Repairs and restoration
I am happy to take on repair work on old or new banjos including setup, re-fretting, or repairing scratches, breaks, and other damage.
The cost of this work will always need to be agreed after I've had a chance to look at the instrument - I won't charge anything for helping to diagnose the problem. Once we've agreed the work to be done I'll suggest a price.
The below prices are therefore intended as a rough guide and do not include the cost of any parts, which will need to be paid for separately:
General set up - £60, including any of the following:
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Setting skin tension
- Adjusting coordinator rods / dowel stick fixings
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Adjusting tuners
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Replacing strings
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Re-oiling fingerboard
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Cleaning pot and neck
Skin replacement
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Synthetic - £40
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Vellum - £60
Tuner replacement
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Replacing one or more tuners in the same style as previous - £30
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Replacing one or more tuners with a different style to previous - £80
Nut and bridge work
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Replacing bridge - £30
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Replacing nut - £60
Installing fifth string capo
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Installing railroad spikes - £30
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Installing a sliding capo - £60
Installing pickups
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Non-invasive work - £50
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Invasive work - £150
Fret work
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Fret dress - £80
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Re-fret - £120
Cosmetic repairs
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By agreement - starting at £80
Structural repairs
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By agreement - starting at £150
Please get in touch here if you have a banjo you'd like me to take a look at.

