Steve Brand Music Services
604-533 5777 (Langley)
604-556 7327 (Abbotsford - By
Appointment)
steve@act1music.com
Repair & Service Price List (2007)
All prices in Canadian
dollars*
Prices subject to change without notice**
GENERAL SERVICE:
Restring:
Electric $12.50 plus strings
Electric w/floating bridge $15.00 plus
strings
Acoustic 6-string $10.00 plus strings
($5.00 surcharge for slot headstocks)
Acoustic 12-string $17.50 plus strings
Classical $17.50 plus strings
ELECTRIC GUITAR REPAIRS:
Basic set-up (set action, neck relief,
intonation, lube tuners etc., polish frets,
clean / oil fretboard, re-string):
Traditional electric $50.00 plus strings
With floating locking tremolo $65.00 plus
strings
12-string w/individual intonation
adjustments $70.00 plus strings
Double necks $90.00 plus strings and up
BASS GUITAR REPAIRS:
4 string $50.00 plus strings
5 string $55.00 plus strings
6 string $65.00 plus strings and up
Dual truss rod (Rickenbacker etc.) $10.00
surcharge
Fret dress $70.00 / $90.00
Re-fret $200.00 / $300.00
Partial re-fret (NOTE: add cost of
fret dress) $17.50 per fret
Refinishing of neck following fretwork (if
required) Contact for Quote.
Level Fretboard (during refret)
$50.00 and up
Re-radius Fretboard (prior to fretting)
$70.00 and up
New Nut (custom cut) (NOTE:
surcharges apply to 12-strings etc)
$40.00 plus materials
Fit aftermarket Bolt-on Neck $80.00 and up
Install aftermarket tuners $15.00 / $40.00
plus parts
Fit Additional 22nd Fret on Bolt-on Neck
$100.00 and up
Fretless Bass Conversion (replace
frets with hardwood markers etc.)
$200.00 and up
8- and 10-String Bass Conversions $200.00
and up & parts
Replace Vol / Tone Pot. $30.00 plus parts
and up
Replace Selector Switch $35.00 plus parts
and up
Install Mini-Toggle Switch $35.00 plus parts
and up
Install Push / Pull Pot. $35.00 plus parts
and up
Treble-Bleed Capacitor installation:
Top Rout solid body (Strat / P-Bass
etc) $25.00 and up
Rear Rout solid body (Les Paul /
"Super-Strat" etc incl. Jazz Bass / Tele)
$20.00 and up
Pickup installation $35.00 and up
Humbucker installation w/pickguard cut (in
Strat type solid body) $100.00 and
up
Rout Body For Additional Pickup(s) $30.00
and up
"Power Bridge" / ”F.A.A.S.” / ”X Bridge”
Piezo Bridge Installation $150.00 and up
“Sustainer” installation (incl. kit)
$500.00 to $600.00
“GK Kit” installation $150.00 and up
Tremolo bridge installations (incl.
body rout etc.) $120.00 and up
Tremol-No installation $40.00 and up plus
parts
Custom Pickguards $100.00 and up plus
materials
PICKUP REPAIRS AND MODIFICATIONS
Rewinds (To Stock Specs OR Custom) (Per
Coil) $40.00 and up plus materials
Humbucker Disassembly/Reassembly Fee (To
Access Coils Prior To Rewind):
With Metal Cover $45.00
Without Metal Cover $35.00
Wax Dipping/Potting $15.00 per pickup
Re-Taping $10.00 per pickup
**NOTE** All rewinds INCLUDE waxing &
re-taping as required.
“SBMS / TONE SAUCE” CUSTOM PICKUPS:
Wound & Assembled to Your Custom Specs OR
Traditional/Standard Options $90.00 and up
Many, many more pickup services available
(magnet re-charging, magnet changing, metal
cover installation, metal cover custom laser
etching, 4-conductor conversions etc etc
etc) $ Call for pricing / spec
ACOUSTIC GUITAR REPAIRS:
Basic set-up:
Six string $50.00 plus strings
Six string w/saddle & nut work for action
height $65.00 plus strings
Six string w/saddle work for intonation
$65.00 plus strings and up
Twelve string $65.00 plus strings
Twelve string w/saddle work Surcharges as
per six string
Fretwork prices as per electric guitar
prices (See above)
New Nut:
Six String $40.00 plus materials
Twelve String $70.00 plus materials
New Saddle (custom made)
$30.00 and up
Recut Saddle Slot (Re-size or
Right-hand / Left-hand Recut incl. saddle if
req’d) $40.00 to $125.00
Repair Bridge Plate (w/o plate removal)
$150.00 and up
Replace tuners $15.00 / 40.00 plus parts
Install Under-saddle Pickup w/endpin Pre-amp
$65.00 and up
(NOTE: Passive systems are NOT
RECOMMENDED!)
