Recent Repair & Custom Work
A look inside the workshop — setups, restorations, fretwork, and custom builds.
Guitar Setups • Restringing, Fretwork • Electronics Repair • Acoustic Guitar Repairs • Electric Guitar Repairs • Restorations • Custom Luthier Work.
We also repair Bass Guitars • Mandolins • Ukuleles • Bouzoukis • Violins
We regularly serve customers in
Loughton, Debden, Buckhurst Hill, Epping,
Waltham Abbey, Theydon Bois, Chigwell,
Hainault, Barkingside, Clayhall,
South Woodford, Woodford Green,
Wanstead, Snaresbrook, Harlow,
Chingford, and surrounding Essex and East London areas.
Areas We Cover
String removal, restringing, stretching & pitch perfect tuning. Bass, mandolins, violins, ukuleles and bouzoukis
Action, intonation, neck relief, and string replacement for optimal playability.
Pickup installation, rewiring, soldering, and troubleshooting noisy circuits.
Precision adjustment of neck curvature for optimal playability.
Precision fretwork for smooth bends and clean tone across the neck.
Vintage guitar restoration and structural repair with attention to detail.
Custom length patch cables, made to order, large selection of pancake jack plugs.
A look inside the workshop — setups, restorations, fretwork, and custom builds.
| Job | Price | Comments | Turnover |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Minor Jobs | £20.00 | Small basic jobs | 30-60 mins |
| Restring 6 String Electric / Acoustic | £20.00 | Customer provides the strings | Approx 1-2 hrs | *Restring 6 String Electric / Acoustic | £30.00 | We provide the strings (up to £10.00) | Approx 1-2 hrs | Restring 12 String Guitar Electric / Acoustic | £35.00 | Customer provides the strings | Approx 2-3 hrs | *Restring 12 String Guitar Electric / Acoustic | £50.00 | We provide the strings (up to £15.00) | Approx 2-3 hrs |
| Restring 6 String (Floating Bridge) | £30.00 | Customer provides the strings | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| *Restring 6 String (Floating Bridge) | £40.00 | We provide the strings (up to £10.00) | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| Fret Filing, Body Polish & Fret Board Cleaning | £75.00 | Usually requires new set of strings (Not included in price) | Approx 1 Day |
| *Fret Replacement | £300.00 | Includes, replace frets, neck/fret board polishing, new strings complete set up | Approx 3 Days |
| Intonation Setup | £60.00 | Guitar bridge saddle adjustment for perfect tuning | Approx 2-3 hrs |
| Neck Relief Adjustment | £60.00 | We use a digital gauge that measures as little as 1000th mm - Nut adjustment | Approx 2-3 hrs |
| Electrical Diagnosis | £30.00 | We diagnose the fault and quote you a price for the repair | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| *Pickup Replacement | £80.00 | Includes soldering new wiring - set up (pickups not included in price) | Approx 1 day |
| Broken Wire Repairs | £40.00 | Any loose or broken wires replaced and resoldered | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| Guitar / Bass Cavity Shielding | £80.00 | Faraday cage installation to reduce electromagnetic interference | Approx 3-4 hrs |
| *Tone / Volume / Switch Replacement | £50.00 - £85.00 | Replacement parts not included, we install them and solder the wiring | Approx 2-3 hrs |
| *Jack Socket Replacement | £30.00 | New jack socket not included in the price | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| Custom Patch Cables (Minimum Order 4 Pieces) | £5.00 each | 5mm cable, pancake jack plugs, square or round (max length per cable 40cm | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| Pedal Board Build (Pedals Not Included) | £120.00 - £250.00 | Aluminium or metal board, pedals attached, patch cables made to size, all wiring | Approx 2-3 days |
| Bass Mandolin Violin Ukulele Bouzouki Restrings | £20.00 - £30.00 | Customer provides the strings | Approx 1-2 hrs |
| *Bass Mandolin Violin Ukulele Bouzouki Restrings | £35.00 - £45.00 | We provide the strings (up to £15.00) | Approx 1-2 hrs |
Appointments are recommended, but you're welcome to contact us first to discuss your repair.
Most setups are completed within 24-48 hours depending on workload.
Yes, we repair, setup and restore both acoustic and electric guitars as well as bass, mandolins, violins, ukuleles and bouzoukis.
If the repair is something minor that will take a few minutes, then yes, otherwise we will need to keep your instrument in the workshop for the duration of the repair and will inform you when its ready.
Yes we send regular pictures and videos of the work being done on your instrument via whatsapp, so you can see the progress of your repair. We also send you a video of the final setup and sound test once the repair is complete.
We have over 25 years of experience in guitar repair and restoration.
Yes, we always issue a receipt for all paid work and we also issue paperwork when you handover your instrument with serial numbers, make and model listed.
Yes, we can collect and drop off your instrument for a small fee, within a 5 mile radius of Loughton, Essex.
Yes, we repair all electrical faults and also do complete rewiring as well as cavity sheilding.