The Green Room

The Green Room Guitar service and repair The Green Room: an artists refuge; a place to get cleaned up, make last minute set adjustments and get prepared to smash the show.

Well, to play at their best, your stringed instruments need to be properly prepared as well. ANY guitar, from a £3000 top-end strat to a £100 starter guitar can benefit from a proper set up - the factory do not know how you want your guitar to play and cheaper guitars only get a very rudimentary set up before shipping. So for a relatively small sum of money, why not get a pro setup to really get t

he best performance and the most enjoyable experience from your shiny new guitar. And what about your old faithful; the guitar that's been with you for years and played the last hundred shows? Well, it now has pitted frets, intonation issues, a worn nut and probably other problems that prevent it from playing it's best. Let's face it, at this point it's EARNED a little TLC (not the 90's girl group!) Or maybe it's time for a change - new pickups, higher/lower value pots or a mod (not Paul Weller!)

Not gig ready yet? Still learning your craft? Well, you'll want to put those hundreds of practice hours in on a guitar that's nice to play! A small investment early on can make all the difference when getting through that blistered fingers stage. So come visit the Green Room workshop or give me a call to discuss how to get the best out of your guitars


Price guide

Basic set up: Neck relief, String action, intonation £30 + strings

Deluxe set up: The above + action at nut, full clean & polish, light fret polish, electrics/pickup check, neck oiled £45 + strings

Fret dress (level, crown, polish) with setup £80 + strings

Full refret with setup £180 (stainless steel £250)

Partial refret & dress with setup £60 + £10 per fret

New bone nut £30 (other materials available)

Pickup swap £30

rewiring £30

Jaguar came in needed a new switch, pickup wiring fixed, fret dress and setup. Plays and sounds great now
20/11/2023

Jaguar came in needed a new switch, pickup wiring fixed, fret dress and setup. Plays and sounds great now

Time to catch on socials again!Brand new squier 60's vibe Jaguar needed plenty of modding. The customer wanted a single ...
07/11/2023

Time to catch on socials again!

Brand new squier 60's vibe Jaguar needed plenty of modding. The customer wanted a single coil scratchplate changed to fit humbuckers. The neck was swapped from the chunky 60's C it came with to one with a slimmer, more modern profile which also required fitting new machine heads and dressing the frets. Lastly a good setup and she was ready to go!

Over time, string tension can pull the body of an acoustic guitar upwards and change the angle of the bridge; This can c...
07/08/2023

Over time, string tension can pull the body of an acoustic guitar upwards and change the angle of the bridge; This can cause an impossibly high playing action, poor tone and other issues.

Having a bridge doctor fitted is a great way to turn back the clock and restore the guitar to it's original playing condition - which is exactly what I did to this customers Tanglewood. The bridge is back to where it should be and she's playing great.

If you have an acoustic that you feel could benefit from the same, message for details.

Over time, string tension can pull on the body of an acoustic guitar, changing the angle of the saddle; this can result ...
07/08/2023

Over time, string tension can pull on the body of an acoustic guitar, changing the angle of the saddle; this can result in impossibly high playing action and other issues.

Having a bridge doctor installed is a great way to turn back the clock and bring the guitar back to its original playing state, which is exactly what I did with this customer's countryman acoustic. Plays great now.

I really wish I'd remembered to take more pictures of this one along the way!! This Squier Jazz bass came to me in a ver...
08/06/2023

I really wish I'd remembered to take more pictures of this one along the way!! This Squier Jazz bass came to me in a very poor state. The (slightly warped) fretboard had been smashed off and glued back on with huge overhang along the top; the frets were all almost all pitted; the tone and volume pots were frozen due to rust; there was a hump in the neck towards the last frets due to a poorly made shim; all the hardware and screws were rusty and it was pretty grimey to boot!

Very happy with how it turned out though and more importantly, so is the customer!

Tim Burden, look after her this time!!

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Set up this great Jazzmaster American Proessional today. I'm not totally sold on Jazzmasters without the Seperate Rhythm...
13/03/2023

Set up this great Jazzmaster American Proessional today. I'm not totally sold on Jazzmasters without the Seperate Rhythm circuit but these are still awesome guitars.

Please do not shim your guitar necks this way!! I found this crude, sandpaper shim in a mustang bass today - no wonder i...
13/03/2023

Please do not shim your guitar necks this way!! I found this crude, sandpaper shim in a mustang bass today - no wonder it wasn't playing well. An uneven half shim like this can cause a hump in the fingerboard over time and you will loose tone and sustain due to poor neck contact with the body. Full pocket shims only please!

Amps need love too!! Dust and dirt gets into pots, causing that dreaded crackle when adjusting settings. Luckily, pots c...
02/03/2023

Amps need love too!! Dust and dirt gets into pots, causing that dreaded crackle when adjusting settings. Luckily, pots can be cleaned or replaced! Amp still making annoying noises? That's all you, baby!

One loose wire is all it takes! And sometimes it happens with a brand new guitars. In this case, a new 70's vibe Squier ...
23/02/2023

One loose wire is all it takes! And sometimes it happens with a brand new guitars. In this case, a new 70's vibe Squier Jazzmaster came with a loose solder joint at the volume pot, causing the whole lead circuit to intermittently cut in and out...very frustrating for the player. Fixed now and playing how it should.

It also needed a good setup and a little fret polish.

A bespoke bone, tusq, or graphite nut it a great, inexpenive way to really improve your guitars tone, intonation and pla...
22/02/2023

A bespoke bone, tusq, or graphite nut it a great, inexpenive way to really improve your guitars tone, intonation and playability!

Welcome to the Green Room guitar workshop! A place to get your guitar sounding (and looking) it's best. Setups, repairs,...
20/02/2023

Welcome to the Green Room guitar workshop! A place to get your guitar sounding (and looking) it's best.

Setups, repairs, fret work, mods - just pop by message or call to discuss.

Address

Sackville Place, Magdalen Street
Norwich
NR31JU

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

Telephone

+447757561174

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