Guitar setups
& Repairs from £30
Crawley, West Sussex and surrounding areas
Professional guitar setups, repairs, and electronics work in Crawley, across West Sussex and the wider area. Built by a working musician and pedal designer, focused on feel, reliability and tone
Guitar Setup & Maintenance
Setups from £30 · Most setup work £30–£60
From basic adjustments to full wiring jobs, I offer work focused on getting your guitar playing properly and sounding right. Whether it’s dialling in action and intonation, installing pickups, or sorting unreliable electronics, everything is set up to be stable, usable and ready to play.
Typical turnaround: 2–5 days
Services include:
• Full setups (truss rod, action, intonation, fretboard clean)
• Restrings and general maintenance
• Pickup installs and swaps
• Wiring fixes and custom electronics
• Fret polishing and nut work
• Tremolo setup (including floating and locking systems)
• 12-string setups and more involved setup work
Pedal Repairs & Mods
Repairs from £30, priced per hour
No signal, intermittent faults, or unreliable controls - I repair and modify guitar pedals to get them working properly. Whether it’s a vintage fuzz or a modern overdrive, I can diagnose faults, carry out repairs, or make targeted changes to improve tone and usability.
Services include:
• Footswitch, jack, and power socket replacement
• Scratchy pots, loose connections, dead outputs
• Fault finding and signal tracing
• Rehousing, true bypass conversion, LED swaps
• Circuit mods and tone shaping
Custom Pedal Builds
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I take on a small number of custom pedal builds, based on my own circuits and design approach through Hamilton Effects. Whether it’s adapting an existing idea or creating something more specific to your setup, each build is designed to be practical, usable, and tailored to how you actually play.
Options include:
• Custom layouts, graphics, and enclosures
• Circuit adaptations and original designs
• Utility pedals (A/B, loopers, remotes)
• Pedalboard routing and switching solutions
PAST PROJECTS
Most of my guitar services work goes undocumented, but here are a few i’ve written about
…I had a Jazzmaster in for a setup and scratchplate swap, moving from 9s to 10s, plus a general clean-up and dial-in.
Jazzmasters are more involved than they look because so much of the wiring and hardware is mounted to the scratchplate…
…I didn’t pick the Casino up as much as I should have…
…The guitar now sounds open and clear. It responds to how you play rather than flattening everything out, you can sit back and it stays calm, or lean in and it gives you more back…
…The owner had originally tried to modernise it with a 9V power socket since the pedal was originally battery only…
…The pedal received a full set of new components while keeping the circuit true to the original design…