Services & Price Guide
Hand-Crafted String Instruments
Fabricated from Quarter Sawn, Air Dried (Imported & Domestic), Exotic Hardwoods.
Tops fabricated from Quarter Sawn, Hand-Split Spruce.
Custom Design & Fabrication
Initial Consultation, Design, Plans $100
Acoustic Guitars, Flat Tops from $2,500
Classicals and Flamencos from $3,000
Dulcimers (custom designs on request) from $750
Electric Guitars from $1,500
Other Instruments Price on Request
(Please note: There is currently a minimum six (6) month waiting list for custom fabricated instruments. Orders secured by deposit will be prepared on a first come first serve basis. Delivery dates are estimates and may be modified at the discretion of the builder.)
Private Instruction in all aspects of the craft $75 per hour
Resophonics / Banjos
Custom fabrication and major restoration is available, as are repairs of all types. Because of the unique nature of these instruments, estimates must be determined on an individual basis.
Guitars and Mandolins
Fingerboard Repairs
Complete refret:
Includes Truss Rod Adjustment, Leveling and Trueing of fingerboard, new fret installation and fingerboard conditioning.
Fingerboard styles:
Standard $200
Maple $220
Bound $350
New Fingerboard: $40
Includes fingerboard blank, fabrication & installation of fingerboard and new fret installation.
New truss rod: $500 – 600
Includes fingerboard blank and truss rod, removal and replacement of fingerboard, installation of frets and truss rod.
Materials (your choice):
Rosewood
Maple
Cocobolo
Ebony
Labor: $85 per hour
Level and recrown frets
Bridge Work, Acoustic Instruments
includes touch-up lacquer
Reglue loose bridge $45 – 75
Remove and reglue bridge $75 – 125
Plane and recontour, $75
includes deepening saddle slot
Custom bridge, $145 – 270
includes materials, fabrication & installation
Fabrication $75
Installation $50 – 75
Bridge Blanks
Cocobolo, Maple No additional cost
Ebony $20
Rosewood $15
Bridge Pins
Fancy plastic $7.50
Ivory $100
Brass $50
Wood $30
Action Adjustment at Nut and Saddle $50
Fabricate and install nut (bone, ebony or ivory)
Material: nut blank, bone or ebony $7.50
Ivory $15
Fabricate and install brass nut $50
Intonation
Standard saddle fabrication and installation $35
Material:
Bone or ebony blank $7.50
Brass compensated saddle fabrication and installation $125
Material:
Brass blank $15
Saddle for 12-string guitars add. 50%
Electronics & Transducers
Troubleshoot electric guitar $50
Install transducer in acoustic guitar $150
Adjust intonation, lube & service floating tailpiece from $50
Standard tune-a-matics & tremolos $30
Complete rewire & shield (copper foil) stock configurations
Labor only $125
Custom prototype wiring & shielding from $150
Installations:
Locking nut $50
New pickups:
Straight swap on stock configurations $50 each
Others Price on Request
New tremolo assembly $150
Electric Components
Mini switches & Potentiometers $7.50 each
Five position switches $15
Capacitors $2
Audio jacks, 1/4″ mono or stereo $7.50
Switchcraft,1/4″ phone plug $5
Switchcraft right angle, 1/4″ phone plug $7.50
Refinish Work
Electric guitar bodies
Standard any color $350
Sunburst $375
(Note: badly damaged instruments, and instruments affected by silicone contamination, will not carry any guarantee. Finish work is not an exact science, and as such, each repair has its own criterion for repair. Decisions regarding methodology and technique remain the sole domain of the builder.)
Allow a minimum 12 months for standard refinishing projects.
Complete refinish
Standard acoustics $500
Sunburst $750
Compound and Polish oxidized finish $150
Includes hardware lubrication
Violins or other instruments Price on Request
Structural Repairs
Cracks and breaks, minor reglue and patch $50 each
Regraduation and other body restoration Price on Request
Inlays
Custom designs $50 per hour
Written Appraisals
Can include patent information, research on maker and condition of instrument from $150
Certificate-of-Value (for insurance purposes) $25
Minimum deposit of 50% is required for invoices exceeding $150.
All major credit cards accepted for your convenience.
All work is done by appointment only. Delivery dates are only estimated and may be modified at the discretion of the builder.
All repairs are unconditionally guaranteed for life against defects in workmanship or materials.