Guitar & Amp Repair Guides
What repairs cost, what tends to break, and when it’s time to take your gear to a tech.
These are our longer write-ups on guitar and amp repair: what a setup or fret job typically costs at independent shops, what tends to break in pedals, and when a job is worth taking to a tech. New guides show up here as we publish them.
Want to compare shop prices side by side? Start with the Guitar Repair Price Index.
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- Gifts for guitar players: 17 things I actually usePhoto: Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash *Disclosure: String & Amp earns a small commission if you buy through the links on this page, at no extra cost to you – helps…
- Guitar Repair Price Index 2026Prices collected September 2026. We check them again every September. Most guitar repair shops don’t put a price on their website. We checked 515 independent repair shops and 121 chain…
- Guitar pedal repair: what breaks, what it costs, and who fixes itMost pedal problems are mechanical: a crackly input jack, a footswitch that stops clicking on, a power jack that’s worn loose. Those are usually quick fixes. Six shops in our…
- What a guitar setup and other repairs cost in 2026Take the same guitar to three shops and you can walk out with three different setup quotes. That happens all the time. Plenty of shops never put a price on…
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