Setups

We all play differently
Styles, attack, etc so your guitar should be setup to your own personal tastes not mine,

I'm constantly hearing about clients whose previous experiences have been dictated by other repairers. Could you imagine a hair salon running a business like that?

It's all about getting it right for you.

Factory spec actions: By popular brands

                                       
        Shredder (3-3) 
        Fender Strat (4-4)
        Gibson Les Paul (5-3)
        Taylor acoustic guitars (6-5)
        Martin acoustic guitars (7-6)
        Fender jazz bass (7-6)

Standard Setup

Clean fret-wire (remove oxidization)
Oil fingerboard (rehydrate the board)
Hardware (tighten and lube moving parts)
Restring (Install and stretch in the strings)
Truss rod (adjusted to strings gauge tension)
Nut height (optimize heights and file nut slots)
Bridge radius (match the fingerboard curve to the bridge saddles)
Action (saddle height) (tune-o-matics and other bridges without individual
saddle adjustment notched / filed for correct height and string gauge)

    Intonation (with Peterson strobe tuner) scroll down for more
    Pickup heights (balance for tone and volume)
    Electronics (tested and cleaned)
    (faulty electronics not cover in this price)
   
    Standard Setup (Acoustic, Bass, Electric, Fixed Bridge)
    $65.00 - $80.00 including your gauge of string. 

Floyd Rose Extras

Adjust spring tension, Zero tremolo, Tremolo action         
height, (locking blocks lubed and adjusted to move
freely inside the saddle) Saddle radius (ground to perfect radius) 
Intonation, Nut height (also ground)  

(Floating Tremolo / Floyd Rose) $85.00 - $120.00                                                                                                                                   
Buzzing? Crap Action?
Factory frets generally are not leveled once installed, and can have uneven heights, when this happens your action and playability suffers.

A fret-level gives you perfect precision leveled fret heights.
re-crown with diamond coated crowning files for perfect crown tip for the best possible intonation.


Fret-level / Deluxe Setup

Fret-level (precision ground)
Re-crown 4 stage process, (file, sand 600, 1200, 0000 steel wool)
Machine Buffed (w/ Menzerna residue-free compound as used by Fender, Gibson)
Hand Polished (to perfection)

Oil fingerboard (rehydrate the board)
Hardware (tighten and lube moving parts)
Restring (install and stretch in the strings)
Truss rod (adjusted to strings gauge tension)
Nut height (optimize heights and file nut slots)
Bridge radius (match the fingerboard curve to the bridge saddles)

Action (saddle height) (tune-o-matics and other bridges without individual saddle adjustment notched / filed for correct height and string gauge)

Intonation (with Peterson strobe tuner) scroll down for more
Pickup heights (balance for tone and volume)
Electronics tested and cleaned (faulty electronics not cover in this price)

Deluxe Setup $175.00 - $200.00                                                               
Deluxe Setup (Floating Tremolo / Floyd Rose) $200.00 - $250.00   

Note / Terms used:
Radius = (The curvature of the fingerboard which is match to bridge)
Zero Tremolo = (To be parallel to the face of guitar body)   

                                          
Peterson's Sweetened Tuning™
Is designed to improve the sound of musical intervals on guitar, especially 4ths and 5ths.
In particular the E-A-D-G-B-E arrangement of standard guitar tuning (and also with half-step down or "dropped" tuning
variation