Restringing includes a stringing, basic truss rod adjustment, and Big Bends Nut Sauce application to the nut slots

Standard electric or acoustic guitar: $25

Bass 4,5, or 6 string: $25

Standard 12-string guitar: $45

Double locking tremolo: $50 (Includes tremolo balancing)

Floating tremolo bridge restring: $30 (includes tremolo balancing)

Rickenbacker style 12-string: $60 (includes dual truss rod adjustment)

Classical guitar (tied ends): $35

Mandolin: $25

Banjo: $25

*Prices reflect performing these services with a Calibration & Reset or Restring. Otherwise, they are priced hourly at $90 per hour

Tuner replacement: Direct drop-in: $10

Tuner replacement: Drilling for anti-rotation screws: $25

Tuner installation with reaming and drilling: Hourly only, typically $30

Tuner installation: Pin style (Sperzel, Schaller): Hourly only, typically $45

Pickguard swap, Strat or similar: $20

Pickguard swap, direct drop in, - Tele/SG style: $10

Pickguard install, drill for new mounting screws - Strat/Tele style: $15-$25

Strap button: Fix stripped screws (dowel and re-tap): priced by the hour, approximately $22.5 ea.

Strap button: remove broken screw, dowel and retaps: priced by the hour, approximately $30-$45 ea.

Hipshot D-tuner installation: $15

Custom pickguards: By estimate

Install Floyd Upgrades Trem-stopper: $8

Electric bridge swaps
-Tune-o-Matic, Strat hardtail, or similar: $5 
-Tune-o-Matic Saddle slotting $60
-Strat style tremolo, Floyd Rose, or similar (direct drop in): $10
-Tele style (with bridge mounted pick up): $10
-Vibratmate Bigsby install $15
-Bass: BadAss/Omega, Hipshot, Babicz or similar direct drop in: $5

Electric bridge raw installations: Hourly @ $90 per hour. Prices represent typical cost and do not include Calibration & Reset services
-Guitar or bass top mount fender/hardtail style bridges: $45
-Guitar or bass string through body hardtail style $90
-Tune-o-matic, or 2 post wraparound style bridges: $70
-Bigsby tailpiece: Gibson or similar install: $45
-Fender Bigsby system on Telecaster $90
-Bigsby on tele, non-fender system, bridge modifications, $90-$135

Route for installation: Hourly @ $90 per hour. Prices represent typical cost and do not include Calibration & Reset services
-Standard tremolo, no existing trem: $185
-Kahler Tremolo (guitar or bass): $145

-Evertune T-style $350
-Evertune: F/F7/F8 style Starts at $370
-Evertune: G style $450
-Evertune: extra services (i.e. filling recessed tremolo routes, space around tremolo, etc) $90 per hour

Acoustic Bridges

*Acoustic bridge replacements are based on $90 per hour. Prices are estimates and may vary
-Replace Saddle, Martin/Gibson/ or similar: pre-shaped/standard size $45 + blank material
-Replace saddle, Custom fabrication $90 + blank material
-Replace Saddle, Taylor: $35
-Replace bridge, $180 + bridge material and new saddle costs
-Bridge plate graft (fixes ball end damaged on bridge plate)  $130

*Prices are approximate and reflect the cost when done with Calibration & Reset. Extra woodworking and/or lay out time may increase costs. Conversely, easier installs may cost less.

*Custom wiring/General Electronics work $90 per hour

-Standard installations: 1st pick up $55, $15 for each additional pick up done at the same time

-Tele Bridge Pick up, or similar bridge mounted pickup $75, $15 for additional Pickups (restring included)

-EMG installations (from passive, with EMG quick connect systems): $90 per hour. Typically 1-1.5 hours for most installs

-Fishmans/Other Active systems installs (from passive, NO quick connect systems): $90 per hour typically 1-1.5 hours for most installs

-Hollowbody Pick up install or wiring: Custom wiring rate, ¾ hour minimum

-Sustainiac installation: Starts at $170

-Pick up rewinding starting at $90 (includes uninstall and re-install)

-Route body for new pick up, flattop/fender style: Custom woodworking ($90 per hour) ¾ hour minimum

-Route body for new pick up carved top/Les Paul Style Custom woodworking ($90 per hour) 1 hour minimum

*Active to passive installs may require drilling a ground wire, which factors into the custom wiring rate

*Some pick up installs may require a restring

*Hollowbody: Priced by the hour (typically 10%-20% more than standard work)

Pick Up Installations: acoustic

Acoustic pickup installation and Electronics work is typically charged by the hour @ $90 per hour (prices listed are approximate)

-Soundhole Pick up, acoustic, includes drilling endpin jack, trimming wire, and internal wire hold downs: $70

-Install K&K pure mini Pickup, steel string acoustic, drilling endpin jack, adhesive, internal wire hold downs: $90

-Install K&K Trinity pick up system, endpin jack, adhesive, internal wire hold downs: $105

-Install K&K Pick up, Nylon string acoustic, includes drilling endpin jack, adhesive, internal wire hold downs: $90

-Install K&K Pick up, mandolin or banjo, includes endpin jack installation, adhesive $90

-Undersaddle ribbon piezo pick up (or similar) installation $90 (includes saddle shave, basic wiring)

-LR Baggs Anthem system, includes piezo undersaddle, bridge mic, endpin jack: Priced by the hour, typically $130+/-

