Fountain City Guitarworks

Fountain City Guitarworks Full service stringed instrument repair, PLEK precision fretwork, and custom builds in the heart of KCMO. Home of Seüf Guitars.

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come hang out with us today!
08/16/2026

come hang out with us today!

come on by and get fixed up this week!
06/30/2026

come on by and get fixed up this week!

we’re turning and burning at camp FCGw! book your appt on our website.
06/23/2026

we’re turning and burning at camp FCGw! book your appt on our website.

Refret, nut, and new wiring harness for this super vibey 70s Jazz bass. this bass has a round laminate fingerboard, whic...
06/17/2026

Refret, nut, and new wiring harness for this super vibey 70s Jazz bass. this bass has a round laminate fingerboard, which are notoriously thin and don’t like to accept modern fretwire. after truing up the fingerboard with the PLEK, we used our fret trimmer to shorten the fret tang, which makes it possible to install modern fretwire without sawing through the rosewood fingerboard. this bass is ready to rip for another 50 years!

This Custom Shop Tele came to us from our friend playing incredibly uncomfortable. After digging in, we decided a refre...
06/11/2026

This Custom Shop Tele came to us from our friend playing incredibly uncomfortable. After digging in, we decided a refret was the right call.

We used the PLEK to cut a 7.25”–9.5” compound radius into the fretboard, retaining the vintage feel in the lower positions with no choke on bends up high. The edges of this neck were beautifully rounded, so after fretting we took time to restore that contour rather than sharpen it up. Lacquer touchup on the fingerboard, new nut, and it plays like it was always meant to.

ultra light relic on this fender custom shop tele for our friend . this one came in super clean with just a small amount...
06/06/2026

ultra light relic on this fender custom shop tele for our friend . this one came in super clean with just a small amount of checking coming through, so we gave it the light treatment to give it a more broken in feel. we’re pretty picky about what we’ll take on for relic work, but this one was a perfect candidate

AH NUTS! this came in with a busted nut and the client requested a bone replacement. that’s all well and good, but you ...
06/04/2026

AH NUTS! this came in with a busted nut and the client requested a bone replacement. that’s all well and good, but you can’t just go slapping any ‘ol nut in there. music man basses after 2005 have compensated nuts as a standard, so that means the distance from the front edge of the nut shelf to the first fret is a bit shorter and a regularly carved nut won’t let the bass play in tune. we started off by fitting a blank and having the machine do the slots and top shaping. from there we measured the compensation on the old nut and got to hogging with a dremel. came out great and the bass plays in tune! come see us for all your nut needs!

EVERTUNE || we’ve set up hundreds of equipped guitars over the years and we really like them. the ability to set your ...
06/02/2026

EVERTUNE || we’ve set up hundreds of equipped guitars over the years and we really like them. the ability to set your preferred perfect bend or even no bend at all and maintain perfect tuning is awesome, especially when recording and playing live. this one took a ride in the machine and got a custom buffalo horn nut. the plek is a nut making game changer; we can dial it in to perfectly cut and space for any number of strings and gauges. enjoy!

it’s always fun to have our work from years past come in for a little love. this oh-10 needed a little help getting bac...
05/26/2026

it’s always fun to have our work from years past come in for a little love. this oh-10 needed a little help getting back to the condition it was in when it left the first time. we reset the mastery bridge and trem back to our factory settings and gave the frets a once over in the PLEK. the PLEK let us see some (extremely minor) inconsistencies in the fretwork that our feeble human eyes would have never caught otherwise. this thing is ready to head back to Alejandro in CA!

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3617
Kansas City, MO
64109

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 12pm - 4pm

Telephone

+18163639211

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