Repair services and costs.

NB Julian is on holiday for the next 2 weeks. 23/7/10

We at Guitar Works are delighted to announce that our luthier Julian has joined us to work from our Reading store.

Julian will be working in house for 4 regular days a week to provide all of our set ups and repair work. Many of you have already had your instruments serviced by Julian as he has been our repairer since the first day the shop has been open!




Guitar Servicing @ The Guitar Works

NB We do not offer amp repairs; we can recomend Bob Noyze who has a workshop in Tilehurst - 07831557075.

Julian works in a dedicated workshop in our Reading shop 4 working days a week. Customers are welcome to drop in instruments at any time and we can call with a full quote for work needed.

£10 plus strings (add £5 for Floyd Rose Vibrato System)

Set Up : Acoustic - £30 plus strings
Electric - £40 plus strings
Electric with Floyd Rose Vibrato System - £45 plus strings

The guitar is given a full service:
The fretboard is cleaned and oiled where necessary and the frets are polished to give an ultra smooth playing area. The electric components are cleaned and the pickup height set. The guitar is restrung with the strings of your choice, the neck checked for trueness and the truss rod adjusted to give the correct amount of relief for the string gauge chosen.
In addition to this, the action is set and the smooth passage of the strings over the top-nut and saddle assured. The guitar is tuned to pitch and the intonation set to maintain correct tuning all the way up the neck.
Lastly, the guitar is given a playing test and the smooth operation of tuning machines and vibrato systems is checked.

All new guitars purchased through Guitarworks receive a set up on arrival and a free set up any time in the first year following purchase.

Fret-stone: £40.00 plus cost of Set Up
The frets are checked for stability, leveled, re-profiled and polished to remove playing wear and high spots and to give the smoothest possible rattle-free playing surface. The guitar then receives a full set up as above.

Refrets: Bound F/B from £150.00 plus materials
Un-bound F/B from £130.00 plus materials
The existing frets are carefully removed and the fretboard leveled and cambered to provide the perfect surface for the new frets to sit.
The neck is fretted with your choice of fretwire which is then leveled, profiled and polished before the whole guitar is given a full set up as above.
Compound radius cambers, scalloped fretboards and custom inlay work can all be accommodated.
The leveling of lacquered fingerboards may require the re-lacquering of the fingerboard face. £35.00 extra
A substantial increase in fret height will necessitate the fitting of a new top nut, the cost of the top nut blank should be added to the above prices.

Top Nuts from Blank: From £30.00 plus materials
(Blank available in Bone, Graphite, Tusq, etc.)
The fitting and shaping of a new top nut of your chosen material. The precision cutting and lubrication of the string slots for spacing, depth and width. Restring recommended
This procedure is HALF-PRICE when carried out as part of any Set Up.

Top Nuts Precut : From £16.00 plus materials
The fitting of a new moulded top nut. The fine tuning and lubrication of the string slots for depth and width. Restring recommended.

Fitting Under-saddle Pickup: from £40.00
To obtain optimum results from these pickups, equal pressure must be applied by the strings along the entire pickup length. To ensure this, the saddle slot and saddle base must be perfectly flat. The work involves the re-routing of the saddle slot where necessary and voicing of the saddle to give a balanced output for when amplified. The action is set at the original height unless specified otherwise.

Electrics: From £16.00

Complete Rewire: From £40.00
The work involves the replacement of faulty components and associated wiring. A rewire involves the complete rebuilding of the guitars circuit, replacing faulty parts and fitting new components where requested.
Routing of the guitar body or scratchplate eg: fitting of a Humbucking pickup to a Fender Strat, £30.00 extra.

Wiring Mods and Upgrades: From £20.00
Eg: 4 way Telecaster mod, PRS/Strat mod, Jimmy Page Les Paul mod, Push-Pull coil taps, etc.

Pickup Fitting: Buy your pickups from Guitarworks and get FREE fitting.
Free fitting on all direct replacement pickups bought through Guitarworks. Bring your own pickups and fitting is from just £20

Anything else?? Please call or pop in the shop and ask!