_edited.png)
Services
We provide professional service and maintenance for guitarists and musicians on the Upper East Side and NYC area. We work on precious vintage guitars such as Martin Guitars, Taylor Guitars, Gibson, Fender Guitars. We carry D'addario strings and accessories. We also build Custom Electric Guitars. We offer Pickup and Delivery Service for guitar setups.
Guitar Setup & Fret Levels
full neck & bridge adjustment, fret polishing, neck conditioning, machine head oiling, cleaning & lubricating of electronics, intonation & tuning
Standard Electric & Acoustic $85
Hard Tails, Les Pauls, Teles, Basic 4-string Basses, Ukulele, Acoustic 6-strings, Classical Acoustics, Stratocaster style guitars, Guitars with Bigsbys, Lapsteels, 7-string electrics, 5-string Basses, Resonators
​
Advanced electric (12 string & locking tremolo) $100
Locking Tremolo Guitars (Floyd Rose trems), 12-string guitars, Latin Instruments, 6-string Basses, Banjos, Jaguars & Jazzmasters (Includes shimming neck, teflon taping bridge and thread locking on saddles)
​
Mandolin or Archtop $99
Includes cost of fitting bridge to top
​
Rickenbacker 12-Strings $109
Includes cost of fitting bridge to top
$169 with Fret Level, Recrown & Polish
Restring & Tune
6-String, 7-String, Banjo & Ukulele $35
Restringing Includes installation, conditioning, tuning and polish 6 string or bass
$25 with other work
​
12-String $45
$35 with other work
​
Classical, Latin Instruments $35
$30 with other work
​
Floyd Rose Trem Equipped $45
$35 with other work
Restring & Adjust
2-String $60
$50 with other work
​
Classical, Latin Instruments $55
$45 with other work
​
Floyd Rose Trem Equipped $75
$65 with other work
Add-Ons & Adjustments
Adjust Action or Inotation $30
Included with setup​
​
Truss Rod Adjustment $15
Included with setup​
​
12-String $45
$35 with other work
​
Classical, Latin Instruments $35
$30 with other work
​
Floyd Rose Trem Equipped $45
$35 with other work
​
Blocking of Tremolo (one side) $20
$35 for both sides
​
Fill Nut Slot $20
$3 for each additional
First included with setup
​
Keyholing Bridge Slots $5-$15
Requires setup
​
Lower Nut Slots $15-$25
Included with setup
​
Glossing Fingerboard $20
​
Clean Electronics $15-$25
$10-$20 with setup
​
Dowell and Drill Strap Button $10-$20
Included with setup
​
Lowering Nut Shelf on Floyd Rose Nut $25
$15-$25 with setup
​
Strap Button Install $15
$7 with setup
​
Shimming Neck $20
$10 with setup
$10-$13 for laser cut shim
​
Shimming Side of Neck Pocket $20
$10-$15 with setup
​
Very Dirty Guitar or Rusty/Frozen Hardware $10-$40
Requires setup
​
Removing Stickers $15-$20
$10-$25 with setup
​
Saddle Installation for Strat Style $50-$60
Includes Restring & Tune
$15 with setup
​
Saddle Installation Gibson Style $100
Includes cutting slots, Restring & Tune
$75 with setup
​
Tuner Mounting, Drop In, 6-String $15
Plus cost of Restring or setup
$10 with full setup
​
Tuner Install, With Reaming & Drilling, 6-String $40
Plus cost of Restring or setup
$30 with full setup
​
12-String Tuner Install $75
Plus cost of Restring & Setup
$60 with full setup
Tuner Install, Non-Dog Ears (Spertzels, Schaller) $50
Plus cost of Restring & Setup
$35 with full setup
​
Pick Guard Mounting, LP Style, No Screws $15
$10 with full setup
​
Shimming Strap-In Button $12.50
$7.50 with full setup
Nuts
Difficult Removal of Nut $15-$25
$15-$25 with setup​
​
Fender Style $90
$75 setup​
​
Gibson Style, Acoustic or Fender w/ Binding $95
$80 with with setup
​
12-String $150
$125 with setup
​
Fit & Adjust Synthetic Nut $55-$55
$25-$35 with setup
​
Graphite $100
$85 with setup
​
Brass Or Steel $160
$145 with setup
$10 for blanks
​
5-String Bass Nut $170
$150 with setup
$25 for blanks
​
Shimming Up and Recutting Nut $40
$25 with setup
​
Raising Nut Slots $15-$65
1st three included in cost of setup
Binding Group
Reglue Loose Binding on Top, Side or Back With Touch Up $175
This is a difficult repair and can require lots of touch up to make it work and look good.
$125 for each additional side​
Bridge Group
All prices are for 6 strings except where otherwise noted.
Add $10-20 extra for 12 strings.
Restring is NOT included unless otherwise mentioned.
Electric Bridges
Mount New Bridge $20
Tune-O-matic or Strat hard tail​
​
Mount Tele Bridge $30
​
Mount New Tremolo $30
Strat Tremolo or Floyd Rose Style
​
Mount Bass Bridge $20
Acoustic Bridges
Bridge Remove and Reglue, Martin Style 6 String $175
Includes Restring & Adjust Service​
Installing Bridges
Tune-O-matic $120-$160
plugging/drilling holes​
​
Tremolo $120-$180
plugging holes​/carving rout
​
Bigsby Install $120
​
Bigsby Install on Tele $200
with bridge install, cups, trem, set up
​
Tele $300
mounting, drilling holes through body, etc.
​
Bass $85-$120
Guitar Electronics
Hollow Bodies Add-on $25-$75
​
Pickup Installation $50 one
$65 two​
$75 three
​
Pickup Installation on Tele, Bridge $65
​
Pickup Installation on Tele, Neck $50
​
Pickup Installation on Tele, Set $75
mounting, drilling holes through body, etc.
​
Bass $85-$120
​
EMG Install $100
1 pick up, 2 pots, jack & battery
$15 for each additional
$120 for 3 pickup Strat or Noiseless install
$150 for Les Paul with 4 pots
​
Acoustic Pickup & Install, K&K $75
$45 with setup​
​
Acoustic Pickup & Install, K&K, Trinity $90
$60 with setup​
​
Banjo or Mandolin Pickup & Install, K&K $150
Includes setup​
​
Soundhole Pickup & Instal $150
$30 with setup​
​
Ribbon Transducer Install $90
$60 with setup​
​
Install On-Board Acoustic Pickup System $199
​
Clean Electronics $25
Top Load (Strat Style)​
​
Clean Electronics $25
Back Load (LP Style)​
​
Replace Pot $45
Two Pots $65​
Three Pots $80​
Four Pots $90​
​
Replace, Switch Les Paul Style $50
​
Replace, Switch Strat Style $55
​
Push Pull Pot Install $55
Each additional $25​
​
Tap Switch Install $50
Each additional $25​
​
Total Rewire $125 & Up
Regular
​
Total Rewire $175 & Up
Hollowbody
​
Shield Guitar Cavity, Copper $50-$75
Plus materials
​
Shield Guitar Cavity, Paint $90
Plus materials
Frets & Fingerboards
Full Fret Level & Re-Crown, Basic 6-String $275
$70 with setup​
​
Fret End File $50
$40 with setup
​
Re-Crown Only $50
$30 with setup