A proper setup ensures your instrument plays easily and accurately. A setup is the most common solution to the most common problems such as fret buzz, difficulty fretting, and tuning problems. We offer setups for every hardware configuration in any make and model.
Acoustic
Electric (Fixed Bridge)
Electric (Bigsby Style Tremolo)
Electric (Fender Style Tremolo)
Electric (Floating Style Tremolo)
Electric (Floyd Style Tremolo)
Electric (Evertune Bridge)
• $60
• $70
• $75
• $85
• $90
• $100
• $120
What does a setup include?
• Full guitar inspection (including fret heights/crowns and electronic function verification)
• Restring (shop- or customer-supplied strings)
• 1st fret string clearance (String Height)
• 12th fret string clearance (Action)
• Neck relief adjustment
• Saddle radius adjustment
• Intonation adjustment
• Tremolo balancing
• Pickup height balancing
• Hardware tightening & lubrication
• Instrument cleaning
• Fretboard conditioning
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
Every so often, your frets will need a little extra care. It could be ten years down the road for a casual player, all the way up to once every year or two for professional gigging musicians. Fret dressing eliminates pitting and excessive wear on your frets to fix playability and fret buzz issues. We offer full fret dressing for all neck configurations, we can even level individual frets without touching the rest. A full fret dress requires a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Single Fret Dress
Full Fret Dress
Fret End Dress (No Leveling)
• $10 per fret
• $120 + Setup
• $50
What does a single or full fret dress include?
• Leveling
• Crowning
• Hand polishing (satin finish)
• Fretboard cleaning and conditioning
• Fret end dressing
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Stainless +$20
Nuts and saddles are wear parts that eventually need to be replaced, typically following a refret or neck reset. We offer both drop-in replacements that only require minor fitting, all the way up to completely custom nuts and saddles in a variety of materials. Nut and saddle replacements require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Drop-In Nut or Saddle
Custom Nut
Custom Acoustic Saddle
Compensated Acoustic Saddle
• $25 + Parts + Setup
• $70 + Materials + Setup
• $60 + Materials + Setup
• $100 + Materials + Setup
From what materials can nuts and saddles be made?
• Bone (bleached or unbleached)
• Black Horn
• Graph Tech TUSQ XL (black or white)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale +$20
While a fret dress can solve most fretting problems, eventually frets can become too worn and will require replacement. Refretting can also be an opportunity to upgrade from nickel silver to stainless steel frets, which offer much greater durability and can last 10-20 years even with regular use. All refrets require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument. Some refrets may require a replacement nut and/or saddle.
Unbound Neck
Bound Neck
Partial Refret (Unbound)
Partial Refret (Bound)
• $350 + Setup
• $400 + Setup
• $20 per fret + Setup
• $25 per fret + Setup
What does a refret include?
• Replacement of worn frets with new fretwork
• Fretboard leveling
• Full fret dress (level, crown, and polish)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Compound Radius +$25 (partial refret +$5/fret)
*Stainless or Evo Gold +$50 (partial refret +$10/fret)
Whether you’re adding a new pickup or upgrading an old one, we’ve got you covered. Some guitars and pickup combinations will require replacement parts such as pickguards or mounting rings.
Electric Pickup (One)
Electric Pickup (Two)
Electric Pickup (Three)
Undersaddle Pickup
Soundhole Pickup
• $50
• $85
• $120
• $70 + Setup
• $60
Pickup installation includes output balancing.
*Archtop without direct electronics access +$30
*Push/pull switching with 4-conductor pickup +$15/pickup
*Active pickups +$10/pickup
Electronics repairs can span a wide gamut of situations and timelines. There is a minimum $25 fee for electronics repairs, or half an hour of bench time. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Minimum Price
Hourly Repair Rate
• $25 + Components
• $50 + Components
Why might my electronics repair take an extended amount of time?
• You have an archtop guitar without direct electronics access
• You are requesting a complex configuration with unique components or wiring schemes
The prospect of drilling new holes in your instrument to upgrade hardware is a scary one for many guitar owners. We offer installation services for every piece of hardware on your instrument. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your installation costs, as each guitar and piece of hardware is different.
