Electric Guitar & Bass Repairs, Setups, Mods & Maintenance

At WR Custom Guitars our Electric Guitar Guru Tom Gill provides Electric Guitar & Bass repairs, setups, modding, and maintenance of all kinds. Tom, an accomplished player, has over 25 years of experience in electric setups and repairs.

Services Provided

Expert Evaluation – This is where we start: A Full Bench Test and Evaluation. This allows you to select from an à la cart mix of only the repairs, adjustments, and services you need. Why buy a flat-rate package where half of it you don’t need? How about you just pay for what’s needed?

Setups – Can include nut, truss rod, and intonation adjustment; cleaning and polishing of frets and fretboards; tightening loose hardware, spraying and cleaning of electronics; pickup height adjustment; general cleaning of the instrument as needed.

Action Adjustments – Truss Rod, Nut, Saddle and Radius, String Height, Pickup Height, Intonation, Tighten Loose Tuners and Strap Buttons.

Frets – Clean and Condition Fretboard, Remove Tarnish; Fret Dressing, Polishing, Leveling, and Crowning; Full and Partial Refrets.

Deep Cleaning & Detailing – Deep cleaning and maintenance of hardware such as bridges and tuning machines; Cleaning of extremely dirty instruments or fingerboards, sticker removal, and surface scratch and swirl removal.

Electronics –  Repairs; Pickup Installation; Potentiometers, Jack, and Switch Replacement; Full Rewires and Custom Rewiring; New Wiring Harness; Shielding Control Cavities; Treble Bleed and other electronics mods.

Troubleshooting – Diagnosis of Intermittent Problems, Research and Sourcing of Parts or Schematics, etc.

Other – Restringing; Screw Extraction and Removal/Replacement of Seized or Difficult to Remove Hardware.

We perform our work up to a standard, not down to a price. Fees are based on the amount of time and concern spent on the work, and for our years of experience. Typical turnaround time is 1 week. Rush Service is available at additional cost if needed. We aim for the highest quality service, and quality work takes time.

Strings are not included in the price. We stock several brands and gauges. Everything you see here refers to 6-string electrics and 4- or 5-string Basses. Instruments with more strings than that, or with high performance bridge designs such as Floyd Rose, Evertune, Kahler, Steinberger, or Strandberg may cost more depending on the specific services or repairs required.

There is a minimum bench fee which will be applied to the final balance if the work is performed here.