Every guitar needs regular maintenance and care to keep it playing, sounding and looking its very best, and this is especially important with carefully crafted acoustic instruments. Environmental factors including humidity levels and temperature can greatly affect an instrument, and seasonal changes can drastically alter the feel, sound, and playability of your guitar. As a rule, we recommend a setup and service at the start of each season to keep your guitar performing as it should.

To make a booking, you can use our online booking service on this page. Simply choose your service and click "Schedule Your time". Bookings are for the day of drop off, pick any time and bring your instrument in on that day. 

Our in-house techs have decades of experience with all brands and categories of instrument, with dedicated specialist tooling and manufacturer-approved qualifications. If you are unsure of the service you require, please contact us at [email protected] or on (03) 9699 5691. Services include:

Setup and Service

• Restring with strings of your choice (strings not included in price)
• Action and relief adjustment to suit your personal playing style
• Fretboard oil and clean
• Fret buff and polish
  
• Humidity check
• Body cleaned, polished and buffed
• Truss rod adjustment
• Saddle adjustment
• Nut adjustment
• Tremolo balancing (if applicable)
• Intonation adjustment
• Electronics clean and check
  
• Battery check & replacement

Restring

• Restring with strings of your choice (strings not included)
• Humidity check
• Body cleaned
• Truss rod adjustment

Pickup Installation

• Professional pickup installation with pickup of your choice (pickup not included)
• Humidity check
• Body cleaned
• Truss rod adjustment
• Electronics clean and check
  
• Battery check & replacement

If you purchase the pickup and guitar from Acoustic Centre, installation is free! Just contact our friendly staff to schedule your installation.

Please note -  replacement parts are not included as part of the service price. Guitars are serviced at our South Melbourne store, and the customer is responsible for transporting instrument to and from our store. Setup and service turnaround varies - please ask at time of booking.