Professional Guitar Repair in Rosemount
Setups, fretwork, and electronics work, all done on our bench in Rosemount.
- Family Owned Since 2012
What Guitar Repairs Cost
The full rate sheet, posted so you know the number before you leave the instrument.
Setups
- Electric, fixed bridge$65.00
- Electric, floating bridge$70.00
- Floyd style bridge$85.00
- Acoustic 6 string$65.00
- Acoustic 12 string$75.00
- 4 string bass$55.00
- 5 string bass$60.00
- 6 string bass$65.00
- 7 string bass$70.00
What a Full Setup Includes
- Restring
- Scrape fingerboard
- Oil neck and fingerboard
- Set nut height
- Adjust neck
- Check and tighten hardware
- Bridge adjustment
- Adjust action
- Set intonation
- Set pickup heights
- Lubricate tuner machines (acoustics only)
Restrings
Includes hand polish, fretboard hydration, fret polish, and tuning.
- Acoustic, electric, or 4 string bass$25.00
- 12 string, classical, or floating bridge$35.00
General Repair
- Adjust truss rod$25.00
- Set string height, electric$25.00
- Strap button install$30.00
Nuts, Saddles, and Bridges
Setup is a separate charge.
- Bone or Tusq nut, 6 string$85.00
- Bone or Tusq nut, 12 string$95.00
- Plastic nut, 6 or 12 string$40.00
- Bone or Tusq saddle$95.00
- Plastic saddle, 6 or 12 string$40.00
- Remove and reglue bridge$150.00
- Crack repairPlus $15.00 per inch.$40.00+
Fretwork
- Fret level, includes full setupAdd $10.00 for a maple fingerboard.$135.00
- Dress sharp fret ends$40.00
- Refret unbound neck, rosewood or ebony$275.00+
- Refret unbound neck, maple$300.00+
- Refret bound neck$325.00+
- Partial refret, unbound neck$15.00 per fret
- Partial refret, bound neck$20.00 per fret
Electronics Labor
- Single pickup install$55.00
- Two pickup install$70.00
- Three pickup install$80.00
- EMG installation$100.00+
- Under saddle transducer system$95.00
- Replace 3 or 5 way switch$45.00
- Replace volume or tone control$40.00+
- Replace output jack$25.00
Tuning Machines Install
Labor only; tuning machines are not included in these prices.
- Retrofit$35.00
- Resize existing holes$45.00
A plus sign marks jobs where extra parts or labor can apply. Nut, saddle, and bridge work is priced separately from a setup.
What Our Customers Say About the Shop
Katie Stowell
We had an awesome experience at The Guitar Shop in Rosemount. The staff is very knowledgeable and went above and beyond to help us with our first guitar purchase. I recommend The Guitar Shop to anyone looking for a reliable place to purchase a guitar or take lessons! Thank you Brad and everyone at The Guitar Shop!
Eric Long
Super friendly staff, very willing to help out with any questions or issues, small home town feel with no pressure.
Tony Vega
Brad and the crew at The Guitar Shop are great! I bought a Vintage Brand guitar a few years ago from The Guitar Shop and liked it so much, I bought a second one. When that one had a slight issue, I brought it in and they took care of it within 48 hours! Excellent service. I HIGHLY recommend The Guitar Shop!
Nicholas Miller
Great place for a guitar purchase or repair. Also, if you want to learn guitar, or many other instruments, they have outstanding, engaging teachers.
H Longford
Fantastic place to take guitar or piano lessons!! Well educated, professional teachers!! Offering Adult and kids lessons, all levels. They sell a nice range of guitars, music products and amplifiers. Knowledge staff available to help you. They also offer repair services.
Jason Gigliotti
A great place for guitarists! Good selection, a very knowledgable staff and there’s always something new on the wall when I go there! I will definetly be coming back.
Every Repair Done on Our Bench
Repair work here is done in the building by the owner, a working luthier, not packed up and sent to a third party. That covers the whole range, from a restring through fret leveling, refrets, bridge regluing, and crack repair. It also means the person who sets your guitar up is the person you can ask about it when you come to pick it up.
- Work Done On Our Bench
- Posted Repair Rates
- Setups From $55
Frequently Asked Questions
The usual signs are strings sitting so high they tire your hand, buzzing on certain frets, notes that play in tune open but go sharp up the neck, sharp fret ends catching your fingers, or an instrument that will not hold tune. A brand new guitar that has never been adjusted is another common one.
You bring the instrument in and we look at it with you at the counter. We tell you what it needs, what that costs off the posted rate sheet, and you decide from there. The work then happens on the bench here rather than going out to a third party.
The biggest factor in a repair price is the instrument itself. A 4 string bass setup is $55 while an acoustic 12 string is $75, because more strings mean more nut and saddle work. Bridge style matters too, with a Floyd style tremolo at $85. Fretwork is priced by scope, and bound necks cost more than unbound. Ask about your guitar.
The bench work centers on guitars and basses, which covers setups, fretwork, structural repair, and electronics across both. Bring anything in and we will tell you honestly whether it is something we handle. Plenty of repair customers first came through the door for guitar lessons or to buy strings.
It depends on the job and on what is already on the bench. A restring is quick. A full setup, fret level, or refret takes longer, and structural work like a bridge reglue needs glue time that cannot be rushed. We give you a realistic estimate when you drop the instrument off rather than a blanket promise.
Bring it to the counter at the shop in Rosemount Market Square during open hours. The bench is in the same building, so the person who looks at it with you is the person who works on it. That same building runs piano lessons and sells used instruments.
Guitar Repair in Rosemount
Every repair is done on site in Rosemount Market Square, off 150th Street West.
Rosemount, MN 55068
Tell Us About Your Repair
Tell us what your guitar is doing and we will tell you what it needs.
- Setups, Fretwork, Electronics
- Every Rate Posted Up Front
- Work Done on Our Bench