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Does anyone from Christchurch can recommend me a good guitar tech for me to send my guitars to?
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That guy in Cracroft...
Alan Farrow for most stuff; nice guy.
For serious surgery go to Peter Stephens (you'll drop a lot of coin but it will be worth it.)
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...but it'll take forever.
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slash-ed wrote:...but it'll take forever.
Oh yeah, forgot that.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Gonna check them out once i touch down there. I just wanna do some simple mod to the electronics and check wether it needs some refretting job.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Gonna check them out once i touch down there. I just wanna do some simple mod to the electronics and check wether it needs some refretting job.
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Alan is now based in Acheron Dr - down by The Warehouse on Blenheim Rd.

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Axel95 wrote:Does anyone from Christchurch can recommend me a good guitar tech for me to send my guitars to?
Try Kevin Allison at http://www.angelsgate.co.nz he is a good fella.

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Konx om Pax

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cheers for the two suggestions guys,nice to know there are a few other options.

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$60 for a full set up on a floyd rose guitar. Is that cheap?
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Axel95 wrote:$60 for a full set up on a floyd rose guitar. Is that cheap?
Depends what that full setup entails, did they say what they do for that?
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"fret dressing, neck clean, cut and polish and full tuning on new strings"
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Axel95 wrote:"fret dressing, neck clean, cut and polish and full tuning on new strings"
Seems cheap!
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Axel95 wrote:$60 for a full set up on a floyd rose guitar. Is that cheap?
sorry, who was that quote from?

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