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Sooner or later, every instrument needs maintenance.
With almost twenty years of experience, I am able to do high quality repairs and customizings, yet still with love for the instrument.
Fern's Guitars does not believe in a standard setup on guitars. as promised sometimes in shops. As much as possible, I will try to adjust your instrument according to your personal needs and playing style. This means for example a higher action (string height) for one musician, and a lower action for another musician.
For fretwork I use Dunlop and Jescar wire in several sizes (most sizes are in stock, nickel-silver and stainless steel), and I use professional tools. The instrument is setup properly with fresh strings afterwards.
Fern's Guitars is well known for it's high quality repairs of guitar electronics, like pickups and pots. Nice soldering joints, and no mess of wirings, that are only cause of noise. Every instrument is also being checked for good grounding to return an instrument as quiet as possible.
Strings are for sale in the workshop:
D'Addario electric 0.009 / 0.010/ 0.011
D'Addario phosphor-bronze 0.010 / 0.011 / 0.012 / 0.013
Thomastik Power-Bright electric 0.009 / 0.010/ 0.011
Thomastik flatwound 0.010 / 0.011 / 0.012 / 0.013
Unfortunately, I can not accept any repairs considering finish or refinish.
In the workshop it is possible to pay by card.
Please make appointments by telephone or by email. Please bring your instrument in a gigbag or case!
Or use the email form at the end of the page.
(Fern's Guitars Amsterdam from May 2024. All prices include Dutch TAX 21%. Prices can change without notice.)
Neck, bridge and action setup, intonation and small repairs. Strings not included.
Grounding, potmeters, switches and pickups are being checked and replaced if needed. Solder junctions are checked. Replacement parts not included. For more complex wirings I make an offer in the workshop.
Semi hollow jazz guitars like Gibson ES335, Gibson ES175, Epiphone Casino, Gretsch 6150, etc. Grounding, potmeters, switches and pickups are being checked and replaced if needed. Solder junctions are checked. Replacement parts not included. For more complex wirings I make an offer in the workshop.
Great offer for solid electric guitars. Ideal for second hand bought guitars, or instruments that need a total "check".
Great offer for semi-acoustic (jazz) guitars. Ideal for second hand bought guitars, or instruments that need a total "check". For guitars like Gibson ES335, Gibson ES175, Epiphone Casino, Gretsch 6150, etc.
Damaged or flat frets are sanded in level, are being crowned and polished. To judge if a guitar neck can be levelled or should be refretted is done in the workshop. This is very difficult to see on photo's.
Stainless steel fretwire lasts much longer than traditional nickel-silver fretwire. It also needs special tools to work with, and the material itself is more expensive.
Average price, depending on the pickup and the guitar. Offers are made in the workshop.
Mounting the transducer (undersaddle piëzo, contact mike. etc.), mounting a pre-amp, battery compartment and / or endjack. Material not included.