-LR Baggs Lyric system, includues bridge mic, endpin jack, internal wire hold downs: Priced by the hour, typically $90

-Wire secondary pick up to output jack: $20

-Splice new PU into existing pre-amp: Priced by the hour, typically $20-$30

*For jobs involving several components we default to the custom hourly wiring rate of $85 per hour (it saves you money, trust us)

-Diagnose electrical issue bench fee: $15 minimum, $90 per hour for big troubleshooting

-Repair disconnected component or jack: $10

-Replace jack $10-$25

-Replace potentiometer (pot) $30

-Install Push/pull or push/push pot $45

-Install mini-switch $30, drilling or cavity wood removal may add additional costs

-Replace Les Paul Style switch $40

-Replace Tele Style switch $40

-Replace Strat style switch: $45

-Install 4-way Rotary: hourly, typically $75-$90

-Replace super switch, super 5-way, 5-way rotary, 6-way rotary: Custom wiring rate, typically around $70

-Total rewire: Priced by the hour. $60-$180

-Shield cavities with copper foil: $90 per hour + material

-Pre-amp installations (guitar and bass): Custom hourly rate, $90 per hour

-Routing and installation of 9 or 18-volt battery compartment Custom woodworking rate, ¾ hour minimum (battery boxes extra)

-General fretwork rate is $90 per hour

-Fret Dress, Standard (level, re-crown, polish frets, and full set up on guitar) $200* (see below for additional charges)

-Fret Dress, Advanced (Earlewine neck jig needed, level, re-crown, polish frets, and full set up on guitar) $270* (see below for additional charges)

-Round over/re-shape fret ends (aka Hot-dogging fret ends): Hourly

-Full refret on unfinished fingerboard (rosewood, ebony, or similar) with removable neck $370* (Neck through, set neck, or Acoustic +$50)

-Full refret on unfinished fingerboard with binding (rosewood, ebony, or similar) with removable neck $420* (Neck through, set neck, or Acoustic +$50)

-Full refret on maple fretboard with no finish work or fretboard service and removeable neck: visual estimate required, typically $320*

-Full refret on finished fretboard: visual estimate required*. Typically prices like one of the above listed refrets with an hour of finish work at $100 per hour

-Partial refret: $90 per hour + fret wire material. Typically pricing averages $15-$25 per fret depending on fret material, fretboard type, binding, etc. A Full fret dress may be required and is an extra charge

-Fretted to fretless conversion: Hourly, typically $265

-Fingerboard planing on a fretless bass: Hourly, typically $140

-High density hand rubbed oil finish on Fretless fingerboard: Hourly, typically $105

-Epoxy finish on fretless fingerboard: Hourly + materials, typically $315

-Glue in loose fret: $6 each

Other considerations:

Different bridge types/string numbers add to the cost

-Strats add $15

-Floyds/dbl. Locking add $35

-7-string guitar/5-string bass +$25 to refrets

-8-string Guitar/6-String bass +$35 to refrets

-9+ string guitar/7+string bass +$45 to refrets

refrets include standard nickel-steel fretwire

Fretwire upgrades:

-Evo Gold (copper-steel alloy) Currently unavailable (Jescar has discontinued Evo fretwire) $100 if BYO wire

-Stainless steel $130

Standard Fender/Gibson style nut replacement labor: starting at $75

Bass nut replacement labor: starting at $65

Martin angled bottom nut replacement labor: starting at $95

Additional considerations:

-custom cut/custom spaced nuts priced by the hour

-Finish touch up/sealed nut ends +$10

-additional strings above standard: +$6

-12-string guitar adds $50

-Nut replacement with C&R service or Refret offer a $10 discount on total service

-Brass nut: Priced hourly, typically adds $30-$60 to basic nut cost

-Difficulties removing old nut/clean nut shelf: $10-$30

-Fanned fret nuts: priced per hour, typically 1-1.5 hours.

Structural work repair rate is $90 per hour

-Headstock repairs: Hourly. Typically starting at $75, reaching up to $500 depending on severity of the break and finish work.

-Carbon Fiber reinforced headstock repairs starting at $350, lifetime warranty

-Heat treatments to correct neck issues: starting at $50

-Replace stripped truss rod nut on MIA Fenders $90 per hour, typically 1.5 hours +/- (requires new truss rod nut, walnut plug and light finish work.  Set-up is extra, in some instances and new nut may be required as well)

-Mount neck, no drilling: $10 with set up, other services extra

-Mount neck with drilling: Hourly, typically, around $45 with C&R service

-Dowel and drill stripped neck mounting hole: Hourly, typically between $30-$90

-Repair Broken truss rod nuts on single action rods (standard Gibson, some fenders) $90

-Broken truss rod: visual estimate required

-Acoustic Neck reset: standard Martin style narrow heel: $500

-Acoustic Neck reset: Gibson and Guild style wide heel: $550

*New Saddles, bridges, and/or nuts are not included in the price of neck resets. Some neck resets requiring more dovetail shimming than typical can increase the cost.

-Acoustic Body cracks: visual estimate required. $90 per hour, most cracks addressed in well under 1.5 hours

-Reglue loose binding $90 per hour

-Other binding repairs: visual estimate required

-Finish work: visual estimate required (Rate is $100 per hour + finishing supplies)

-Buff out finish: Hourly, typically $45-$90

-Full refinishes: cost prohibitive in most cases when we do it. But we can help via 3rd party finishers. Contact us for more info.

-Custom wood working $90 per hour