The Octave Music Centre Guelph Ontario has been offering professional electric and acoustic guitar repair services for over 20 years!
Restring . Cleaning . Intonation . Restoration . Pickup Install . Vintage Repair . Crack Repair
For inquiries please email us at repairs@theoctavemc.com
General Information
- Prices Are Quoted in Canadian Dollars.
- Prices are for labour only. Parts not included unless specified.
- Set-up is not included in repair prices (unless noted) but is often required.
- **This Price Guide is for generalization purposes and does not include all work that can be performed**
Service and Rates
- Bench Rate: $75.00 per hour
- Minimum Charge: $30.00
- Repair Estimate: no charge
- Major Repair / Restoration Estimate: $75.00
In-Store Services
| Re-String and Basic Clean | |
| Re-string, tune, and clean and condition fingerboard and body | |
| Six String Guitar – Steel Strings | $30.00 |
| Twelve String Guitar – Steel Strings | $40.00 |
| Six String Guitar – Nylon Strings | $40.00 |
| Electric Guitar with Tremolo (Stratocaster type, Bigsby type, etc.) | $40.00 |
| Folk Instrument (Banjo, Mandolin, Uke) | $30.00 |
| Violin Restring | $30.00 |
Shop Services
| Complete Set-Up | |
| Includes initial internal and /or external inspection, hardware check, clean and condition fingerboard, fret polish, truss rod | |
| adjustment, saddle and nut height adjustment, adjusting action for best playability, adjusting intonation, pickup balance, | |
| bridge adjustment, lubrication of hardware, checking the electronics and final inspection and play, test, etc. | |
| Acoustic Guitar | $75.00 |
| Bass (4, 5 and 6 string) | $75.00 – $105.00 |
| Mandolin Electric Guitar |
$75.00 – $90.00 $75.00 |
| Electric Guitar with Tremolo (Stratocaster type, Bigsby type, etc.) | $105.00 |
| Locking Tremolo Guitar | $130.00 |
| 12 String Acoustic Guitar | $90.00 |
| Banjo | $130.00 and up |
| Ukulele (tenor, soprano and baritone) | $65.00 |
| Resonator Guitar | $105.00 |
| Fret Work | |
| Complete Fret Level and Recrown (including Set-up) | $260.00 |
| Minimum Fret Dress (Level and Bus Frets and including Set-up) | $135.00 |
| Partial Re-fret (2 to 9 Frets as Required) – $12.50/Per fret PLUS Complete Fret Level And Recrown (Including Set-up) |
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| Heat Press (no Guarantee) | $75.00 |
| Glue and Re-Seat Frets | $65.00 |
| Dress Fret Ends | $50.00 |
| Re-Fret (Plus Set-up, plus $10.00 for parts. Stainless Steel add $50 labour and $20 parts) | |
| Re-Fret – Unbound Fingerboard | $400.00 |
| Re-Fret – Bound Fingerboard | $450.00 |
| Re-Fret – Maple Fingerboard (clear lacquer satin finish) | $475.00 |
| Re-Fret – Maple Fingerboard (tint lacquer gloss finish) | $500.00 |
| Re-Fret Rickenbacker Finished Fingerboard with Wood Fill | $600.00 |
| Re-fret Mandolin (Unbound/Bound Fingerboard) | $350.00 – $400.00 |
| Custom Nut Work (Plus Set-up) – Bone is the Preferred Material | |
| New Guitar Bass and Banjo Nut (add $15.00 for parts) | $75.00 and up |
| New 12 string Guitar Nut (add $15.00 for parts) | $90.00 |
| New Mandolin Nut (add $15.00 for parts) | $90.00 |
| Install Fender LSR or Floyd Rose Lock Nut | $150.00 |
| Install Pre-Slotted Plastic Nut | $50.00 |
