Complete repair and maintenance services
for guitar, bass, banjo, mando & viol
All work is performed in my climate-controlled home workshop in Nashville, Indiana, at competitive rates.- Prices may vary depending on the instrument, the level of detail work desired, and other factors.
- Free estimates are given after inspecting the instrument and discussing the work to be done.
- Satisfaction guaranteed. [Click here to get the ball rolling]
AVAILABLE SERVICES
✓ All basic set-ups, including restringing/cleaning; neck, bridge and nut adjustments; setting the intonation; whammy bar adjustment, etc.
✓ Neck and fingerboard maintenance, including cleaning and conditioning; fret leveling and dressing; refrettings, etc.
✓ Structural repairs, including cracks, fractures, loose braces or bindings; new nuts or saddles; regluing bridges; tuner installations, etc.
✓ Basic electronic repairs or modifications, including resoldering broken connections; pickup, switch and jack replacements; acoustic under-saddle transducer installations, etc.
✓ Complete banjo services, including plastic or skin head replacement; tension adjustments; structural adjustments; cleaning and restringing; pickup installations, etc.
✓ Viol-family repairs and services, including structural repairs; sound-post sets; bridge intonations; hardware replacements; bow rehairing; pickup installations, etc.
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So you know, I will not attempt any procedure outside my area of expertise (it can happen). In such a case, I will refer you to other professional technicians in the south-central Indiana area qualified to handle your issue.
My Background in Instrument Repairs
I’ve been performing my own instrument maintenance, repairs and modifications for many decades. My first opportunity to do repairs professionally was at Bloomington, Indiana’s go-to guitar shop back in the 70s and 80s, the Guitar Gallery on East Kirkwood Avenue, where I was teaching at the time.
Long on reputation and short on glitz, the Guitar Gallery was known as that funky concrete block shop with the threadbare carpet where all of Bloomington’s musical illuminati and outlaws would congregate. For several years I handled a constant flow of instruments coming across my bench.
I’ve occasionally plied the repair trade at various other stores in Indiana and California since then, and continue to do so privately.
I very much enjoy healing instruments
and making their owners happy.
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