Repairs & Setup

We repair guitars, mandolins, banjos, fiddles, basses, and other traditional & folk instruments. Contact us with your project for pricing and availability.

Guitar Services

Setup & Maintenance:

  • Complete setup (action adjustment, intonation, neck relief)
  • Fret leveling, crowning, and polishing
  • Nut replacement and adjustment
  • Bridge and saddle work
  • Tuning peg replacement and repair
  • Electronics installation and repair (pickups, preamps, jacks)

Structural Repairs:

  • Crack repair (top, back, sides, neck)
  • Brace repair and replacement
  • Neck reset procedures
  • Headstock break repair
  • Bridge regluing and replacement
  • Binding repair and replacement

Mandolin Services

  • Traditional flat-top and carved-top setup
  • Tailpiece adjustment and replacement
  • Fretboard radius correction
  • Scroll repair and refinishing
  • F-hole binding repair
  • Pickguard installation and repair

Banjo Services

  • Head replacement and tensioning
  • Rim repair and restoration
  • Neck angle adjustment
  • Tailpiece and bridge setup
  • Resonator attachment repair
  • Tone ring maintenance

Fiddle/Violin Services

  • Soundpost setting and adjustment
  • Bridge cutting and fitting
  • Fingerboard planing and dressing
  • Peg fitting and bushing
  • Tailpiece and chinrest fitting
  • Fine tuner installation

Upright Bass Services

  • Soundpost and bridge work
  • Fingerboard planing and setup
  • String height adjustment
  • Endpin installation and repair
  • Neck graft repairs
  • Scroll and peg box restoration

Universal Services

  • French polish and lacquer finishing
  • Complete instrument restoration
  • Vintage instrument appraisal
  • Custom inlay work
  • Bone and ivory nut/saddle crafting
  • Climate damage assessment and repair
  • Insurance damage evaluation
  • Pickup and preamp installation
  • Case fitting and adjustment consultations