Members I was The Funk Posted April 17, 2007 Members Share Posted April 17, 2007 I need to get the neck reset on my 1964 gretch grand concert sized guitar. I'd like a refret, new nut and new saddle as well (its not a collectible guitar but I want it to play well). How much can I expect to pay for this and does anyone know a good guy in the Boston area to do it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missedmyexit Posted April 17, 2007 Members Share Posted April 17, 2007 I forget the guys name but he's one of the best in MA. In Cambridge there's a Music Store across from Porter Square Train station. I think it's simply called Cambridge Music. Above the shop there's a guy who very good at what he does . And he does it for relatively cheap too. Only problem I've ever run into with him is supply and demand. There's one of him and lots of people who own lots of guitars that they rather wait for him to fix then leave to someone else. Sometimes it's over a month turnaround time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 61gibson335 Posted April 17, 2007 Members Share Posted April 17, 2007 http://www.guitarspecialist.com/ Not mass. but hope this helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted April 17, 2007 Members Share Posted April 17, 2007 My best guess is between $300 and $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted April 18, 2007 Members Share Posted April 18, 2007 Find Bryan Kimsey's site (google) and look at his prices. A reset usually runs about 300, nut and saddle may be included. Fretting is about $10 per with a $150 max, usually you only need five plus some crowning. I would budget around $500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BlackCustom Posted April 19, 2007 Members Share Posted April 19, 2007 I had similar work done recently. I had a reset, new frets, new nut, new bridge, bridge plate repair. I took it to Bill Tippin in marblehead, he a builder of very nice customs. I am very satisfied but it was not cheap or quick. The bill came to over $1k, but it is now a better guitar than it even was new. BTW - the guy in Cambridge is Jim Mouradian (sp?). I have had work done by him, and he IS excellent. He fixed a setup issue on a strat of mine that others had tried and failed to address. I think he does more electric/setup work than major acoustic surgury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members missedmyexit Posted April 19, 2007 Members Share Posted April 19, 2007 I had similar work done recently. I had a reset, new frets, new nut, new bridge, bridge plate repair. I took it to Bill Tippin in marblehead, he a builder of very nice customs. I am very satisfied but it was not cheap or quick. The bill came to over $1k, but it is now a better guitar than it even was new.BTW - the guy in Cambridge is Jim Mouradian (sp?). I have had work done by him, and he IS excellent. He fixed a setup issue on a strat of mine that others had tried and failed to address. I think he does more electric/setup work than major acoustic surgury. That is the guy. I had him do some setups for acoustics but from what I saw he does do more electric work. He's also more then fair on price. I totally hosed my intonation of my jazzmaster trying to lower the action myself. I brought it in and told him I needed it for a show tonight and just needed the intonation fixed. He sighed at me grabbed the guitar worked his magic in 10 minutes dropped the action and fixed the intonation then charged me 10 bucks and gave me a firm warning about messing with things I don't understand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted April 19, 2007 Members Share Posted April 19, 2007 If it wasn't for spam rules I'd give you my rate. PM me if you're interested. But you'd have to ship it to Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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