Install Pre-amp System (cut side hole,
fit pickup etc.) $125.00 and up
Repair / Reglue Neck Heel / Headstock Crack
etc Contact for Quote.
Remove and Reglue Bridge $70.00 and up
Reglue brace $30.00 and up
Repair Crack in Top / Back / Sides Contact
for Quote.
Neck Reset (Martin Guitars etc)
$600.00 and up
Custom Exotic Hardwood Pickguards $60.00 and
up
Install Additional Side Dot Fret Markers
$15.00 per dot
Install Strap Button $10.00 plus parts
**** “EARPHORIC” INTONATION SET UP ****
We can provide you and your instruments with
an intonation set up that is far more
detailed (and consequently....better!) than
both the Earvana ™ or Buzz Feiten ™ ideas.
Simply put...both of those "super
intonation" methods are based upon better
compromises than the regular tempered scale
for fretted instruments ( as we've known,
and tolerated, it for so long ).....but they
are still compromises nonetheless!
For example: with the Buzz Feiten ™ system
it is required to intentionally
miss-intonate and also miss-tune the guitar
to make it work to its best! While both the
Earvana ™ and Buzz Feiten ™ methods are
fantastic improvements on the standard
intonation set up they do have their
limitations as far as some players are
concerned
The method that we have developed (the
"Earphoric" set up) is based upon the same
modern thinking but so improved as to be
truly accurate on each individual
instrument. It takes into consideration such
factors as the string gauges, tuning range,
preferred action, playing style / technique
etc etc etc..... It is also 'non-invasive'
to the instrument (so it is fully reversible
if needed to be!) unlike the other two
systems and is, consequently,
'vintage-friendly' because of that. Steps
can even be taken to 'hide' or ‘camouflage’
the modifications so that, unless under
up-close inspection, the guitar looks to be
still in standard trim whilst managing to
out-perform all the other fretted
instruments around it!
Typical costs for this procedure are in the
range of $140.00 to $160.00 plus taxes for
standard electric guitars, $160.00 to
$185.00 for floating / locking tremolo
guitars (and most bass guitars), and $150.00
to $350.00 for acoustic guitars.
(Note: Surcharges will be applied to such
instruments as 12-strings or double-necks
etc and those that require any other repairs
to enable them to be modified successfully.)
Call or visit for more details!
BUZZ FEITEN TUNING SYSTEM
We are proud to be an authorized Buzz Feiten
Tuning System Retrofitting Centre.
Check out www.buzzfeiten.com for further
details!
MANY OTHER REPAIRS / MODIFICATIONS CARRIED
OUT (incl. CUSTOM INLAY WORK)....
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL TO DISCUSS YOUR
REQUIREMENTS.
ALSO MANY OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS CATERED
FOR....
Examples:
Mandolin Restring & Full Set Up $60.00 and up
plus strings
Install New Banjo 5th-string Tuner $25.00
and up plus parts
Install Banjo 5th-string Capo $25.00 and up
plus parts
Re-head ‘Banjo-bodied’ Instrument $100.00 and
up plus parts
Violin Restring & Set Up $55.00 and up plus
strings
Violin or Cello Bridge Cut / Fit $40.00 and
up plus parts
Violin Soundpost Refit / Renew $25.00 and up
plus parts
Violin Fingerboard Replacement $100.00 and
up plus parts
Mountain Dulcimer Install Additional Frets
$25.00 per fret
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
This price list is a guide only. All work
estimates/quotes are made after detailed
evaluation of each instrument.
Typically prices will be given in a
low-to-high, best-to-worst-case manner.
Discounts will be given when an instrument
requires multiple repairs done at the same
time.
Prices are subject to change without notice.
(This guide: May 2006.)
We Have Two Workshop Facilities Located In
Abbotsford & Langley, B.C. So That We May
Serve You, Our Customers, Better!
You may also contact us via e-mail:
gtrdr@shaw.ca or
steve@act1music.com |