The bench
Don't fret — we'll fix it.
Bring it in and we'll look at it with you. Every instrument is different, so we'd rather see it on the bench than quote you down a phone line.
What we do at the bench
Setups and playability
- Full setup — action, intonation, relief, and a fresh set of strings
- Truss rod adjustment and neck relief
- Nut cutting and replacement
- Saddle shaping and bridge adjustment
- String height and radius work
Frets and neck
- Fret dressing, levelling, and crowning
- Partial and full refrets
- Fretboard cleaning and conditioning
- Neck resets
- Headstock and neck crack repair
Electronics
- Pickup installation and rewiring
- Pot, switch, and jack replacement
- Wiring harness repair and shielding
- Active preamp and battery box fitting
- Acoustic pickup and undersaddle installation
Structure and finish
- Loose brace and bridge reglue
- Body and top crack repair
- Binding repair
- Hardware replacement — tuners, bridges, strap buttons
Amplifiers
- Tube replacement and rebiasing
- Noisy pot, jack, and switch cleaning or replacement
- Speaker replacement and reconing referral
- Filter capacitor and power supply service
- General diagnosis of hum, crackle, and cut-out
Everything else
- Restringing, including twelve-strings and classicals
- Banjo, mandolin, and ukulele work
- Upright and electric bass setups
- Cleaning, polishing, and pre-sale once-overs
Not on the list? Ask anyway. Between us we've seen most of what a stringed instrument or an amplifier can do to itself, and if it isn't work for our bench we'll tell you who should do it.