All our guitars come ready to play. They are professionally setup as standard, which includes:
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Fretwork: Leveling, crowning, dressing and polishing of all the frets. This is done to give the guitar that silky smooth feel when bending strings and will make the guitar sustain more. This ensures that the strings don't 'choke' out in the upper registers, as is often the case on much of the popular brands budget guitars. €50
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Nut Slotting: We can fit a nut made of a material of your preference, including real bone. We precision slot the nut to a size perfect for your string gauge and to a depth suited to your preferred string action height.
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String Radius Adjustment: This is done to ensure that each individual string is set to a height consistent with that of the fret board radius, ensuring that when it comes to setting the action the optimum height is achieved.
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Tremolo Setup: Whether a flush or floating tremolo we can set it up to your desired requirements.
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Truss Rod Adjustment: Not all necks are straight, some guitarists prefer a bit of relief in their neck, others don't. It all really depends on what the guitar wants to do, especially if you want a very low action, some tweaking may be necessary.
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Action Height: We will set to your desired levels or playing style. To create a perfect height for your playing style and what feels comfortable to you it is best to do this in person and adjust on the fly. However, it can be done over Skype, voice chat, text or through our online support forum if needed. We can instruct you on how to use the tools provided with every guitar. Although all our guitars will leave our workshop ready to play with 'standard' factory settings which still makes them very playable.
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Intonation: Will be precisely set to ensure that your guitar is in tune as it should be on every single fret. There may be a slight shift in transit, but our after sales support will instruct you how to tweak with the provided tools if needed. More than likely you will not notice any shift in intonation with your ears...but we just like perfection here.
Nut slotting, string radius adjustment, tremolo setup, truss rod adjusting, string height, and intonation all work hand in hand and really they all need to be set together to ensure the best set-up. €40
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Pickup Height: This is a very simple operation done by literally turning a couple of screws to either raise or lower the pickups height and on certain pickups angling them. We do this so that they sit in the 'sweet spot' maximizing your guitars tonal range.
Alternatively we can carry out any or all of the above on your existing guitar to give it a new lease of life.
You can also head over to our learning centre where we have a comprehensive library of article and tutorials on all aspects of guitar set-ups, plus much more.
If you order a full set-up from us a full maintenance 'nct' is included.
All guitars that we build are eligible for a free full set-up and maintenance 'NCT' every 2 years. Plus a full refinish every 5 years.