Guitar Lodge - www.guitarlodge.co.uk

Dave Whitton of Scottish BBC TV and Radio recording band THE CLYDESIDERS

has just picked his old Yamaha Acoustic from Steve and WHAT A DIFFERENCE !

Work done at reasonable price and very much to my satisfaction!

A real find in Felixstowe Suffolk - well worth any travel to his workshop !

I bought the above model from Amazon,and on opening the box the guitar had rusty

strings and very discoloured rusty frets from fret 12 to 21, so returned to Amazon

who sent me a replacement, same model/colour etc, which I immediately took to Guitar Lodge, on inspection he found this second guitar had loose frets! high frets! a badly cut nut!

(All these faults are down to Fender not Amazon)

Anyway he did a full set up, reset all the loose frets,dressed & polished the frets, set the action/intonation pick up height,fitted a new Tusq nut,cut correctly,

cleaned and polished the guitar, which now plays like a dream !!

This is definately the place to take your guitar if you want it to play at its

very best !

Many Thanks 

Fantastic service! The valves arrived in less than 2 days in a very well packed parcel. My amp has just got back to life, sound like new. I would recommend their service for my fellow musicians for sure! Thank you!

I cannot thank you enough for the refret on my '93 PRS which came back last week, been in my hands non-stop since & plays like Buddha! I bought the guitar a few years back & it needed a re-fret then so I'd never had the joy of playing it as it is now & probably playing better than when it left the factory, you have done a sterling job here, masterful in all aspects & your attention to detail is stellar.

For those of you out there who have possibly watched one too many stew mac videos & thought "Refretting? I could do that!" DON'T! Leave it to artists like Steve who have a wealth of talent & experience & will treat your guitar like a diva at an oceanside spa.

Guitar is collected & returned by courier door-to-door & communication from guitar lodge is just a call or email away for any questions.

I was also pleasantly surprised that the bridge was fully serviced & cleaned, as were all the other moving parts, and a thorough guitar clean as well,

Thank you!

Felt it was about time I wrote a review of this company. Have only had US Stratocasters worked on by the person I dealt with, but that work includes refretting a maple board - can be tricky, but perfectly executed. Also a nitro respray/rebuild - again perfectly executed. Various setups - guitars play like butter afterwards. He's good to deal with, always alive to my exact requirements, his timescale is fine, and his prices are reasonable considering the standard of the work. I'm very happy to travel 70 miles to take my Strats to him!

Yesterday I collected a partcaster I'd built (cheapish body & neck but all US hardware) - it needed nut/fretwork and setting up. Basically I said to just do whatever was necessary, and it's come back absolutely fantastic! Plays as well as any of my proper Strats! What more do you want?!

Highly recommended!

After some thorough online research I sent my strat to the person I dealt with for a refret - an understandably nerve-wracking experience after our ten years together. Thankfully I had absolutely nothing to be nervous about.

His communication was first rate, with prompt replies and finding out exactly what my specifics were before the job started. He also organised collection of the guitar at no hassle to myself, making the whole thing very streamlined and easy.

When the guitar came back (within a shorter time frame than I'd expected, and less than the original estimate) he had done a perfect job - fantastically finished and set up and beautifully installed new stainless steel frets. Genuinely gave my tired old strat a new lease of life.

Not only would I absolutely recommend him, but further I will definitely be using him again to sort out one of my other guitars.

I wanted to replace the old frets on my Ibanez RG guitar with stainless steel frets and found GuitarLodge through an internet search as a possibility.

After discussing the work I decided to go ahead and have the frets replaced with Jescar stainless steel jumbo frets - the best decision I ever made!

The quality of workmanship is better than from the factory, and the turnaround is fantastic.

I was so impressed that I have just had the same refret treatment to another similar guitar.

If you are considering this work or any other on your precious instruments then look no further. GuitarLodge even arrange a courier service if it's required.

My Yamaha acoustic has been my constant companion for 38 years but, as with many older people that I know, had become worn and difficult!

Thus it was with trepidation and a twinge of nervousness similar to watching your only child going into school for their first day that I handed it over into the trusty hands of the person I dealt with 10 days or so later, I am walking round with a foolish grin every time I see, touch or even think about my guitar.

The neck has been refretted, smoothed, polished and reset and the nut and bridge tweaked to perfection.

It now plays with all the clarity and suave sophistication of a James Bond movie, yet with better action!

Thanks to the person I dealt with.

He did a brilliant job on my Schecter Jeff loomis 7 string, after a fret dress and setup it now shreds even crazier than before.

Very impressed I will definitely be using guitar lodge for any other issues I have in the future.

Thanks again!

Excellent service and jack repair by a man who was very knowledgeable and thorough. Thank you. Highly recommended.