Instrument Services
Please Note: I live in Santa Rosa and mostly provide these services locally in the Northern California Region. Please contact me to arrange a repair consultation.
Common Setup Jobs
"Violin-Style" Instruments​
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- Restring/Tuning
- String Clearance Adjustment
- Bridge Fitting/Replacement
- Tuning Peg Shaping/Replacement
- Fingerboard treatment & polish
- Tailpiece/Tailgut Tension Adjustment
- Finetuner set-up
- Soundpost Fitting
- Polish/Cleaning
- Bow Pre-Rosining
- Chinrest Setup
- Quiver Attachment
"Guitar-Style" Instruments
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- Restring/Tuning
- Nut file/Truss Rod/String Action
- Saddle Intonation
- Fingerboard treatment & polish
- Tuning Machine Tightening/Lubricating
- Electronics cleaning or upgrades
- Output Jack/Knob Tightening
- Full body polish and cleaning
Intensive "Overnight" Overhaul Jobs
- Crack Mending
- Neck Reattachment
- Scroll Reassembly and Reinforcement
- Fingerboard Replacement/Fitting
- Electric Pickup Installation
- etc.
- Crack Mending
- Neck Reattachment
- Headstock Reassembly and Reinforcement
- Fret Replacement, Crowning, and Buffing
- Fret Scalloping
- Fretless Conversion "a la Jaco"
- etc.
Lutherie & Instrument Repair
I worked as a string-instrument repair tech (aka Luthier) seasonally during college, and then throughout the week for a couple of years after graduating. I got plenty of experience setting up, mending, and reconstructing violin-family instruments as well as guitars, ukuleles, mandolins, banjos, etc.
I started in instrument repair at the San Diego County Music Exchange when I was 17 and bought my first upright bass on a budget; the bass was damaged in shipping and I bought it at wholesale value from Lemur Music- only its neck completely snapped off, had no sound post or bridge yet, and the fingerboard was warped. After some on-the-job training and an intensive reconstruction, I took it to study music at university, and it's the same upright bass that I gig with to this day.