Can anyone recommend a guitar tech in surrey/hampshire/london that are good with offsets

winter_reverb

My jazzmaster has become really hard work, i'm hoping a professional set up and fret dress might do the trick. Can anyone recommend a place that has experience with these guitars?

(I know any tech should be fine in theory, i've just had bad experience in the past with people refusing to even work with it, or it coming back with a worse set up than when I gave it to them, hopefully they are so common now its not an issue any more)

poopot

Charlie chandler in Hampton wick...

hubobulous

@FelineGuitars

Fuengi

Simon Jones in Portsmouth is a master. 

http://www.sglguitars.co.uk/ ;

Cols

Richmond Guitar Workshop, run by the two Andys formerly of Chandlers.  They did an absolutely fantastic job on my Les Paul.

http://www.richmondguitarworkshop.com/

FelineGuitars

We know our way around Jags and Jazzmasters etc very well

winter_reverb

FelineGuitars said:

We know our way around Jags and Jazzmasters etc very well

cool thanks, croydon is do-able. The problem i'm having with it is that it has extremely poor sustain (even by jazzmaster standards) on higher frets, i'm hoping a full set up and fret dress might do the trick, how much would that cost? thanks

Grocer_Jack

poopot said:

Charlie chandler in Hampton wick...

Charlie has worked on a couple of Jaguars for me and was fantastic. One was borderline unplayable and he turned it into a 100% reliable gigging workhorse. Call him!

winter_reverb

thanks for the replies everyone

FelineGuitars

Fret dress would cost you £120 but I would want to look to see also if the break angles over the bridge and nut are sufficient, it’s a common issue with jags and jazz masters . Sometimes a change of neck angle in the body pocket can assist an improved break angle and sustain with it.
some players resort to the buzz stop roller which can have a similar effect. That not withstanding a fret dress may be of great benefit.

winter_reverb

Thanks, I shimmed the neck myself but it would be good for a professional to take a look at the neck angle, I will email you

Brize

I can highly recommend @FelineGuitars - their set-up work is exceptional.

meltedbuzzbox

What bridge have you got on it @winter_reverb ?

winter_reverb

A staytrem

57Deluxe

good with offsets? - you mean wears a made up shoe or has one ball bigger than another??