Guitar Repair

Blackbird Guitars - Repairs and Custom Mods on Acoustic, Electric and Bass Guitars and Amplifiers

Guitar and Bass Repair

Setups - Adjustment of truss rod, nut, saddles, pickup height, tremolo and intonation.
Tuners are tightened and lubed, fretboard cleaned and body polished.

Fret Leveling - Level, crown and polish existing frets. A setup is included.

Refreting - Replace some or all frets, and level, crown and polish all frets.
Partial refrets are prorated. A setup is included.

Fretboard - Leveling and Compound Radiusing.

Nuts and Saddles - Custom made from bone material or preshaped Tusq or plastic.

Bridges - Acoustic: Old ones reglued or new ones installed.

Electric: Tremolo to hardtail conversons, Floyd Rose, etc.

Truss Rods - Repaired or replaced.

Necks and Headstocks - Severed or cracked can be rejoined invisibly and refinished.

Bodies and Braces - Cracks repaired, pieces reassembled and permanently reglued.

Refinishing - Touch-ups or Total. Nitrocellulose lacquer clearcoat over solid color or stain.

Custom Pickguards - Any shape you wish in any available material.
Electronics - Pickups added, controls replaced, complete rewires, cavity routing,
Custom Installations.
Cavity Shielding - Silence that Beast! Cavity shielding and grounding schemes can
eliminate 90% to 100% of that ugly buzz.
Other Services - If you need a repair not listed above, please contact us.

Broken Necks and Headstocks
This Montana six-string took a whack on the tuner posts and is losing it's head. If your guitar looks like this, DON'T THROW IT AWAY. It can be repaired so that the damage is invisible and the strength of the neck is restored. Not only that, PLAYABILITY IS UNAFFECTED!

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Truss Rod Repairs
The threads of and old Fender Precision Bass truss rod (as well as others) are susceptible to seizing up, backing out, loosing their grip, and frustrating their owners. We have repaired, replaced and restored several to full adjustability. In every case, they are stronger and less likely to jam again
than they were when they were brand new.

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Guitar Refinished and Rewired

Sometimes you find a "diamond in the rough". This amazingly solid Les Paul clone deserved a total remanufacture.
Eight coats of Clear over eight coats of Black nitro, Coil-splitter switch, Custom Pearl Inlay, etc.
View this Project .

Estimate Request Form
It is always easier to provide a good estimate when the instrument can be examined.
However, a preliminary estimate can be given sight unseen. For a quick quote on any repair, use the form below. Tell us what your guitar, bass or amp needs, or describe the defects and symptoms, and hit SUBMIT. We will reply ASAP with an Estimate.

Estimate Request

Your name:

Email address:

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Phone:

Instrument brand
and model:

Describe the repair,
defects, symptoms
or modification needed:

Service Charges

Estimates are given when you bring your gear in. If any flaw was undetecable at that time, you will be contacted before we add it to the estimate. The charges shown here are for labor only.
Basic Maintenance is included in services marked *. It includes tightening the tuners and hardware, cleaning the fretboard, polishing the frets, cleaning and polishing the body and testing the electronics.

RESTRINGING
4 to 7 strings $15
12 string guitars $25

SETUPS* - Adjustment of nut, saddle, truss rod, pickup height, tremolo and intonation. (includes restringing)
Acoustic 6-string            $50
Electric Bass and 6-strings $50 (with tremolo $55)
For 12-string guitars,   add $10

FRETWORK* - Level, Crown and Polish existing Frets:
Guitar or Bass, 4-7 strings $50
12-string guitars            $60

INSTALL NEW FRETS
On necks without bindings    $10 per fret
With bindings                $12 per fret

REFRET ENTIRE NECK* (includes setup)
No bindings                  $220
With bindings                $265

FRETBOARD*
Leveling                     $20 and up
Compounding                  $30 and up
Removal and Installation     $75 to $250

NUTS - CUSTOM MADE BONE, TUSQ, GRAPHITE, etc. *
Guitar or Bass, 4-7 strings $45 to $60
For 12-string guitars        $60 to $80

NUTS - PREFORMED AND SLOTTED
Plastic, Graphite, etc.      $10

SADDLES - CUSTOM MADE BONE, TUSQ *
Acoustic Guitar              $50
Acoustic Guitar, compensated $65

ROUT FOR NUT OR SADDLE
Hardly ever necessary, but   $30

BRIDGE REPLACEMENT* (INCLUDES SETUP)
Acoustic $100
Electric $80
Tremolo/Hardtail Conversion $80 to $120

BRIDGE - RESET EXISTING*     $50

TUNERS REPLACED -            $30 and up

TRUSS RODS
Adjusted (included in setup) $15
Replaced or Repaired         $25

BINDINGS
Reglued                      $25 and up
Replaced                     $100 and up

CRACKS AND SEAMS REPAIRED
Acoustic Top, Back or Side   $5 per inch

NECK AND HEADSTOCK CRACKS
Glue and Clamp               $15 and up

BRACES RESET *
Acoustic, Reset and Reglue   $25 to $65 each

CHIPS, DENTS AND SCRATCHES   $5 and up

REFINISHING*
Small section                $25 to $100
Entire Body                  $125 to $400
Neck                         $75 to $250

GUITAR ELECTRONICS
Replace a Switch or Jack     $30

Replace a pickup             $40
Complete Rewire              $75 to $150
Add a pickup, 3-way switch,
   1 volume pot + 1 tone pot $100(no routing) to $150(routing needed)

CUSTOM MODIFICATIONS - By Estimate