PRICE GUIDE

Our Custom Shop has been repairing and modifying stringed instruments for over 20 years. Below is a general price guide. If a repair is not listed, either call or use the contact form to get a definite answer.

General Price Guide for Guitars

Acoustic Guitar Setup ( Strings Included )$25.00
Complete Setup Includes Re-String, Fret Buff, Truss Adjust, Intonation and Action Adjust, Fingerboard Treatment, Machine Head Adjust , Tremolo Adjust, Replacement of Springs, Spray Electronics - $25.00
Electric Setup Strings Included $25.00
Bridge Saddle Pickguards Nuts
Bridge Reset $45.00
New Tuners Installed $25.00
Fret Dressing $45.00
Volume or Tone Pots Parts and Labor $20.00
Toggle Switche $25.00
Pickup Routing Cavities CALL


Bass Guitar and Double Bass

Electric
Bass Setup ( Strings Included ) $35.00
Pickup cavity routing.
Complete rewiring.
Nuts replaced.
Bridges replaced and modified.

 

Links

Collins Guitars

Martin Guitars

Taylor Guitars

Gibson Guitars

Fender Guitars

Epiphone Guitars

Dean Guitars

Takamine Guitars

Ibanez Guitars

Alembic Guitars

Rickenbacker Guitars

Tom Anderson Guitars

Alvarez guitars

B.C. Rich Guitars

National Reso-Phonic Guitars

 

 

List of Guitar Services


1.Truss Adjust Straighten Fingerboard/Correct Relief
2.Install Strap Button
3.Machine Head Adjustment - Adjust Tension on Tuners
4.Action Adjustment - Acoustic/Electric Set String Height At Nut & Saddle
5.Intonation Adjustment - Acoustic/Electric/Arch top Set String Length At !
6.Tremolo Adjustment - Adjust Tension Balance
7.Tremsetter Adjustment Adjust Set Screws & Reset Zero Position
8.Compound Finish Compound, Buff & Polish Finish
9. Replace Pick guard Stock Fender ,Gibson,etc.


10. Saddle Work Replace With Bone - $25.00
11. Replace Compensating Saddle - $42-45.00
12. Fill & Re-Cut Saddle Slot - $45.00
13. Nut Work Replace With Bone Blank 6 string - $25.00
14. Nut work Replace with Bone Blank 12 string - $25.00
15. Replace With Brass - $30.00
16. Re-Cut Nut Slots - $10.00
17.Install Locking Nut Wilkinson Roller Nut - Fender L.S.R. Nut


Guitar Bridge Work
Shave down bridge on acoustic guitars to allow correct string tension/angle and correct action
that is too high (alternative to neck reset on some guitars).
Re-Set Bridge Includes Sanding Under Bridge ( If Necessary )
Cracks Sealed
De-Rust Bridge Electric Guitars
Reconstruct Tunamatic Disassemble Bridge/Clean/De-Rust/Replace Parts & Set-up
Worn Pin Holes on Bridge
Tremolo Installation Floyd Rose Style


Fingerboard & Frets
Stressed Necks Straighten Neck With Truss Rod and humidity treatment
Plane Fingerboard - Square Up Fingerboard
Re-Crown Re-Round Top of Frets - Buff/Polish & Clean Fingerboard
Fret Ends File Fret Overhang
Complete Fret Job Level/Mill/Set Radius/Re-Crown & Dress Frets
Fret Reset/Partial Re-Fret Priced Per Fret - with or w/o Binding
Complete Re-Fret ! Pull Frets/Install New Frets/Includes Complete Fret Job &
Fingerboard Repairs- with or w/o Binding.


Electronics
Run Tailpiece Ground On Solid Body
Install Mini Toggle Or Push/Pull Pot
Install Output Jack
Install Synthesizer Pickup
Install Pre-amp (Pre-amp Not Included)
Complete Rewire Standard Wiring & Custom Wiring
Hum & Electrostatic Shielding
Spray Electronics Clean & Lube Noisy Pots
Transducer Installation Saddle Type - Microphone (Mini flex) - Sound hole w/ End pin Jack


Structural Repairs
Replace Tuning Machines, Fill Old Screw Holes
Broken Peg Head reglued
Flatten Top ! with or w/o New Plate - Bridge Removal - Required
Braces Re-Glued
Replace Brace

Cracks/Separations


Acoustic Guitar Bridges
Bridges made out of the following wood
• Ebony
• Rosewood
Hand made to the instrument at our Chicago Guitar Shop.
Corrections to warped and humped bodies, humidification and holes plugged.
Stock bridge replaced starting at $45.00


Bridge Correction

Problem: Intonation Proclem
This procedure is to move the bridge back on a solid body hard tail electric guitar.
Low tunings and thick strings will never play in tune with standard manufacturing placement.

Solution:
1. Measure height to make mock bridge for intonation and new bridge placement.
2. Mark pick guard at back to see if it will cover new studs.
3. Remove studs and fill holes with Rosewood dowel.
4. String up with the gauge for final set up.
5. Shape and sand mock bridge to string height and move to intonation sweet spot.
6. Mark around mock bridge on body area of stud reinstall.
7. Drill and replace studs.
8. Replace pick guard and bridge.
9. String up, intonate and tune to pitch.

Starting at $55.00

More Repair Info

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Vintage Instrument Appraisal Service



Get current market value for resale and insurance purposes. Send a color jpeg or picture,
copy of receipt description of the instrument and any information you have for the appraisal.
Include a $25.00 Make Check Out To; Chicago Guitar Lessons for each instrument.
We keep a copy for our records when you need a third party verification and send a
certificate of the appraisal to you.

Chicago Guitar Shop
3021 N. Troy
Chicago,IL. 60618

Chicago Guitar Shop is owned by;
Chicago Guitar Lessons a licenced
business with The City of Chicago

 


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