Guitar Repairs in Kelowna
JR Guitar is the instrument repair shop of choice for many professional musicians in Kelowna, as well as other guitar stores, pawn shops and music schools in town. They trust Jim to take care of their difficult repair and fret jobs... and you can too!
JR Guitar - trusted by professional musicians in Kelowna since 1994
What's keeping you from enjoying your acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, banjo, mandolin or violin?
- Is it difficult too play?
- It won't stay in tune?
- Do the frets need some cleaning up?
- Does it need a complete fret job?
- Are there cracks in the neck or body?
- Is the acoustic bridge lifting?
- Having problems with the pickups?
- Does it buzz like a sitar?
- Is it just plain broken?
Fret Jobs
Set-ups
Any guitar you buy will play and sound better with a professional set-up. Many guitars people thought were "unplayable" are often salvageable.
Restoration
Jim has resurrected instruments as varied as a 100 year old mandolin, a 1951 Gibson and a 1920's banjo. He salvaged an acoustic guitar after a car had driven over it. He was able to resell it to one of Kelowna's most experienced musicians, who was blown away by its amazing tone!
We are not promising miracles, but it is surprising what skill, experience, the right tools, and a ton of patience can accomplish!
Modifications
Jim also custom builds electric guitars and can modify yours to be the instrument you've always dreamed it could be.
Repair Costs
Includes installing the strings, oiling the board, stretching the strings, tuning to pitch and polishing the guitar.
- 6-String: $20.00 (plus cost of strings)
- 12-String: $30.00 (plus cost of strings)
Guitar set-ups include: diagnostics, re-dressing and buffing of frets, cleaning the fret board, tightening all hardware, re-stringing, adjusting of nut slots as needed, truss rod adjustment, action adjustment, setting of intonation, checking all electronics, adjusting pick-ups, detailing and cleaning of the guitar. Balancing string output on amplified acoustics. Fret leveling includes measuring and leveling of frets, re-crowning and re-dressing to a mirror polish.
Standard
Hard Tails, Les Pauls, Teles, 4-string Basses, Acoustic 6-strings, Classical Acoustics, Ukuleles, Strat-style guitars, Guitars with Bigsbys, Lapsteels, 7-string electrics, 5-string Basses, Resonator Guitars
- $65 - $75
- $125 - $135 (with fret leveling)
Advanced
Locking Tremolo Guitars (Floyd Rose trems), 12-string guitars, Latin Instruments, 6-string Basses, Banjos, Jaguars & Jazzmasters (Includes shimming neck, taping bridge and HAN on saddles)
- $75 - $85
- $135 - $145 (with fret leveling)
- Rickenbacker Bass OR 6-String Guitar: $90, $150 (with fret leveling)
- Rickenbacker 12-String: $100, $160 (with fret leveling)
- Steinburger Trans Trem: $160, $190 (with fret leveling)
- Buzz Feiten Retrofit, most electrics: $150 and up (set-up is included)
- Adjust action or intonation: $15.00 (included with set-up)
- Adjust truss rod: $40.00 (included with set-up)
- Lower nut slots: $20.00 (included with set-up)
- Dowel and drill strap button: $25.00
- Strap button install: $15.00 (50% off with set-up)
- Shimming neck: $15.00
- Shimming side of neck pocket: $20.00
- Dirty guitar or rusty/frozen hardware: (estimate required)
- Individual saddle installation for strat or Gibson bridges: $40.00
Nuts
All guitar nut work includes hand-cutting and shaping new fingerboard nuts from rough bone blanks and custom fitting for each instrument. If there is difficulty in removing the nuts, expect a phone call or text and an increase in cost. Restringing and set-up is NOT included and is charged as listed above. Guitars with always play better with a full set-up. $25.00
- Fender style: $90.00 (save $15.00 with set-up)
- Gibson style, acoustic or Fender w/ binding: $95.00
- 12-String: $150.00
- Install plastic nut: $35.00
- Graphite: $100.00
- Mandolin: $140.00
- Banjo: $70.00
Re-glue loose binding on top, side or back with touch-ups. Can be a very difficult repair that requires lots of touch-ups to make it work and look good.
- First side: $275.00 (each additional side $125)
- Repair binding that is missing, cracked, disintegrating: (quote is required)
- Replacing binding, on any part of guitar: (quote is required)
Bridges
All prices are for 6 string acoustic guitars. Add $20 for 12 strings. (A re-string is NOT included in pricing.)
- Saddle: $60.00
- Bridge remove and reglue, Martin style 6 string: $120.00
- Bridge reglue on ovation or Korean poly-top 6 string: $145.00
- Bridge reglue on classical guitar: $130.00
- Plane or rout bridge, 6-string: $60.00
- Plane or rout bridge, 12-string: $120.00
- Build new bridge: (quote required)
- Minimum bench fee or diagnosis: $20.00
- Hollow bodies add-on: $20.00 - $60.00
- Pick up installation: $50.00 for one, $60.00 for two, $70.00 for three
- Pick up installation on tele, bridge: $60.00
- Pick up installation on tele, neck: $50.00
- Pick up installation on tele, set: $65.00
- Repairing/rewinding pick ups, single coil: $125.00, Humbucker $175 (with uninstall and reinstall)
- Acoustic pick up install, undersaddle: $80.00
- Mounting neck, no drilling: $40.00 (save $20.00 if set-up is included)
- Mount neck, with drilling: $60.00
- Dowel and drill stripped neck: $45.00
- Replace or fix truss rod: (quote required)
- Headstocks and top cracks: $100.00 (if multiple cracks or over 6", a quote is required)
- Seal cracked bridge: $30.00
- Headstock reglue, no touch up: $100.00
- Headstock off: (quote required)
- Loose brace reglue: $50.00
- Off brace reglue: $65.00
- Brace, build and replace: $100.00
- All other structural repairs: (quote required)
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