Most guitar shops will ship out their repair work to other locations to have them done else where. We like to keep everything in house with our 2 fantastic certified luthiers, Steve Mcvicker and Scott Weis. Steve went to one of the best luthier schools in the country while Scott has learned from some of the best guitar tech and luthiers on the planet while touring with the likes of ZZ Top & Black Sabbath. Setups, restrings, neck adjustments, nut replacements, fret work, re-frets, paint jobs, the whole nine. We got you covered!! Drop your guitar off at the shop today and we’ll have it back as soon as we possible!
Full Setup We start by inspecting the whole guitar, then we remove the strings. Do any bridge or trussrod adjustments if needed. Clean the entirety of the guitar from top to bottom. Dress all the frets with 320, 400, 600, and 800 sand paper, clean and condition the fretboard. Check the electronics to make sure everything works correctly, clean pots and switches. Restring the guitar and set the action to make playability better. Check the intonation and polish up the guitar.
Here’s a timelapse of the first part of a setup, cleaning and going over the frets with different levels of sandpaper. Cleaning and conditioning the fretboard & restinging it up.
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Steve is a clinically trained engineer who went to John St. Hopkins college and has over 50 years in the business of repair work. He specializes in anything tube amps, and has fixed thousands of amps over the years.
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