Guitar repair · Glenfield, Auckland

Your guitar is more
than wood & wire.

A guitar on the bench mid-service in The Guitar Surgeon workshop
The craft

Your guitar is more than wood and wire.

It's your voice, your partner, and often a family heirloom. Whether you need a quick setup, fretwork, electrical diagnosis, or structural repair, your instrument is treated with the care and precision it deserves.

Every repair starts with listening — to you, and to the instrument. You can feel the details that make a guitar sing.

  • ♪ Free quotes
  • ♪ All brands, acoustic & electric & bass
  • ♪ Settled with a bench check, not a timer
Inside the workshop — guitars waiting on the bench, tools on the wall

“Measured in thousandths, finished by ear.”

— the bench, every day

Services

Every repair, measured —
never guessed.

Setup & Maintenance

Setup & Maintenance

Accurate setup, action dialled to how you play. Check-ups to keep your guitar stage-ready.

Fretwork

Fretwork

Full/partial refret, fret levelling, crowning, dressing, and polishing.

Restoration

Restoration

Structural repairs, bridge glue-up, crack repair, brace glue-up, headstock break repair, and finish repair.

Electronics

Electronics

Electrical diagnosis, faulty part replacement, rewiring, pickup swap and installation, shielding, and circuit modification.

Handcrafted

Handcrafted

Bone nut, bone saddle, acoustic guitar bridge, custom fretboard, and much more.

Customisation

Customisation

Custom pickup cavity route, custom pickguard fabrication, and much more.

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Workshop Video

Watch the work happens.

All videos on YouTube

Quick fret polish and full setup for this MIJ Fender Strat

Full setup for this Telecaster

Full fret polish for this Strat

Fender Telecaster full setup and fretboard conditioning

New bone nut for this Telecaster

New bone nut for this Gibson Les Paul

Contact

Bring in your guitar.
Get a free quote.

Tell us what the instrument needs — or what it's been through. We'll talk it through, quote it straight, and treat it like it's ours.

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Visits

By appointment — message anytime, we reply fast.

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