Guitar Repairs & Maintenance
I offer a professional and comprehensive repair and maintenance service. My clients include IDLES, Super Grass, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The The, The Stranglers and many more so you can rest assured that your guitar is in safe and professional hands.
Services include setups, fretwork, refrets, pickup swap outs, rewiring, neck resets and spot fills but if you require anything else or just want some advice then please just get in touch.
Setups
Optimise your instrument with a full setup. This includes truss rod set, nut refined, saddle adjustment, intonation and a restring (strings not included).You can also request a fretboard clean & oil, a fret polish,
Full setup - £50 (+ strings)
Fret & board polish - £15
Custom nut - £35 (+ materials)
10% discounts apply for 3 + guitars at once
Fretwork
A beloved neck reborn. A level/crown/polish or full refret includes old frets removed (refret), fretboard cleaned & restored, frets levelled, crowned, dressed and polished, pickup heights tweaked and a full setup (strings not included).
Level/crown/polish - £130
Full refret - £230
Binding/maple board + £50
Stainless + £50
Electronics
Guitar tone can be transformed by swapping out pickups and your guitars function can be personalised with interesting wiring configurations. Please contact me for specific wants and ideas.
Pickup swap from £45
Install Piezo from £70
Full rewire from £50
For all other guitar repair & maintenance services please enquire below
Testimonials
“ I cannot recommend West Valley Guitars enough. Josh really knows his onions'“
- Chris, Guitarists for Siouxsie and the Banshees
“I wanted to find someone who really understood guitars. Within minutes of talking to Josh, I knew he was the man.”
- Simon Bartlett, Google review
“ I wouldn’t hesitate to use West Valley again for anything bass related, superb work!”
- James Eller, Bass player for The The
“Josh recently completed a refret on my 1965 Gibson Barney Kessel. Josh has transformed it into my no.1 guitar. The quality of the refret is second to none and it plays perfectly with wonderful low action.”
- Mark Lewis, guitar tutor
“I have just collected my Fylde Arial from Josh. It plays so differently now, the action is delightful - perfect. It was interesting visiting the West Valley Guitar workshop too, seeing all the clever things Josh is up to there. Recommended!”
- Jane Harwood, local musician
“Josh set up an electric, an acoustic, and a bass, and all three were were spot on, really comfortable to play, and he was swift so we weren't guitarless for long. Plus, he is a lovely chap.”
— Clint Hough, musician/guitar teacher