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What Is A Guitar Setup?

Congratulations! You just bought the guitar of your dreams! Maybe you bought it online, or had it delivered from a shop many miles away. Unless you are spending a vast sum on a top of the range guitar, the chances are your guitar needs setting up. By now you will have...

READ THIS Before You Take Your Guitar To a Repairer…

The risks are HIGH! Over the past few years, I’ve noticed a worrying trend occurring in our shop. The trend plays itself out something like this. “Hello Ackworth Guitar Setups? I’ve taken my guitar to this guy advertising on Facebook and they’ve ruined my guitar”. As...

Ackworth Guitar Setups Manchester – The New Manchester Guitar Repair Shop.

Ackworth Guitar Setups is now open for guitar repairs and setups in Manchester! We've partnered with Manchester music scene stalwarts Brunswick Mill Studios at their new site in Salford. We'll be offering guitar setups (set ups), guitar repairs, bass setups, truss rod...

Guitar Repairs – Buy Cheap, Buy Twice.

Guitar repairs are a funny thing. The temptation is to find the cheapest place and take your guitar there. But what are you actually buying when you go to an established business, as opposed to a cheap one. Ackworth Guitar Setups has been established in Yorkshire for...

The First Question You Should Ask Any Guitar Repair Shop Is Simple – ARE YOU INSURED?!!!

You spent a year saving for your Gibson Les Paul and then comes the time to have it setup or repaired. You see an advert on Social Media. Guitar Setups/Repairs. What is the first question you should ask yourself??? Is this repair shop insured in the event that my...
FRETBUZZ 101: Why it’s not really a Big Deal.

FRETBUZZ 101: Why it’s not really a Big Deal.

OK - stop right there. This is that article, the one where the guitar repairers tell you what you want can't exist. But this time, I'm going to explain to you why there is a happy medium to be found. What are the variables at play with any guitar? The Guitar itself....

What Is A Guitar Setup?

What Is A Guitar Setup?

Congratulations! You just bought the guitar of your dreams! Maybe you bought it online, or had it delivered from a shop many miles away. Unless you are spending a vast sum on a top of the range guitar, the chances are your guitar needs setting up. By now you will have...

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