Price List

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Hand Made Custom Electric Guitars and Basses

I will make a genuinely hand-built custom guitar to your specification.

I do not use CNC machines, 3D printers, engravers etc.

I  use routers, saws, rasps files and sandpaper and elbow grease!

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We will spend time discussing your requirements: music you play, solid or semi-hollow body, choice of wood, colour, finish, neck shape/thickness, fret wire, hardware, pickup choice, string gauge, purpose of the guitar; gigging etc.

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Price will depend on the type of design, woods and hardware you specify.

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I do not currently make acoustic guitars.

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Electric Guitar and Bass Setup

Why have your guitar or bass set up professionally?

Experienced musicians know how they like their guitar to be set up ensuring it is comfortable to play and sounds at it’s best.

If you are learning to play it is vital to have a guitar that is set up to the peak of it’s playability, making it easier to play, it will sound better, it will be in tune up and down the fretboard and give you an all-round better experience. You do not need to have an expensive guitar to benefit from a good set up.

If your guitar has lost its mojo it’s probably time for a setup!

Basic

For electric and bass guitars that are reasonably clean, not heavily used, recently had a string change, and you just want the reassurance that the guitar is setup properly and playing as well as it can. Cost: £40 (please note; strings cannot always be saved so a new set may be added to the cost).

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1.   Check and adjust as necessary string height at nut

2.   Check neck relief and adjust truss rod as necessary

3.   Set string height

4.   Check intonation and adjust as necessary.

5.   Check pickup height and adjust as necessary

6.   Check electrics

7.   Set string radius at bridge (on guitars which have individual string saddles)

8.   Leave overnight and re-check

Standard

 I would recommend this type of service and setup for most guitars.

Cost: £60-£70 plus cost of new strings

In addition to the Basic service, the guitar strings are removed, the fretboard is cleaned, oiled and polished, maple fretboards cleaned and polished, frets cleaned and polished and a new set of strings is installed.
(£70 for guitars with a Floyd Rose type tremolo)

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Deluxe

 I would recommend this type of service and setup for guitars that are heavily used and in need of a really good clean or have not been serviced for a long time.

Cost: £80-£100 plus cost of new strings.  

 In addition to the Standard service, all components are removed and cleaned and the body and neck is cleaned and polished, depending on condition of guitar, and a new set of strings is installed.

If you are not sure what type of set up is best for your guitar I am very happy to look at it and give you some advice.

Please contact me to book an appointment.

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Acoustic Guitar Setup

Basic - £40 (please note; strings cannot always be saved so a new set may be added to the cost).

Generally, a basic setup for an acoustic is based around string height adjustment at the nut and saddle and the truss rod. If this doesn’t help with playability and intonation a saddle replacement may be necessary at extra cost.

1.  Check and adjust as necessary string height at nut

2.  Check neck relief and adjust truss rod as necessary

3.  Set string height by reducing saddle height if necessary

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Standard - £70 plus cost of new strings.
As with basic but old strings are removed, then fretboard is cleaned, oiled and polished, frets cleaned and polished and new strings installed. Body cleaned and polished.
 

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Nut Replacement

The nut can become worn through constant tuning but can also become brittle and crack depending on the material. Nuts can be replaced with new ones pre-made from various materials from hard plastics to composites and bone.
Please note, the guitar will need a basic setup after the nut is replaced, this is at a discounted rate.
Alternatively, I can make you a custom nut from bone to the exact dimensions of your guitar and specification.

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• Replacing a pre-made nut - £20 + £20 setup = £50 plus cost of nut.

• Custom made bone nut - £50 + £20 setup = £70 plus cost of nut blank.

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Fretwork and Refrets

Perfectly level, clean, polished frets are imperative to the way your guitar feels, plays and sustains. Bends and slides feel effortless with good fretwork. Fret buzz and notes choking (not sustaining) will make your playing sound horrendous!
If you play often you will notice divots begin to appear in the areas you play the most. Sweat and oils will start to make the frets look tarnished and more effort will be required to bend the string. Generally, frets will need levelling and/or crowning and polishing. If this has already been done a few times the frets may have become too low for maintenance and may need replacing. I am more than happy to assess and will tell you honestly whether they can be levelled and crowned or if the instrument requires a refret.

Level, crown and polish, dress fret-ends (including fretboard clean and oil/ lacquered fretboard clean) - £40 to £60 depending on condition of frets. £80-£100 for stainless steel frets (stainless steel takes longer to install and wears tools quicker).
     •    Complete refret – Unbound non-lacquered fretboard - £150 plus cost of fret               wire. 
     •    Bound non-lacquered fret board - £180 plus cost of fret wire. 
     •    Add £20 for lacquered fretboards. 
     •    For stainless steel fret wire £200 for unbound and £230 for a bound fretboard             plus cost of fret wire. Includes level, crown and polish, dressing fret ends,                 cleaning and oiling fret board/ lacquered fretboard clean.
     •    Fretboard and frets clean and polish only - £25 + strings if required

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Bodywork/Repairs

     •    Relicing
     •    Broken headstock
     •    Scratches and gouges
     •    Fret markers
Charged at an hourly rate of £25 per hour plus the cost of materials.

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Refurbishment

•     Complete strip down

•    All hardware deep cleaned and polished

•    Wiring assessed and if necessary replaced

•    All electrics cleaned and tested

•   Pickups removed, cleaned and tested

•   Fretboard deep clean, frets cleaned and polished

•   Body deep cleaned and polished

•   Rebuilt and complete set up

Charged at an hourly rate of £25 per hour plus cost of materials

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Electronics and Hardware

• Fault diagnosis

• Shielding cavities

• Replacing/upgrading pots and switches

• Rewiring

• Adding treble bleed

• Pickup replacement/upgrade including routing

• Tuner, bridge and other hardware replacement/upgrade – may require screw holes to be plugged and redrilled

Charged at an hourly rate of £25 per hour plus the cost of hardware and materials.