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Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...

• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed

All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it

Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...

• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed

All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it

Took my Pacifica in yesterday for a bit of minor surgery, and my Guild last week just to show him. There were a few guitars in his workshop, which one was yours? Was it in a tweed Fender case?

Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...

• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed

All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it

Thats way too cheap!

Yeah, hard to see how he makes a good turn over to continue. Even if he used a pre-slotted nut which is then fine tuned, that's a pretty low hourly rate.

Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...

• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed

All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it

Great for you, not so great for the skilled luthiery crew...$45 for an hours work and $30 materials. I'll stick to my day job.

GrantB wrote:

Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...

• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed

All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it

Great for you, not so great for the skilled luthiery crew...$45 for an hours work and $30 materials. I'll stick to my day job.

He's essentially doing the work for free. Try finding a mechanic, plumber or sparky happy to work for $10 and hour. I really hope that he puts his prices up to somewhere near market rate soon, for the good of the industry.

codedog wrote:

Mini Forklift Ⓥ wrote:Got my guitar back from Alan Farrow yesterday...

• New nut fitted
• Strings replaced and guitar set up (going from .010's to .011's)
• Intonation issues sorted
• Sitaring issue fixed

All for the princely sum of $45. Kudos to Alan, great price and a great job by the looks/sound of it

Took my Pacifica in yesterday for a bit of minor surgery, and my Guild last week just to show him. There were a few guitars in his workshop, which one was yours? Was it in a tweed Fender case?

Ah cool, hope he did a good job. Mine was just in a black Fender hardcase out in his garage.

He must purely work on volume of repairs over any sort of profit margin, he had a good dozen guitars on the go when I was there and said he was pretty busy. Can't imagine his overheads would be that much, guessing he must be doing okay as he's been doing it for ages.

I agree though that a price increase even on what his base hourly rate is wouldn't be a bad thing.

I know with guys that work on my gear, if they threaten to undercharge me I top it up to what I know they should be charging. and then some. Helps too when I need a priority job if I'm heading out to a gig and I notice a trannie hanging out my rear in need of some love.



Aaaand, go JB!

GrantB wrote:I know with guys that work on my gear, if they threaten to undercharge me I top it up to what I know they should be charging. and then some. Helps too when I need a priority job if I'm heading out to a gig and I notice a trannie hanging out my rear in need of some love.

Aaaand, go JB!

GrantB wrote:Aaaand, go JB!

Like moths to a flame

I'm going to have a go at replacing the nut on my goldtop when all the good shit turns up and I start playing wood doctor.
Should start my own thread.