Services
Set Ups
Instruments under tension move whether we ask them to or not. Some more than others, but eventually, they all refuse to stay put. A professional set up is the best way to adjust for this annoyance and keep your instrument playing and sounding its absolute best.
Includes all neck, bridge and nut adjustments to your playing preference, tuning and string tension. Restring. Light fretwork and polish, Deep fingerboard and body cleaning. Tighten, clean and verify all hardware and electronics. Comes with smile and free adjustments to your liking.
Electronics
These darn modern electric twangers got all kinds of electro doohickies these days.
Ollie understands techno babble and and can wire up your electric guitar or bass with practically ANY upgrades and repairs you can think of. Everything from swapping pickups to coil taps, coil splits, phase switch, series/parallel switch, kill switch, active systems, sustain systems. Bass preamps with 2 batteries, 3 circuit boards and 18 switches. Yup. No problem.
Fret work
Do you like it when all the notes on your guitar work the same? Me too! Let's solve all your nasty fret issues and KEEP them solved.
Bad or worn frets can make some spots on the finger board sound bad, buzzy, choked, silent, or even the wrong note entirely. Sometimes it's just one stubborn fret. Sometimes it's all of them. Depending on how uneven your frets are there are a variety of solutions ranging from a simple set up all the way to a full re-fret with new frets of your choice. Many times the existing fret can be saved even after years of heavy playwear.
Do you have sharp fret ends that make you sad and caused injury to you or a loved one? Don't fret! (pun intended) because there is a cure for your suffering. Relief is on the way! Using MAGIC, OllieMan will make your fret ends smooth enough to slide across a baby's bottom without incident or abrasion.
For those who shred frets with an iron grip like a race car shreds tires... I also offer stronger, longer lasting stainless steel fretwork and re-fretting.
Woodwork
Guitars are (usually) made of wood. Other stuff too... but mostly wood. Wood sounds good and feels good. It's easy for builders to work with while also strong enough to do it's job. When it fails at doing it's job, call OllieMan.
Issues include everything from wood breaking, warping or even ungluing itself. Changes in temperature and humidity also play a big role in the health of the guitar as well. These can be caused by both factory issues, age, and/or user error (aka, you dropped it) Most any of these issues can be repaired with enough work.
Services include but are not limited too:
Bridge re-glue or replacement
headstock break
neck reset or neck break
removal and repair of fingerboard
Acoustic and semi hollow sound boards and bodies
All types of binding repair and installation
Bridge Doctor installation
Internal Bracing, sound bars and sound post repair
Inlay installation and repair