BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO YOUR INSTRUMENT

When a master's touch is required, you can put your trust in us - as many of Australia's top guitar players have done for the past 30 years.  We are masters in the restoration and refinement of guitars, mandolins, banjos, ukuleles and just about any fretted instrument. Clyde is an expert in vintage instruments and can provide valuations and insurance appraisals.  

FRETWORK

Fretshave and recrown: $330, includes a setup. Time estimate: 1 - 2 weeks

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Full refret (no binding): $480, includes a setup. Time estimate: 2 - 4 weeks

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Full refret (with binding): $520 plus strings, includes a setup. Time estimate: 2 - 4 weeks

STRUCTUAL REPAIRS

​Structural repair services include:

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• Reglue braces

• Reset neck

• Reset bridge

• Repair or replace binding

• Glue up and reinforce cracks

• Reattach broken neck or headstock

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All structural repair work is quoted in advance on a case-by-case basis.

FASHION HARDWARE

We can fashion new nuts and compensated saddles from bone, nubone or graphite blanks. 

The price for a new nut ranges from $75 - $95.

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New saddles range from $70 - $120 

depending on the work involved.

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Estimated turnaround time for most projects is 7-10 working days, subject to the availability of parts.