Sooner or later, every instrument needs maintenance. With over fifteen 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.
Setup and repair data are archived as much as possible. For example, in the case the playability of a guitar changes, it is easy to measure the difference. An extra service for your instrument.
For fretwork, Dunlop or Jescar frets (nickel-silver and stainless steel) are used in most cases (most sizes are in stock). and professional tools. The instrument is setup properly with fresh strings after the job.
Fern's Guitars is well known for it's high quality repairs of guitar electronics, like pickups and potmeters. 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 the instrument as quiet as possible.
Strings are for sale in the workshop:
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 / May 2023 / prices may 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 give a price qoute 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 give a price quote 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.
Copper foil not included. To shield I use 3M 1181 serie coppuer foil tape. This foil is designed to shield electronic spaces, opposite to the aluminum foil mostly used by factorys. Grounding is fixed in the right way and checked. Complex jobs by quotation in the workshop.
Damaged or flat frets are sanded 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.
Frets being replaced on the entire neck, many different sizes of fretwire are available. Including topnut replacement. 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.
Judging the damage and the costs is done in the workshop. Photo's send by email can help to give a roughly offer. Mentioned price is a minimum price.
Topnut material not included. Graphtec (black) is recommended for tremolo use or general detuning problems.
Topnut material included. Very heavy duty.
Bridge and saddle material included. For steelstring or Nylon string. Mentioned price is a minimum price.
Average price, depending on the pickup and the guitar. Offers are made in the workshop.
Average price, depending on the pickup and the guitar. Offers are made in the workshop.
Cavety and pickguard routing, mounting and setup of the pickup included. The pickup can be mounted in the body or on the pickguard.
Mounting the transducer (undersaddle piëzo, contact mike. etc.), mounting a pre-amp, battery compartment and / or endjack. Material not included. Complex jobs are quoted in the workshop.
Like logo's names etc. inlayed in the neck, head, body.
Ask for the solution for your instrument!