Upgrades & Repairs

Electrical Upgrades

Do you wish your pickups sounded a bit clearer, or louder, or brighter?

Repair or replace your components to achieve your desired sound. Small changes can have big results.

Not sure what to buy? Send us a message for some personalized advice.

  • $25 - Installation per pickup

  • $35 - Replacement of Vol or Tone Controls (CTS or MojoTone)

  • $50 - push/pull pots installed - (CTS)

  • $25 - Treble Bleed

  • $25 - Copper Shielding installed

Refresh, Repair, or Upgrade

Services we provide:

  • Pickup Swaps

  • Fix Noisy Volume controls

  • Correct Tuning stability issues

  • Modifications

  • Refretting service

  • & more!

We repair New and Vintage instruments:

  • Electric and Acoustic Guitars, Basses, Ukuleles, Banjos, Violas and Violins.

Fret dressing

Fix dead frets, or buzzing notes, by having your frets refreshed. All of this work is done by hand with meticulous attention to detail.

Perfectly level frets, that are highly polished, will Dramatically improve the playability and feel of your instrument.

  • $100 - Full leveling, crown, and polish. (includes strings)

    • 6 step hand polishing

  • $25 - Quick refresh / maintenance (includes strings)

    • 2 STEP HAND POLISHING

Guitar Setups

Full inspection and measurements taken. Fully adjusted if not correct.

  • Neck relief

  • 12th fret string height

  • Nut slot depth

  • Pickup Height

  • Saddle Height

  • Fret Height / Check for high frets – Level up to 6 frets.

Electronics Check

  • Verify proper operation of all switches and potentiometers.

  • Measure pickups for resistance and polarity

  • Cleaning and oil of potentiometers with D5 (if needed)

Neck

  • Clean fretboard (if needed)

  • Oil fretboard

  • 2 step Fret polishing (5 step for those that were leveled)

  • Fret Edges / Smooth as needed

Final Review

  • Restring guitar

  • Final Cleaning and waxing of body (if applicable)

  • Verify and set intonation

  • Very all hardware and tighten as necessary

Repair Services

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Location
Hours

By Appointment Only
Drop-off and Pickup - Saturday and Sunday 10am -12pm

South Elgin, IL