Brian, owner & strings tech

Brian, owner & strings tech

Sound Beach Music offers repairs on all band & orchestra instruments, fretted instruments, and instruments you don't know the name of (but found in grandpa's attic). These oddball instruments include accordions, autoharps, tiples, dulcimers, strumsticks, erhus, djembes, and more!

We give free estimates for all repairs. Our instrument techs have decades of experience and we are proud to have them service your instruments!

Our list of services below covers our basic repairs- if you have an instrument that needs something fixed that is not on this list, please give us a call. Our experienced techs will work with you to diagnose what it will take to get your instrument playing as good as new, whether it's a small adjustment or a complete restoration!

Prices marked by asterisks** are estimated and not guaranteed.


GUITARS

Our guitar repairs are done in-house by or under direction of long time employee, Bill Tsantes, w/ council from owner Brian Chabza.

Complete set-up

(Includes: Clean and polish, string change, neck adjustment, action adjustment, intonation, clean electronics*, case vacuum)

6 string acoustic or electric guitar $75
6 string guitar w/ locking tremolo $95
12 string guitar $90
4 string bass $75
5 String Bass $80
6 string bass $85

Re-String

Restring acoustic or electric guitar $7.5 per string/$40 for 6 strings
Restring bass guitar $7.5 per string/$30 for 4 strings
Restring classical $7.5 per string/$40 for 6 strings
Restring Floyd Rose $10 per string/$60 for 6 strings
Restring 12 string $70

Pickup Installations

First Electric Pickup $75
Each Additional Pickup $40
Install Acoustic Pick-up $100**

Fret Work

Fret Dressing $100** and up (strings not included)
Complete Re-Fret (without binding) $300**
Complete Re-Fret (with binding) $350**

We do all services for guitars. For prices on other services, call us to set up a tech appointment!

Prices marked by asterisks** are for estimate purposes.


Amps

In-House  Amp Services

Service Amp (includes clean all pots, check tubes, check & clean input jacks) $75
Change Tubes (Fixed Bias) $40
Change Tubes & Bias $90
Solder Cable End $30

Offsite repairs (NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE):

Bench Charge (to be applied to repair): $50 (+tax)

If you have an amp problem that's not covered by our in-house services, we will have our local amp tech service it for you! We will handle the transaction from start to finish and stand by our experienced tech who's fixed amps other stores were unable to!

NOT AVAILABLE AS OF 1/2023 - CALL STORE FOR INFO


Violin & Viola

Restring, including tuning $7.5 per string (strings not included)
Replace and fit bridge $75 basic fit/$125 deluxe fit and carve (bridge not included)
Re-hair bow (horsehair) $60/$50 for Glasser (to be paid in advance)
Re-glue fingerboard $55** and up
Set soundpost $25
Fit new soundpost $60
Plane fingerboard $100**
Fit new nut $75
Compound pegs $40
Fit pegs $25 each/$80 set
Replace tailgut $40
Replace saddle $75
Install fine tuners (without restringing) $7.5 per tuner (tuner not included)

Cello

Restring, including tuning $7.5 per string (strings not included)
Replace and fit bridge $90/$140 deluxe fit and carve (bridge not included)
Re-hair bow (horsehair) $75/$60 for Glasser (to be paid in advance)
Re-glue fingerboard $75** and up
Install fine tuners (without restringing) $7.5 per tuner (tuner not included)

String Bass

Restring, including tuning $20 per string (strings not included)
Replace and fit bridge $120/$175 deluxe fit (bridge not included)
Re-hair bow (horsehair) $90/$60 for Glasser (to be paid in advance)
Re-glue fingerboard $100** and up

All Strings

Finger Tape Application $7.5

Drum

Change Drum Head $25
Change and tune snare bottom head $30
Change and tune all heads (5 pc) $200

Instrument Cleaning $50

Prices marked by asterisks** are for estimate purposes.

Please call us if you have any inquiries about repairs.