Guitar Refrets
guitar repair economics
Revitalize your guitar’s playability and tone with our expert refretting service. If you’ve noticed fret wear, buzzing, or intonation issues, it’s time to invest in a professional refret. Our skilled luthiers are dedicated to precision and craftsmanship, ensuring your guitar receives the meticulous care it deserves. Don’t compromise on your playing experience – contact us today to schedule a consultation. Let’s discuss your guitar’s needs and embark on the journey to a perfectly fretted instrument.The guitar refret is the one part of the guitar repair that any luthier will tell you is not worth trying to save money on.
Refretting a guitar is not an attractive proposition to most guitar shops. Economics plays a large part in this, as most guitar repairers are single person outfits. In the time it takes to refret a guitar, it is possible to have done setup work on anywhere from 8-15 guitars. Consider that an average guitar setup can cost anything from £50-£100. So a repairer is more likely to want to earn £400-£1500 than the £280-£350 a guitar refret can cost.
What is involved in a guitar refret?
the work
Guitar refretting is a time consuming job. Consider that it takes 4 minutes to clamp a fret in with glue, and over the course of a 22-fret guitar, you are now waiting 88 minutes for glue to dry. There are many factors that can go wrong in a guitar refretting job – is the neck straight, has the fret go in correctly – the list is endless.
guitar refret specialists
At Ackworth Guitar Setups, Nick Hartley does our in house fret work. Over the years, he has become a specialist in all aspects of fret work, including fret crowning, fret levelling, bevelling and fanned frets.
Nick likes these longer jobs, preferring to allow his team mates to focus on set up work and guitar electronics. Nick also specialises in more exotic fret choices such as stainless steel fret replacment, or Jescar Evo Gold frets.
guitar refrets in Manchester & Leeds
Both our Leeds and Manchester workshops can sort out your guitar refret or guitar fret levelling needs.
Prices start at £260 for a full refret.
Professional refretting service
Elevate your playing and rediscover the joy of your guitar with our specialised refretting service. Your frets, your music – brought to perfection at AGS.
“I couldn’t recommend highly enough!”
Stuck in lockdown I bought a guitar but it needed work setting up. Had a very informative tutorial over video chat with AGS about adjusting the bridge and truss rod myself.
Within a couple of days I received a custom made gauge and some better strings that they’d sent out just after our call.
Now it plays a lot better, easier to fret and sounds a lot nicer too.
Above and beyond what I expected.