Installation Fee
Modification Fee
• $20 per part/set
• $20 per part/set
*Sets of parts (tuners, strap buttons, etc) constitute a single parts
*Any part affecting strings require a setup
*We are currently unable to install hardware that requires paint refinishing
Over many years, your acoustic guitar goes through a lot of structural changes. Just like people, the older we get, the more we get physically out of whack. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Bridge Reset
Neck Reset (Bolt On)
Neck Reset (Dovetail)
Side Crack Repair (1-4 Braces)
• $150 + Setup
• $350 + Setup
• $520 + Setup
• $40
What is a bridge reset?
• Typically a result of humidity or heat damage, the bridge may begin to become unglued and lift under string tension. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the bridge, establishing a new mating surface between the bridge and body, and gluing these back together tight and flush.
What is a neck reset?
• Over decades, an acoustic neck angle will tend to creep upwards, causing an inability to achieve proper string action. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the neck, reestablishing the factory neck angle, and gluing everything back together so that it fits and stays tight and flush.
• This repair typically requires a new saddle (and sometimes a new nut) to get the instrument back to factory configuration.
There’s no way to list every little thing we can do for you. For everything not listed, we charge hourly rates.
Bench Rate
On-Site Tech Services
• $60 per hour
• $50 per hour
What are your on-site tech services?
• Stageside maintenance bench
• Pre-show setups
A proper setup ensures your instrument plays easily and accurately. A setup is the most common solution to the most common problems such as fret buzz, difficulty fretting, and tuning problems. We offer setups for every hardware configuration in any make and model.
Acoustic
Electric (Fixed Bridge)
Electric (Bigsby Style Tremolo)
Electric (Fender Style Tremolo)
Electric (Floating Style Tremolo)
Electric (Floyd Style Tremolo)
Electric (Evertune Bridge)
• $60
• $70
• $75
• $85
• $90
• $100
• $120
What does a setup include?
• Full guitar inspection (including fret heights/crowns and electronic function verification)
• Restring (shop- or customer-supplied strings)
• 1st fret string clearance (String Height)
• 12th fret string clearance (Action)
• Neck relief adjustment
• Saddle radius adjustment
• Intonation adjustment
• Tremolo balancing
• Pickup height balancing
• Hardware tightening & lubrication
• Instrument cleaning
• Fretboard conditioning
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
Every so often, your frets will need a little extra care. It could be ten years down the road for a casual player, all the way up to once every year or two for professional gigging musicians. Fret dressing eliminates pitting and excessive wear on your frets to fix playability and fret buzz issues. We offer full fret dressing for all neck configurations, we can even level individual frets without touching the rest. A full fret dress requires a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Single Fret Dress
Full Fret Dress
Fret End Dress (No Leveling)
• $10 per fret
• $120 + Setup
• $50
What does a single or full fret dress include?
• Leveling
• Crowning
• Hand polishing (satin finish)
• Fretboard cleaning and conditioning
• Fret end dressing
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Stainless +$20
Nuts and saddles are wear parts that eventually need to be replaced, typically following a refret or neck reset. We offer both drop-in replacements that only require minor fitting, all the way up to completely custom nuts and saddles in a variety of materials. Nut and saddle replacements require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Drop-In Nut or Saddle
Custom Nut
Custom Acoustic Saddle
Compensated Acoustic Saddle
• $25 + Parts + Setup
• $70 + Materials + Setup
• $60 + Materials + Setup
• $100 + Materials + Setup
From what materials can nuts and saddles be made?
• Bone (bleached or unbleached)
• Black Horn
• Graph Tech TUSQ XL (black or white)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale +$20
While a fret dress can solve most fretting problems, eventually frets can become too worn and will require replacement. Refretting can also be an opportunity to upgrade from nickel silver to stainless steel frets, which offer much greater durability and can last 10-20 years even with regular use. All refrets require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument. Some refrets may require a replacement nut and/or saddle.
Unbound Neck
Bound Neck
Partial Refret (Unbound)
Partial Refret (Bound)
• $350 + Setup
• $400 + Setup
• $20 per fret + Setup
• $25 per fret + Setup
What does a refret include?
• Replacement of worn frets with new fretwork
• Fretboard leveling
• Full fret dress (level, crown, and polish)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Compound Radius +$25 (partial refret +$5/fret)
*Stainless or Evo Gold +$50 (partial refret +$10/fret)
Whether you’re adding a new pickup or upgrading an old one, we’ve got you covered. Some guitars and pickup combinations will require replacement parts such as pickguards or mounting rings.
Electric Pickup (One)
Electric Pickup (Two)
Electric Pickup (Three)
Undersaddle Pickup
Soundhole Pickup
• $50
• $85
• $120
• $70 + Setup
• $60
Pickup installation includes output balancing.
