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Explore our professional guitar set-up services at Fenton Guitars Ltd. Our team of experts offer electric, acoustic, and bass guitar setups at competitive prices. Whether you need a standard set-up or have a tremolo equipped guitar, we have you covered. Trust us with your instrument maintenance and enjoy a top-notch service.

 

Guitar Re-String:

Electric, Acoustic, Bass non tremolo guitars £18 + strings
Floyd Rose type tremolo £22 + strings
12 string £25 + strings

Guitar Tuning Only:

No charge - But if you want to make a small donation to Fripps Animal Rescue, we would really appriciate it.

Professional guitar set-ups:

Electric, acoustic & bass guitar setups (no tremolo system) £50+ strings
Tremolo equipped guitars £55 + strings
12 string guitars £55 + strings

Fret dress & set-up:

Complete fret dress & pro set-up £90 + strings
Partial fret dress & pro set-up £55 + strings

Re-fretting, including pro set-up. (Add £60 for Stainless Steel).

Rosewood, Ebony & similar unbound from £190
Bound fingerboard from £200
Re-fret & lacquer Maple fingerboard from £270
Partial re-fret & dress (maximum 5 frets, after which full re-fret is needed) from £85

Guitar headstock break repair:

Re-glue & finish from £80
Re-glue, splint & finish from £150

Reset guitar neck angle (Including set-up)

Electric bolt-on £65
Acoustic guitar (dovetail joint) £250
Acoustic guitar bolt-on neck £160

Replacement top-nuts (Normally combined with a set-up)

Moulded pre-slotted. Bone, Brass, Graphite, Tusq (Graphtech) £25 + cost of nut
Uncut blank (custom spacing). Bone, Brass, Graphite, Micarta £30 + cost of nut
Compensated nut (better intonation) £40 + cost of nut

Replacement acoustic saddles (Including set-up)

Acoustic (non electro). Compensated pre-cut. Bone, Tusq, Micarta £50 + cost of saddle
Electro acoustic. Compensated pre-cut. Bone, Tusq, Micarta £55 + cost of saddle

Acoustic guitar repairs:

Re-attach lifted bridge (Including set-up) from £120 + parts
Loose braces (providing there is no other humidity damage or warping) £20 per brace
Cracks, splits & other structural damage from £30 then hourly rate.
For acoustic guitar neck resets please see (reset neck angle) higher up page

Pickup installations:

Same size with no routing. £40 for first one – £15 each additional + parts
Routing required to guitar body. £50 for first one – £20 each additional + parts
Replace/upgrade under saddle transducer (including set-up) £65 + parts
Install Piezo bridge system (including set-up) from £70 + parts
Acoustic preamp installation inc under saddle transducer (including set-up) from £70 + parts

Electronic repairs:

Replacement of switch, pot, input jack socket etc £20+ parts. Add £10 for archtop type guitars.
Rewiring on electric guitar or bass from £40 + parts. Add £20 for archtop type guitars
Full screening of control cavity (reduce hum & interference) from £40

Custom electronic modifications:

All electronic modifications are charged at our hourly rate. As a guide, a kill switch may only take half an hour to install & would cost £20 which is our minimum fee. On the other hand, a coil tapping mod with series parallel switching would take well over an hour (£30+) Please contact us for a quote if you are considering custom wiring mods to your instrument. 

Installation of bridges & tremolo systems:

Replace bridge. Strat, Tele, tune-o-matic Gibson etc. (set-up optional) from £30 + parts
Bigsby tremolo & similar (set-up required) from £75 + parts
Floyd Rose type tremolo. Replace existing & no routing (set-up required) from £75 + parts
Floyd Rose type tremolo. Routing work to guitar (set-up required) from £180 + parts

Payment:

 

All bills will be settled upon completion of work to your satisfaction. Payment will be required upon collection of instrument(s). We will only dispatch your instrument(s) once payment has cleared . You will receive an itemised invoice either by email or when you collect your instrument. This will include details repair work done, parts used & courier fees (if applicable). Details of payment methods below. 

 

Cash: Accepted when collecting instruments from our repair centres
Paypal: Email address for making Paypal payments: accounts@fentonguitars.com
Bank transfer: (BACs) We accept direct transfers from your bank, (details provided at time of payment).
Credit cards: We accept credit cards via Paypal including Visa, Mastercard, Maestro, American Express.