Mr Little Musician I just broke a string. What do we do now?
Well, it's no big deal and first of all, don't worry! Here you can read all kind of repairs my friends do and the expexted time for completing each task at Zaranikas Music Store's workshop. Don't hesitate to reach out to help you!
Guitar repairs pricelist
- Restringings, maintenance & set ups:
Restringing = 7 €
Restringing, maintenance of mechanical parts (e.g. tuning machines) and clean up = 15 €
Electric guitar set-up and clean up = 33 €
Electric bass guitar set-up and clean up = 33 €
Electric guitar set-up and clean up with Floyd Rose type of tremolos = 39 €
Acoustic instruments set-up and clean up = 29 € - Replacements of mechanical parts:
Plastic nut installation = 5 €
Plastic bridge installation = 6,5 €
Bone nut installation = 18 €
Bone bridge installation = 20 €
Graph-tech nut installation = 18 €
Tuning machines replacement (classical, acoustic, electrric guitar & bass guitars) = starting from 15 € - Replacements of electronic parts:
Pickups replacement (electric guitar & bass guitar) = 40 €
Replacement of all wirings (electric guitar & bass guitar) = 70 €
Replacement of all wirings (acoustic instruments) = 35 €
Wiring installation = starting from 90 € - Luthier services:
Repairs on broken parts (e.g. guitar neck) = starting from 40 €
Fret Dressing = 40 €
Fret Dressing and refretting the first 3 - 5 frets = 75 €
Fret Dressing and refretting the first 6 - 10 frets = 100 €
Refretting = 150 €
Fingerboard straightening & Refretting = 250 €
Classical & traditional string instruments repairs
- Kanun:
Replacement of leather = 40 € (concerns only labour costs)
Leather repair = 30 €
Leather colouring = 20 €
Replacement of bridge = 30 € (concerns only labour costs)
Bridge colouring = 20 €
Restringing = 35 € (concerns only labour costs)
Mandals clean up = 25 €
Mandals maintenance = 45 €
Replacement of pegs = 2 €/peg (concerns only labour costs)
Complete replacement of pegs = 75 € (concerns only labour costs)
Replacement of mandals = 2 €/mandal (concerns only labour costs)
Complete replacement of mandals = 200 € (concerns only labour costs) - Other stringed instruments:
Pickup installation on violins, violas, bouzoukis/tzouras/baglamas/mandolin = 40 €
Replacement of pegs (Oud, Lavta, Violin, Violas etc.) = 2 €/peg (concerns only labour costs)
Replacement of leather (Cumbus-Oud & Cumbus-Saz) = 15 € (concerns only labour costs)
Replacement of all berdes (Turkish baglamas, Greek Tambouras, Greek Lutes etc.) = 50 €
Indicative waiting times per task
Are you ready to experience the fastest and most accurate musical instrument repair service? Below are indicative waiting times for the most common types of repair. These times may vary if an unexpected situation arises. The variance shown below in times depends on the workload of the workshop:
- Restringing & c: clean up – 2 business days
- Set – up / Service: 3 – 5 business days
- Replacement of small mechanical & electronic parts: 1 – 2 business days
- Handmaking and adjustment of bone or graph-tech nuts and saddles (Custom nuts): 2 – 3 business days
- Replacement of tuning machines: 2 – 3 business days *
- Replacement of pickups: 3 – 4 business days *
- Installation of piezo system: 4 – 5 business days *
- Regluing: 5 – 7 business days
- Fret dressing: 3 – 4 business days
- Refretting: 4 – 6 business days
- Fingerboard straightening & Refretting: 5 – 7 business days
- Replacement of Kanun strings: 3 – 4 business days
- Replacement of Kanun leather: 3 – 5 business days
- Replacement of Kanun pegs/ mandals: 4 – 7 business days
- Replacement of berdes: 2 – 3 business days
- Soundpost installation and peg repairs on traditional instruments: 1 – 2 business days
Deviations in the delivery time of repairs followed by * also depend on the availability of necessary spare parts.
I'm confused about the times, Mr. Little Musician. So to change strings and jack on my JET will that take 2 - 4 business days?
Okay, it makes sense to me that you're confused since you've never visited the Zaranikas Music Store workshop before. First of all, let me inform you that 9/10 times the work is completed before the stated deadlines or those given by our technical department manager. Here follow 2 examples to help you understand exactly how the workshop works:
- Restringing (1 - 2 business days) and changing the small electrical part (1 - 2 business days) on your JET will take 1 - 2 business days.
- Replacement of pegs combined with a leather replacement in a Kanun (which takes 4 - 7 business days and 3 - 5 business days respectively for each job) will take 4 - 7 business days in total.
I hope it is clear now that the waiting time of the more time-consuming repair takes precedence and does not work cumulatively.
Finally, I would like to point out that if you wish to minimize as much as possible the waiting times, you can make an appointment at least 2 days in advance, so that your instrument can be accommodated with priority.
Mr. Little Musician, why did the technician tell me that I have to change the strings on my Alvarez? But I just wanted to change the tuning machines!
Some repairs nature, need strings to be removed during their implementation, such as changing tuning machines, for example. The recommended and correct way is for such tasks to be accompanied by the set - up procedure with restringing. Otherwise, our technician cannot guarantee that existing strings will not be damaged, nor that they can be re-installed, neither that the result of the requested repair will be the expected.
Example of the repairs that belong to this category follow:
- Replacement of nut saddle.
- Replacement of tuning machines.
- Replacement of mechanical parts that have direct contact to the strings (e.g. an electric guitar's saddles).
- Replacement of electric parts except for those that don't interfere with the strings (e.g. a guitar jack replacement).
- The lot of luthier services except for those that don't interfere with the strings.
