The Immaculate Acoustic Guitar

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4 String Acoustic Bass Guitar - $160 

6 String Guitar - $200

Arch-top floating bridge Guitar - $190
12 String Acoustic Guitar - $250

Double Neck Acoustic Guitar - $425

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Nut, saddle & hardware upgrade work included!

(Strings, nut, saddle materials, hardware not included)

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Everything in the Comprehensive Setup Plus Fret Level & Crown. Complete fret leveling, crowning, bock dress, fret end dress, frets polished to a True Mirror Finish, deep cleaning & polishing, deep cleaning & conditioning of the fingerboard, nut work & upgrade, hardware upgrade, some electronics work included, and more! (Please note, for drilling or doweling, if needed, please see add-ons below.)

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-Service Details-

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• Consultation about what you and your instrument needs.

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• Consultation to choose the optimal string gauges, tension, and string materials for your instrument (please see String Differently).

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• Complete measurements, evaluation, and documentation of your instrument. A full accounting of all measurements pre- and post-completion. This includes String height action at the 12th and 17th fret, Nut height, nut width, nut slot height/ depth at first fret for each string, fingerboard & saddle radius, truss rod relief, string spacing at nut and bridge, String tension, instrument weight, all other specs and provenance of the instrument (if available) with paperwork provided.​​

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• Strobe Intonation adjustment (if needed) plus or minus 5 cents with existing saddle, if there is enough saddle material to do so. If a new compensated saddle and/ or compensated nut is needed, the work is included in this package, but the materials are not included in the price.

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• Strobe Intonation and positioning of floating bridge (Arch-top Guitars).

 

• Bridge feet sanding to match body contour once intonation position is determined (Arch-top Guitars).

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• ​Straighten neck for pre-setup fret measurement for full fret leveling.​​

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• Block dress.

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• Bevel fret ends to 23° & 3°

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• Dress fret ends to the smoothest, roundest degree possible.

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• Complete fret level & crowning to tolerances of less than 1/1000th of an inch (0.001) or (0.025mm).

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• Tongue Dressing, some fall away (ramping down) on the last 7-9 frets, or per your wishes.

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• Multi-stage fret polishing to a True Mirror Finish (please see Regarding Frets).

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• Replacing/ upgrading nut (New nut not included).

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• Nut compensation (if needed, the work is included in this package, but the nut material is not included in the price. There are many great options).​​

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• Nut slot filing for optimal action (if needed).

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• Replacing/ upgrading saddle, all work included (New saddle material not included).

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• Shaping saddle.

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• Intonate saddle

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• Nut height adjustment or shim for optimal action (if needed).

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• Nut slot filing for optimal action (almost always needed!).

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• Smooth-out nut slots.

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• Set optimal relief.

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• Adjust & radius the bridge to the fretboard radius.

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• Multi-stage fingerboard deep cleaning and deep conditioning.

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• Fingerboard revitalization for dark wood fingerboards.

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• Rehydrate fingerboard.

 

• Replacing/ upgrading saddle work included (New saddle not included).

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• Set optimal Saddle height at the bridge for optimal action.

 

• Clean saddle groove.​

 

• Saddle cleaning.

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• Saddle polishing.

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• Replacing/ upgrading bridge pins (New bridge pins not included).

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• Evaluate bridge pins & bridge pin holes.

 

• Adjust bridge pins & bridge pin holes for best fit.

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• Bridge pin chamfer, if the pins are not already.

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• Check and adjust the break angle from the bridge pins to the saddle.

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• Check and adjust bridge pin "key holes" (if needed).

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• Clean & condition bridge pins.

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• Fix loose frets (if needed).

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• Clean Guitar interior of dust and debris.​

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• Hardware cleaned, ultrasonic cleaning for some or all hardware depending on the type of hardware, condition or your wishes - this includes mild corrosion cleaning/ removal. (if there is extensive corrosion that you want removed, additional charges may apply, I must evaluate first, and I will speak with you about what’s needed, and additional cost, if any).

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• ​Tighten any loose hardware (especially tuning machines that have a screw in the top of the tuning button).

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• Lubricate tuners with synthetic oil.

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• Nut cleaning.

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• Nut polishing.

 

• Nut lubrication.

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• Detailed multi-stage cleaning of the entire instrument.

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• Detailed multi-stage cleaning hand polishing of the entire instrument.

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• Detailed hand polishing of the hardware.

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• String change.

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• String stretching.

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• Check all electric components (Acoustic-electric).

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• Simple electronic fixes included (Acoustic-electric).

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• Clean output jack with deoxit d5 (Acoustic-electric).

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• Adhesive residue cleaned (if applicable).

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• Small sticker/s safely removed, if so desired. More extensive or numerous sticker issues, additional charges may apply, but I will speak with you first.

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Add-ons:

- For instruments with additional single strings, i.e. 7 or 8 String Guitar please add $5 per string 

 

- Stainless Steel Frets, please add - $25

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- Drilling for new screw hole locations for tuning machine upgrade, please add - $20 (for this package only).

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- Drilling for Guide pin holes for tuning machines upgrade, (If applicable) please add - $30 (for this package only).

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- Doweling for tuning machines upgrade (If needed/ wanted) - $25 (for this package only).

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- More extensive electronic upgrades & work, please see the Electronics menu.