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Setup packages

Fixed prices for the most common jobs. Each package includes everything in the one before it.

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Basic

Setup package

Illustration of a green Stratocaster-style guitar with a few tools

A fresh start for an instrument that already plays well.

€40

  • String changewith your strings
  • General cleanbody, neck and hardware
  • Fretboard conditioningoil to protect the wood
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Intermediate

Setup package

Most popular
Illustration of a blue Telecaster-style guitar with setup tools

The full setup most instruments need once or twice a year.

€60

Everything in Basic, plus:

  • Neck relief and actiontruss rod, bridge and nut
  • Intonationin tune across the fretboard
  • Pickup heightbalanced volume and tone
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Complete

Setup package

Illustration of a single-cut guitar with tools and electronic parts

A full service, from the frets to the wiring.

€90

Everything in Intermediate, plus:

  • Fret polishsmooth bends, clean look
  • Electronics check and cleanpots, switch and output jack
  • Hardware lubricationtuners, saddles and threaded parts
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Strings are not included. How strings work

Fret levelling, refrets, nut work or wiring mods are quoted separately. Ask for a quote

Bring your strings

Please bring the strings you'd like fitted. Not sure which ones? Use the quick guide, or let us buy them for you.

  • You pick themFree
  • We buy them onlineStrings + €5
  • We buy them in a shopStrings + €10
Ask us to buy them

Quick string guide

What are you playing?
How do you tune it?
How should it feel?

Our suggestion

10-46

Gauge set, thinnest to thickest string

Common brands: Ernie Ball, D'Addario, Elixir

Changing gauge can change the neck relief and action. A setup keeps everything playing right.

A starting point, not a rule. Ask us if in doubt.

Need advice?

Not sure which package is right for your instrument? Get in touch and we'll be happy to help.