*Archtop without direct electronics access +$30
*Push/pull switching with 4-conductor pickup +$15/pickup
*Active pickups +$10/pickup
Electronics repairs can span a wide gamut of situations and timelines. There is a minimum $25 fee for electronics repairs, or half an hour of bench time. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Minimum Price
Hourly Repair Rate
• $25 + Components
• $50 + Components
Why might my electronics repair take an extended amount of time?
• You have an archtop guitar without direct electronics access
• You are requesting a complex configuration with unique components or wiring schemes
The prospect of drilling new holes in your instrument to upgrade hardware is a scary one for many guitar owners. We offer installation services for every piece of hardware on your instrument. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your installation costs, as each guitar and piece of hardware is different.
Installation Fee
Modification Fee
• $20 per part/set
• $20 per part/set
*Sets of parts (tuners, strap buttons, etc) constitute a single parts
*Any part affecting strings require a setup
*We are currently unable to install hardware that requires paint refinishing
Over many years, your acoustic guitar goes through a lot of structural changes. Just like people, the older we get, the more we get physically out of whack. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Bridge Reset
Neck Reset (Bolt On)
Neck Reset (Dovetail)
Side Crack Repair (1-4 Braces)
• $150 + Setup
• $350 + Setup
• $520 + Setup
• $40
What is a bridge reset?
• Typically a result of humidity or heat damage, the bridge may begin to become unglued and lift under string tension. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the bridge, establishing a new mating surface between the bridge and body, and gluing these back together tight and flush.
What is a neck reset?
• Over decades, an acoustic neck angle will tend to creep upwards, causing an inability to achieve proper string action. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the neck, reestablishing the factory neck angle, and gluing everything back together so that it fits and stays tight and flush.
• This repair typically requires a new saddle (and sometimes a new nut) to get the instrument back to factory configuration.
There’s no way to list every little thing we can do for you. For everything not listed, we charge hourly rates.
Bench Rate
On-Site Tech Services
• $60 per hour
• $50 per hour
What are your on-site tech services?
• Stageside maintenance bench
• Pre-show setups
A proper setup ensures your instrument plays easily and accurately. A setup is the most common solution to the most common problems such as fret buzz, difficulty fretting, and tuning problems. We offer setups for every hardware configuration in any make and model.
Acoustic
Electric (Fixed Bridge)
Electric (Bigsby Style Tremolo)
Electric (Fender Style Tremolo)
Electric (Floating Style Tremolo)
Electric (Floyd Style Tremolo)
Electric (Evertune Bridge)
• $60
• $70
• $75
• $85
• $90
• $100
• $120
What does a setup include?
• Full guitar inspection (including fret heights/crowns and electronic function verification)
• Restring (shop- or customer-supplied strings)
• 1st fret string clearance (String Height)
• 12th fret string clearance (Action)
• Neck relief adjustment
• Saddle radius adjustment
• Intonation adjustment
• Tremolo balancing
• Pickup height balancing
• Hardware tightening & lubrication
• Instrument cleaning
• Fretboard conditioning
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
Every so often, your frets will need a little extra care. It could be ten years down the road for a casual player, all the way up to once every year or two for professional gigging musicians. Fret dressing eliminates pitting and excessive wear on your frets to fix playability and fret buzz issues. We offer full fret dressing for all neck configurations, we can even level individual frets without touching the rest. A full fret dress requires a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Single Fret Dress
Full Fret Dress
Fret End Dress (No Leveling)
• $10 per fret
• $120 + Setup
• $50
What does a single or full fret dress include?
• Leveling
• Crowning
• Hand polishing (satin finish)
• Fretboard cleaning and conditioning
• Fret end dressing
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Stainless +$20
Nuts and saddles are wear parts that eventually need to be replaced, typically following a refret or neck reset. We offer both drop-in replacements that only require minor fitting, all the way up to completely custom nuts and saddles in a variety of materials. Nut and saddle replacements require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Drop-In Nut or Saddle
Custom Nut
Custom Acoustic Saddle
Compensated Acoustic Saddle
• $25 + Parts + Setup
• $70 + Materials + Setup
• $60 + Materials + Setup
• $100 + Materials + Setup
From what materials can nuts and saddles be made?
