Repair & Setup Pricing

Here's what we charge. Prices cover the work itself; strings and parts are extra, and if a job turns out to need more than we quoted, we call you before we touch it.

Setups

Every setup includes nut-slot filing when it's needed. Strings extra. Upgrade any setup to deluxe for +$30.

• Deluxe setup: $109 (what we recommend). Electric, acoustic, or bass. Everything in the standard setup, plus headstock-to-strap-button detailing, all hardware tightened & lubricated, and the fretboard cleaned & conditioned.
• Standard setup: $79. Electric, acoustic, or bass.
• Specialty: $99. Locking trem (Floyd Rose), 12-string, or classical.
• Mandolin / Banjo: $99.
• Lap steel / Resonator: $79.

What a setup actually involves, adjustment by adjustment, is on our Guitar Setups page.

Restrings

Plus strings.

• Guitar / bass: $25
• 12-string: $35
• Mandolin: $35
• Classical: $40
• Locking trem: $40
• Banjo, ukulele, other: $25

Fretwork

• Fret polish: $79
• Edge dress: $219 (includes a deluxe setup)
• Partial level: $229 (includes a deluxe setup; does not include an edge dress)
• Full level: $299 (includes an edge dress and a deluxe setup)

Refrets

Includes a deluxe setup.

• Rosewood or ebony board: $499
• Maple board: $499; with refinishing $699
• Bound fretboard: add $99
• Stainless frets: add $149
• Bone nut fitted with the refret: add $99
• Alternating fretboard radius: quote at the bench

Nut & saddle

Hand-whittled bone, fit to your instrument. Includes a deluxe setup.

• Nut replacement: $179
• Saddle replacement: $179
• Nut and saddle together: $249

Acoustic bridge fittings

Feet fit to the top. Includes a deluxe setup; parts case by case.

• Banjo bridge: $179 + parts
• Mandolin bridge: $199 + parts
• Archtop bridge: $199 + parts

Electronics

Parts case by case.

• Diagnostic / troubleshooting: $69/hr (half-hour minimum), applied to the job
• Output jack repair: $39 plus parts
• Control pot: $39 + parts
• Pickup selector: $49 + parts

Pickup installation

• Electric: one $69 · two $99 · three $129
• K&K install: $149 (setup not included)
• Passive → active, or other acoustic pickup: quote at the bench

Tuners

Tuners not included.

• Whole set: $69
• Whole set with headstock modification: $109
• Individual: $29 each

Other work

• Strap-button / strap-lock install: $39 for both, $20 for just one
• Dowel & re-drill a loose strap button: $59
• Block a tremolo (fixed): $159 (includes a deluxe setup)
• Banjo spike (capo) install: $49
• Banjo head install: $229 (includes a deluxe setup; head not included)
• Pickguard or Bigsby install: quote at the bench

Structural repair

• Crack repair: $79; with a cleat $129; two cleats $179; add $49 if it needs humidification first
• Brace repair: $69 per brace; three braces $175; complex brace $119 each; detached brace, quote at the bench
• Bridge reglue: $299 (with saddle pickup $329; includes a deluxe setup)
• Neck reset: dovetail $699 (includes a new bone saddle and a deluxe setup); bolt-on, quote at the bench
• Broken headstock: quote at the bench

How we diagnose repair work, and what we don't take on, is on our Guitar Repair page.

A few ground rules

• First come, first served. Need it back by a certain date? Tell us at drop-off and we'll do our best.
• Strings are always extra, and you're welcome to bring your own parts.
• Any job that needs the strings off includes the restring labor (strings still extra).
• If a job will run more than the quote, we reach out before doing it.

Book a setup, or just bring it in. If you're not sure what your guitar needs, we'll take a look and tell you straight.

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Paul's Guitar Hideout is located at The Shirt Factory in Glens Falls, NY. Use the Cooper Street entrance and take the stairs up. If stairs are difficult or you're bringing in something you don't want to carry up, call or text us and we'll arrange access.

The Shirt Factory
71 Lawrence St., Suite 201B, 2nd Floor
Glens Falls, NY 12801
Wednesday–Sunday, 12–5 PM
(518) 217-8695 · info@paulsguitarhideout.com