| Custom Saddle Work (Plus Set-up) – Bone is the Preferred Material | |
| New Saddle with Compensated B string (add $15.00 for parts) | $60.00 |
| New Saddle with Fully Intonated profile (add $15.00 for parts/12string add $25.00 parts ) | $75.00 – $100.00 |
| Fill and Re-Cut Bridge Slot | $130.00 |
| Install Tuning Machines | |
| Direct Retro Fit | $60.00 |
| Different Style (Includes Filling Screw Holes and Minimum Touch-Up) | $75.00 – $90.00 |
| Bass Guitar Work (Plus Set-up) | |
| Plane Fretless Bass | $150.00 |
| De-Fret Bass and True Fingerboard for Fretless Conversion | $230.00 |
| Structural Repairs | |
| Cracked Headstock (With Minimum Touch-Up) | $100.00 and up |
| Head-Splice (With Re-Finishing as Necessary) | $ Hourly rate |
| Top, Rim and Back Cracks (including touch up) | $60 – $75.00 Each and Up |
| Cleats for Reinforcing Crack repairs | $20.00 each and Up |
| Re-Glue Loose Braces | $60 – 75.00 Each and Up |
| Neck Re-Sets (Includes Minimum Fret Level and Set-Up) | |
| Will require a Replacement Saddle and Possible Fingerboard Wedge at an Additional Cost | |
| Martin and Larrivee Style | $600.00 |
| Bolt-on Style (Taylor, Furch, etc.) | $200.00 and Up |
| Gibson and Other Styles | $700.00 and Up |
| Bridge Work | |
| Bridge Shave | $60.00 |
| Sub-Plate | $60.00 |
| Replace Bridge-Plate | $150.00 and Up |
| Re-Glue Acoustic Bridge | $150.00 |
| Re-Glue Classical/ Fan Style Braced Bridge | $200.00 |
| Re-Glue Gibson J-200 Style Bridge | $200.00 |
| New Custom Martin Style Bridge with Saddle, plus Rosewood or Ebony Blank | $280.00 +$15(RW)+25(Ebony) |
| New Custom Pyramid Style Bridge with Saddle plus Rosewood or Ebony Blank | $350.00 +$15(RW)+25(Ebony) |
| New Custom Classical Style Bridge (Includes Finishing) | Hourly Rate |
| Wiring | |
| All custom wiring work is quoted at hourly rate plus parts. | |
| Acoustic pickup installation – under saddle single source, dual source, condenser mic, etc. | $75.00 – $100.00 and Up |
| Pickup potting | $75.00 to $100.00 per Pickup |
| Shielding of control cavities | $75.00 and Up |
| Troubleshooting | Hourly Rate |
| Electric Guitar or Bass Complete re-wire | $65.00 and Up |
| Install Brickhouse Guitars/SGI NS3 Transducer System | $90.00 |
| Refinishing | |
| Touchups | $60.00 and Up |
| Specialty Items | |
| Install Banjo head (plus parts) | $75.00 – $130.00 |
| Install Skin Banjo head (plus parts) | $150.00 – $175.00 |
| Replacing Bolt-On style Necks | $130.00 and Up |
| Guitar Kit Assembly | $175.00 and Up |
| Resonator Install | $175.00 and Up |
| Custom Routing | Hourly Rate |
| Zither (Autoharp) – Tuning | $115.00 |
| Mountain Dulcimer – Setups | $65.00 |
| Custom Pickguards Installed (Plus Materials) | |
| Flamenco Tap Plates Mylar (Standard Shape as per Template) | $65.00 |
| Martin Style | $60.00 |
| Electric Guitar Pickguards | $130.00 and Up |
| Left-Handed Conversion | |
| New Custom Nut (add $15.00 for parts) | $75.00 |
| Fill and Re-Cut Saddle Slot | $120.00 |
| New Saddle with Compensated B-String (add $15.00 for parts) | $60.00 |
| Position Dots (Up to Body Joint Only) | $75.00 |
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- 218A Victoria Rd. S. Guelph, ON
- 519-836-8492
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