubleshooting or retrofitting is required to attain proper compatibility with existing components.
** Hollow body instruments add $45 if removal/reinstall of wiring harness is required.
Pickup Repairs
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Pickup Cover Install or Removal (humbucking pickup) |
$25 per pickup + wax potting if desired |
| Wax Potting of Pickup | $30 per set |
| Swap Magnet or Reverse Polarity | $30 per pickup |
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Replace Pickup Leads (e.g. convert to 4 conductor or braided cable) | $35 per pickup |
| Rewind Pickup | $60 and up per coil |
| Troubleshoot | Hourly Rate Applies |
* plus cost of pickup removal/reinstallation as required
Electric Guitar Pickups
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Single Pickup Installation | $45 and up |
| Multiple Pickup Installation | $75 and up |
| EMG Solderless Conversion | $90 and up |
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Piezo Pickup System Installation (e.g. Graph Tech Ghost or Fishman Powerbridge) | $180 and up |
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Sustainiac Stealth Pro Installation (Routing often required at additional cost) | $250 and up |
* Additional charges may apply if troubleshooting or retrofitting is required to attain proper compatibility with existing components.
** Hollow body instruments add $45 if removal/reinstall of wiring harness is required.
Acoustic Guitar Pickups
| Price | |
|---|---|
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Sound Hole Pickup (Includes mounting pickup and reaming/installing endpin jack) | $45 |
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Soundboard Pickup (e.g.. K&K Pure Mini) | $75 snd up |
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Under-saddle Pickup (e.g. Fishman Matrix Infinity) | $75 and up |
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Taylor Expression System Replacement or Upgrade (Full system replacement. Factory authorized service center for ES2 retrofit) | $90 |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Hardware Customization
String Guides and Strap Buttons
| Price | |
|---|---|
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String Guide Installation (locate, pilot, and install new string guide) | $15 |
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Strap Button Installation (locate, pilot, and install new strap button) | $15 |
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Mount Strap Locks (e.g. Dunlop or Schaller style systems) | $15 |
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Dowel and Repilot (e.g. repair stripped, worn out, strap button hole) | $30 |
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Screw Extraction (remove broken screw, dowel hole, and re-pilot) | $45 and up |
Pickguards and Control Plates
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Mount Pickguard | $15 and up |
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Fabricate Pickguard (hand cut custom pickguard from plastic blank) | $90 and up |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Tuning Machines
| Price | |
|---|---|
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Tuning Machine Repair (clean/lubricate, replace missing buttons/bushings/washers, etc.) | $10 and up |
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Mount Tuning Machines (direct replacement) | $15 |
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Retrofit Tuning Machines (remove and/or install press fit bushings, ream mounting holes, locate and pilot set screws, etc.) | $30 minimum and up |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Bridges, Tremolos, and Tailpieces
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Tremolo-stop Installation | $15 |
| Mount bridge/tremolo (direct replacement) | $25 and up |
| Retrofit bridge/tremolo | Hourly Rate Applies |
| Tremolo block replacement | $45 |
| Bigsby Installation | $65 and up |
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Rout body for bridge/tremolo installation (I.E. Floyd Rose retrofit, Evertune installation, etc. ) | $350 and up |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Necks & Fret Work
Fret Work / Fret Filing
| Price | |
|---|---|
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Fret Polishing (Removal of light fret scratches or tool marks and polish out to a high shine) | $45 |
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Fret-end Dressing (File sharp fret edges flush, re-shape ends, and polish out to a high shine) |
$30 With fret level $60 Without level |
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Fret Re-seat and Seal (Work to correct poorly fit frets and glue in place to secure) |
$10 each or Full fretboard – $60 and up |
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Fret Level, Crown, and Polish (Level all frets with flat file, re-radius tops, and polish out to a high shine) |
$160 and up – Narrow Frets $190 and up – Jumbo Frets |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Re-fretting
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Partial Re-fret | $30 per fret + fret level and fret-end dressing |
| Full Re-fret Unbound Fingerboard | $400 and up |
| Full Re-fret Bound Fingerboard | $500 and up |
(All Full Re-frets Include: Level, Crown, and Polish.)
* plus costs of setup, new nut, etc. as required
**factors such as removal/reinstallation of inlays, or Lacquered fingerboards may incur additional costs.
Neck Resets
| Price | |
|---|---|
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Electric Bolt-on Neck (pocket length shim for full contact) | $20 |
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Taylor NT Neck Reset (1999 to present) | $45 |
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Acoustic Hybrid Bolt-on Joint / Glued Fingerboard Extension (e.g. Taylor pre 1999, Collings, some Ovation) | $300 |
| Martin Mortise and Tenon Joint | $400 |
| Martin Style Dovetail Neck Joint | $500 |
Fretboard Inlay
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Inlay Fretboard Position Markers |
Single $45 Full Board $175 |
| Inlay Fretboard Side Dots | $90 and up |
| Custom Inlay Work | Hourly Rate Applies |
Other Neck Work
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Mount Neck |
Direct replacement – $45 Retrofit – $90 and up |
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“Speed Neck” (Remove finish from back of neck, smooth and apply oil finish) | $150 |
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Fretless Conversion (retrofit fretted bass into lined fretless) | $400 and up |
| Scallop Fretboard | Hourly Rate Applies |
| Truss Rod Repair or Replacement | Hourly Rate Applies |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Structural Repair
Crack Repairs & Broken Headstocks
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Headstock Re-glue | $135 and up* |
| Crack Repair / Seam Separation | $75 and up* |
| Fingerboard Cracks / Separations | Hourly Rate Applies |
*Finish touchup not included
** plus cost of restring or setup as required
Acoustic Bridges and braces, binding, & other stuctural Repairs
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Ramp/Slot Bridge | $45 |
| Plane Bridge | $75 and up |
| Bridge Reglue | $180 and up |
| Bridge Replacement | $225 and up |
| Fabricate Replacement Acoustic Bridge | Hourly Rate Applies |
| Platemate Installation | $10 |
| Repair Worn Bridge Plate | $150 |
| Bracing Repair |
First brace – $45 Additional – $30 each |
| Binding Reglue or Repair | Hourly Rate Applies |
* plus cost of restring or setup as required
Sanding & Buffing
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Buff out guitar top | $75 |
| Buff out whole guitar | $120 |
| Wet sand & buff top | $135 |
| Wet sand & buff whole guitar | $225 |
*plus cost of disassembly/reassembly as required.
Paint & Finishing
| Price | |
|---|---|
| Finish Touch Up |
Drop Fill – $75 and up Spray – $100 and up |
| Refinish Fingerboard Hand Rubbed | $75 |
| Refinish Fingerboard Glossy | $150 |
| Other Finish Work | Hourly Rate Applies |
*plus cost of disassembly/reassembly as required.
Minimum Bench Fee – $45
Hourly Rate – $90 Per Hour
Handling Fee For Shipped Instruments – $15 each direction
RUSH SERVICE is Available
Any required Parts and strings are not included – Prices shown before local tax
Our work is performed up to a standard, not down to a price.
Fees are based on the amount of time and concern spent on the work, and for our years of experience.
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