• Bone (bleached or unbleached)
• Black Horn
• Graph Tech TUSQ XL (black or white)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale +$20
While a fret dress can solve most fretting problems, eventually frets can become too worn and will require replacement. Refretting can also be an opportunity to upgrade from nickel silver to stainless steel frets, which offer much greater durability and can last 10-20 years even with regular use. All refrets require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument. Some refrets may require a replacement nut and/or saddle.
Unbound Neck
Bound Neck
Partial Refret (Unbound)
Partial Refret (Bound)
• $350 + Setup
• $400 + Setup
• $20 per fret + Setup
• $25 per fret + Setup
What does a refret include?
• Replacement of worn frets with new fretwork
• Fretboard leveling
• Full fret dress (level, crown, and polish)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Compound Radius +$25 (partial refret +$5/fret)
*Stainless or Evo Gold +$50 (partial refret +$10/fret)
Whether you’re adding a new pickup or upgrading an old one, we’ve got you covered. Some guitars and pickup combinations will require replacement parts such as pickguards or mounting rings.
Electric Pickup (One)
Electric Pickup (Two)
Electric Pickup (Three)
Undersaddle Pickup
Soundhole Pickup
• $50
• $85
• $120
• $70 + Setup
• $60
Pickup installation includes output balancing.
*Archtop without direct electronics access +$30
*Push/pull switching with 4-conductor pickup +$15/pickup
*Active pickups +$10/pickup
Electronics repairs can span a wide gamut of situations and timelines. There is a minimum $25 fee for electronics repairs, or half an hour of bench time. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Minimum Price
Hourly Repair Rate
• $25 + Components
• $50 + Components
Why might my electronics repair take an extended amount of time?
• You have an archtop guitar without direct electronics access
• You are requesting a complex configuration with unique components or wiring schemes
The prospect of drilling new holes in your instrument to upgrade hardware is a scary one for many guitar owners. We offer installation services for every piece of hardware on your instrument. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your installation costs, as each guitar and piece of hardware is different.
Installation Fee
Modification Fee
• $20 per part/set
• $20 per part/set
*Sets of parts (tuners, strap buttons, etc) constitute a single parts
*Any part affecting strings require a setup
*We are currently unable to install hardware that requires paint refinishing
Over many years, your acoustic guitar goes through a lot of structural changes. Just like people, the older we get, the more we get physically out of whack. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Bridge Reset
Neck Reset (Bolt On)
Neck Reset (Dovetail)
Side Crack Repair (1-4 Braces)
• $150 + Setup
• $350 + Setup
• $520 + Setup
• $40
What is a bridge reset?
• Typically a result of humidity or heat damage, the bridge may begin to become unglued and lift under string tension. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the bridge, establishing a new mating surface between the bridge and body, and gluing these back together tight and flush.
What is a neck reset?
• Over decades, an acoustic neck angle will tend to creep upwards, causing an inability to achieve proper string action. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the neck, reestablishing the factory neck angle, and gluing everything back together so that it fits and stays tight and flush.
• This repair typically requires a new saddle (and sometimes a new nut) to get the instrument back to factory configuration.
There’s no way to list every little thing we can do for you. For everything not listed, we charge hourly rates.
Bench Rate
On-Site Tech Services
• $60 per hour
• $50 per hour
What are your on-site tech services?
• Stageside maintenance bench
• Pre-show setups
A proper setup ensures your instrument plays easily and accurately. A setup is the most common solution to the most common problems such as fret buzz, difficulty fretting, and tuning problems. We offer setups for every hardware configuration in any make and model.
Acoustic
• $60
Electric (Fixed Bridge)
• $70
Electric (Bigsby Style Tremolo)
• $75
Electric (Fender Style Tremolo)
• $85
Electric (Floating Style Tremolo)
• $90
Electric (Floyd Style Tremolo)
• $100
Electric (Evertune Bridge)
• $120
What does a setup include?
• Full guitar inspection (including fret heights/crowns and electronic function verification)
• Restring (shop- or customer-supplied strings)
• 1st fret string clearance (String Height)
• 12th fret string clearance (Action)
• Neck relief adjustment
• Saddle radius adjustment
• Intonation adjustment
• Tremolo balancing
• Pickup height balancing
• Hardware tightening & lubrication
• Instrument cleaning
• Fretboard conditioning
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
Every so often, your frets will need a little extra care. It could be ten years down the road for a casual player, all the way up to once every year or two for professional gigging musicians. Fret dressing eliminates pitting and excessive wear on your frets to fix playability and fret buzz issues. We offer full fret dressing for all neck configurations, we can even level individual frets without touching the rest. A full fret dress requires a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Single Fret Dress
• $10 per fret
Full Fret Dress
• $120 + Setup
Fret End Dress (No Leveling)
• $50
What does a single or full fret dress include?
