Firehouse Guitars: Guitar & Amp Repair
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The Works

Rate: $150-170

"The Works" includes a complete fret dress and leveling, fret polish, complete setup including truss rod adjustment, string height / action and intonation.  This work will minimize fret buzz, eliminate fret dents and pitting, and improve the overall tone and play-ability of the instrument.  In addition, the whole guitar will be cleaned, and all hardware and controls will be inspected and lubed.  

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This is the best option for a guitar that gets played often.  This process will return it to optimal playing condition and give you back  a clean, healthy guitar.

Complete Setup

Rate: $100-120

  • Includes Full setup and Restring

  • Includes Fret polish and fingerboard cleaning / conditioning.

  • Sufficient for newer guitars or instruments that have been set up within 6 months

  • For most instruments.  Add $10 for floating tremolo, Mandolin, 12 String Guitar, Or Classical Guitar

  • Add $20 for Floyd Rose tremolo.

Basic Setup Setup

Rate: $50-70

  • Includes Restring, adjustment of truss rod, string height (action,) intonation, and light cleaning.

  • Sufficient for newer guitars or instruments that have been set up within 6 months

  • For most instruments.  Add $10 for floating tremolo, Mandolin, 12 String Guitar, Or Classical Guitar

  • Add $20 for Floyd Rose tremolo.

Convert Guitar To Left Handed

Rate: $100

  • Includes custom nut and saddle

  • Includes complete setup and restring.

  • For most instruments.  Add $10 for Mandolin, 12 String Guitar, Or Classical Guitar

Custom Fit Nut

Rate: $80

  • $15 surcharge for brass nut

  • Includes full setup

  • Includes restringing

  • Does not include cost of material/blank ($5-15)​

  • For most instruments.  Add $10 for floating tremolo, or $20 for Floyd Rose tremolo.

Custom Fit Acoustic Saddle

Rate: $70

  • Includes full setup

  • Includes restringing

  • Compensated saddles for proper intonation 

  • Does not include cost of material/blank ($5-15)​

Guitar / Bass Restring

Rate: $20

  • Bass, 6 string guitar, ukulele or banjo:

  • Add $10 for 12 string, mandolin, or locking tremolo guitars.

Fret Work

Prices Vary

Complete Refret $350-400

  • Does not include fretwire

  • Includes The Works Process

  • Includes fretboard cleaning

 

Fret Polish $30 - Cleaning and polishing all frets to their original shine.

 

Fret Level $100 - Leveling all frets to provide a consistent playing surface (includes      Fret Dress)

Fret Dress $60 - Shaving down the ends of the frets to eliminate the sharp edges.

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Fretboard Cleaning - $20 - Cleaning and hydrating the fretboard

Structural Repairs

Prices Vary

​Reglue headstock $100-200 - Full structural repair, no finish repair.

 

Repair Acoustic Crack $80 - Full structural repair, no finish repair.

 

Bridge Reglue $150

Guitar Electronics

Prices Vary

​Pickup installation: Electric guitar and bass

  • Passive pickups: $50 first pickup plus $10 per additional pickup

  • Active system with replacement pots (EMG for example) : $70

 

Replace Electronics

  • Replace pot $20

  • Replace 3-way switch $20

  • Replace 5-way switch $25

  • Full rewire $125

  • Route out 9V Battery Compartment $80-100

 

Pickup installation: Acoustic guitar

  • $100-150 (varies with different systems)

 

Electronic troubleshooting: $20 and up

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