Guitar Service and Repair
Emerald City Guitars is the professional’s choice for guitar repair in Seattle! Our repair team has you covered for anything from basic repairs to complete vintage restorations including refrets, neck resets, finish work and much more. A partial list of some of our more well known clients include Bill Frisell, Billy F. Gibbons, Jimmie Vaughan, The Black Crowes, Jason Mamoa, Pearl Jam, Jessica Dobson & Deep Sea Diver, Telekinesis, The Walkmen, Lynval Golding, Studio X, The Supersuckers, Mudhoney, Randy Hansen, Death Cab for Cutie, Clinton Fearon, KD Lang, Henry Cooper, Alien Crime Syndicate, Orbit Studios, The Lonely H, Fleet Foxes, The Magic Mirrors… and YOU!
Meet the Repair Team
Seattle's Premier Guitar Repair Specialists
Tyler Geske
Luthier
Tyler Geske, is a graduate of the famous Roberto Venn School of Luthiery and is now Seattle’s go-to guy for anything from basic repairs to complete vintage restorations including refrets, neck resets, finish work and much more.
Liz Herrin
Guitar Tech
Liz Herrin has 20+ years of experience in music retail in Seattle, including over 10 years as a guitar tech at Emerald City Guitars. Liz has a talent for guitar setups and has worked on over 25,000 guitars in her career.
Karl Van Der Velden
Guitar Tech
Karl has been in the guitar world since he first picked up his 1973 Fender Stratocaster at age 16. Karl studied guitar repair with famed Luthier Charles Fox, and has been working at Emerald City Gutiars since 2019. Karl has a versitle skill set spanning from setups, to pickup swaps and electronic work, to fret work and more.
Repair Rates
*Prices based on a repair labor rate of $110 per hour and apply to guitars in otherwise good working order. Actual prices may vary depending on your guitar. Parts, strings, rush fees, and taxes are an additional charge. We take a lot of pride in our repair shop and we will go the extra mile to make sure our customers are satisfied!
* For rush service (when available), add an additional 50% to standard repair fee
SETUPS are $110 plus strings and tax, and include the following: restring with your choice of stringsclean and/or oil fingerboard, check and adjust intonation, check tuners and all hardware, adjust truss rod if needed, check and adjust nut slots, check and adjust string height, check electronics and pickups, check frets for wear and uniformity
Electric Guitar Rates
Minimum bench fee
$55
Restring, oil fingerboard, polish and tune
$55
Setup (Standard)
$110
Setup (12-String)
$165
Setup (Floyd Rose)
$165
Install bone nut
$110
Replace tuners
$55
Replace pot, jack, pickup or switch (Solid body)
$55
Replace pot, jack, pickup or switch (Hollow body)
$110
Each additional pot, jack, pickup or switch (Solid body)
$35
Each additional pot, jack, pickup or switch (Hollow body)
$45
Complete rewire (Strat/Tele)
$165
Complete rewire (Les Paul)
$220
Complete rewire (Hollow body)
$330
Pickup Rewind (Single-coil)
$110
Pickup Rewind (Humbucker)
$165
Wax pot a loose pickup
$55
Fret level (includes set-up)
$225
Refret (Standard)
$440
Refret (Bound neck)
$550
Refret (Maple fretboard)
$550
Refret (Vintage)
$550+
Additional cleaning fee
$55
Acoustic Guitar Rates
Minimum bench fee
$55
Restring, oil fingerboard, polish and tune
$55
Setup (Standard)
$110
Setup (12-String)
$165
Install bone nut or saddle
$110
Replace tuners
$55
Install acoustic pickup
$110
Crack repair (per inch)
$35+
Brace reglue (per brace)
$65+
Bridge reglue
$225+
Neck reset
Martin $550+
Gibson/Guild $660+
Martin w/Refret $1050+
Gibson/Guild w/Refret $1160+
Fret level (includes set-up)
$225
Refret (Standard)
$440
Refret (Bound neck)
$550
Refret (Vintage)
$550+
Additional cleaning fee
$55
Amp Repair
Emerald City Guitars offers expert tube amplifier repair in affiliation with Solderhaus. Amp repairs can be dropped off anytime 10am-4pm Monday-Saturday. Amp repair is billed at $80/hr for labor plus the cost of parts.