• Leveling
• Crowning
• Hand polishing (satin finish)
• Fretboard cleaning and conditioning
• Fret end dressing
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Stainless +$20
Nuts and saddles are wear parts that eventually need to be replaced, typically following a refret or neck reset. We offer both drop-in replacements that only require minor fitting, all the way up to completely custom nuts and saddles in a variety of materials. Nut and saddle replacements require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument.
Drop-In Nut or Saddle
• $25 + Parts + Setup
Custom Nut
• $70 + Materials + Setup
Custom Acoustic Saddle
• $60 + Materials + Setup
Compensated Acoustic Saddle
• $100 + Material + Setup
From what materials can nuts and saddles be made?
• Bone (bleached or unbleached)
• Black Horn
• Graph Tech TUSQ XL (black or white)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale +$20
While a fret dress can solve most fretting problems, eventually frets can become too worn and will require replacement. Refretting can also be an opportunity to upgrade from nickel silver to stainless steel frets, which offer much greater durability and can last 10-20 years even with regular use. All refrets require a subsequent setup to ensure proper playability of the instrument. Some refrets may require a replacement nut and/or saddle.
Unbound Neck
• $350 + Setup
Bound Neck
• $400 + Setup
Partial Refret (Unbound)
• $20 per fret + Setup
Partial Refret (Bound)
• $25 per fret + Setup
What does a refret include?
• Replacement of worn frets with new fretwork
• Fretboard leveling
• Full fret dress (level, crown, and polish)
Pricing is based on 6-string guitars and 4-string basses. Please contact us for an accurate quote for your extended-range instrument.
*Multiscale or Compound Radius +$25 (partial refret +$5/fret)
*Stainless or Evo Gold +$50 (partial refret +$10/fret)
Whether you’re adding a new pickup or upgrading an old one, we’ve got you covered. Some guitars and pickup combinations will require replacement parts such as pickguards or mounting rings.
Electric Pickup (One)
• $50
Electric Pickup (Two)
• $85
Electric Pickup (Three)
• $120
Undersaddle Pickup
• $70 + Setup
Soundhole Pickup
• $60
Pickup installation includes output balancing.
*Archtop without direct electronics access +$30
*Push/pull switching with 4-conductor pickup +$15/pickup
*Active pickups +$10/pickup
Electronics repairs can span a wide gamut of situations and timelines. There is a minimum $25 fee for electronics repairs, or half an hour of bench time. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Minimum Price
• $25 + Components
Hourly Repair Rate
• $50 + Components
Why might my electronics repair take an extended amount of time?
• You have an archtop guitar without direct electronics access
• You are requesting a complex configuration with unique components or wiring schemes
The prospect of drilling new holes in your instrument to upgrade hardware is a scary one for many guitar owners. We offer installation services for every piece of hardware on your instrument. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your installation costs, as each guitar and piece of hardware is different.
Installation Fee
• $20 per part/set
Modification Fee
• $20 per part/set
*Sets of parts (tuners, strap buttons, etc) constitute a single parts
*Any part affecting strings require a setup
*We are currently unable to install hardware that requires paint refinishing
Over many years, your acoustic guitar goes through a lot of structural changes. Just like people, the older we get, the more we get physically out of whack. Please contact us for a rough estimate of your repair costs.
Bridge Reset
• $130 + Setup
Neck Reset (Bolt On)
• $340 + Setup
Neck Reset (Dovetail)
• $500 + Setup
What is a bridge reset?
• Typically a result of humidity or heat damage, the bridge may begin to become unglued and lift under string tension. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the bridge, establishing a new mating surface between the bridge and body, and gluing these back together tight and flush.
What is a neck reset?
• Over decades, an acoustic neck angle will tend to creep upwards, causing an inability to achieve proper string action. This repair process involves ungluing and removing the neck, reestablishing the factory neck angle, and gluing everything back together so that it fits and stays tight and flush.
• This repair typically requires a new saddle (and sometimes a new nut) to get the instrument back to factory configuration.
There’s no way to list every little thing we can do for you. For everything not listed, we charge hourly rates.
Bench Rate
• $50 per hour
On-Site Tech Services
• $40 per hour
What are your on-site tech services?
• Stageside maintenance bench
• Pre-show setups
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