Standard Maintenance & Setups

  • Basic Restring & Clean: $30 (plus cost of strings)

    • Restring, clean/condition fingerboard.

  • Standard Setup (Acoustic / Standard Hardtail Electric / Bass): $90

    • Truss rod adjustment, action at nut and saddle/bridge, intonation, radius matching, pickup height, fingerboard prep, hardware check, surface clean.

  • Complex Setup (Floyd Rose / Floating Tremolo / 12-String / Archtop): $120

    • Balancing spring tension, locking nut radius checks, or managing double-string octave intonation.

Fretwork & Fingerboard Services

  • Spot Fret Level / Fret Edge Dress: $70

    • Spot-leveling high frets or filing sharp fret ends due to seasonal fingerboard shrinkage.

  • Full Fret Level, Crown, & Polish (Fret Dress): $190

    • Levelling, recrowning, high-polish finish, and full setup. (Stainless steel frets usually incur a 25–30% upcharge).

  • Full Refret (Unbound Rosewood/Ebony): $480 (Includes setup)

  • Full Refret (Bound Neck or Lacquered Maple): $550

    • Additional labor for binding preservation or board touch-ups.

Nuts, Saddles & Hardware Modifications

  • Pre-Fab Nut $– $75 (plus setup)

  • Tuner Replacement (Direct Drop-In): $40

  • Tuner Replacement (Reaming / Conversion Bushings): $80

  • Tremolo Block: $70

Electronics & Custom Harness Wiring

  • Minor Repair / Component Replacement: $50

    • Single output jack replacement (e.g., Switchcraft), pot replacement, or selector switch repair.

  • Single Pickup Install: $50

  • Full Pickup Set Swap (2–3 Pickups): $70

  • Full Harness Rewire (Solidbody Strat/Tele/LP): $120 (plus parts)

    • Hand-wiring CTS pots, Sprague/Orange Drop caps, shielding cavity with copper foil, custom switching (push/pull coil-splitting, series/parallel).

  • Hollowbody / Semi-Hollow (ES-335) Electronics $170

    • Additional labor for pulling and fishing harnesses through F-holes.