Service and Repair Price Guide
At Overwater we also offer a full range of service, structural repair, restoration and customisation options. If you have an enquiry about a specific service or repair requirement please contact us using the form here.
Repair time is charged at £35.00 per hour and quotes are subject to an initial inspection of the instrument. An 'Express - Same Day Service' is also available on routine set ups only for an additional £35.00. All prices exclude parts and materials and prices are subject to VAT at 17.5%.
Below is a list of the routine service and repair options...
| Insurance Quote | £20.00 |
Full Insurance quote given on any Overwater instrument |
| Basic Set-up | £52.50 |
Clean fingerboard and frets, adjust truss rod, string heights and intonation |
| Full Set-up | from £87.50 |
Light fret levelling & polish, adjust rod, string heights and intonation |
| Full Service | from £140.00 |
As full set up – but also including full hardware and electrics checks |
| Full Fret Dress - for worn frets and fingerboards | from £122.50 |
Dress and re-profile, including full set-up |
| New Top Nut | £35.00 |
Make, fit and adjust | plus materials |
| Re-fret, Including Full Set-up | |
Plain Rosewood fingerboard | £210.00 |
Ebony fingerboard | £245.00 |
Lacquared fingerboard | £280.00 |
Bound fingerboard ‘lap fretted’ | £245.00 |
Bound fingerboard - including re-binding and lacquering | £350.00 |
| De-fret | from £175.00 |
Convert to ‘lined fretless’ – including full set-up |
| Full Re-wire | from £70.00 |
Passive or active plus parts |
| Pickup Fitting | |
Magnetic fit replacement pickup and parts (routing extra if required) | from £70.00 |
Transducer including ‘pre-amp’ if required plus parts (acoustic) | from £105.00 |
| Neck Break | from £227.50 |
Repair – including refinish and set-up |
| Refinishing | |
Including some sanding, stripping and preparation. Assembly and set-up extra | |
Body only - solid colour | from £300.00 |
Body only - trans colours and sunbursts | from £350.00 |
Body only - natural finish | from £300.00 |
Neck only - Rosewood fingerboard | from £220.00 |
Neck only - Maple fingerboard | from £150.00 |
Solid body/fixed neck - solid colour | from £420.00 |
Solid body/fixed neck - tint or sunburst | from £525.00 |
Solid body/fixed neck - natural | from £490.00 |
Semi-acoustic (arch top) | from £700.00 |
Acoustic | from £650.00 |