Wassup from Jack's Instrument Services - guitar repair shop in Manchester

jack_ellis

Well hello there guys, thought I'd Join the fretboard as you seem like a nice bunch!

So yeah I'm Jack and I run www.jacksinstrumentservices.com and have been doing so since 2009
There's 3 of us working here, myself Tom and Adam and we're based in Cheetham Hill - We're a nice bunch who care! Please feel free to come by any time for a chin wag.

I also write the Fix Your Guitar article for Total Guitar each month (using jobs from the workshop most likely too!







Here's what we do:

All kinds of set up work Standard and Advanced
Fret dressing, refretting, defretting new nuts, new bone saddles..... 




One thousand Guitar upgrades!
Including Pickup swaps, Neck bolts upgrades, unlimited custom wiring work, refinish work, tremolo installation, tuners fitting, neck shims, pickup potting.........................




Solderless install wiring kits

Including the 6 tone telecaster, the Dubplate for Jazz bass and the Diddy P for P bass!


  


Custom scratchplates galore - from original, freehand or template.

We specialise in traditional style pickguards with roundover, 90 degree or 45 degree edging using a really massive selection of colours and materials.

Bakelite, Tortoiseshell, Anodised Aluminium, Acrylics, Pearloids, Ply Layers gloss and matte and LP records......!

Happy to relic, supply screws and hardware as well as freehand design something mad.

 

Check out a gallery of some guards we've made on flickr here

Bound Scratchplates
We've done a few of these guys now made the traditional way!




Custom pedals!

Including the famous Varitone Stompbox and numerous true bypass loopers. We also take on custom orders for pedalboard specific requests.








So yeah head on over to www.jacksinstrumentservices.com and knock yourself out with the wealth of dorky guitar info on there!

Cheers!
-Jack

TTony

Welcome @jack_ellis ;

Good to have you with us.

Bridgehouse

Love those LP record scratch plates.. really cool!

jack_ellis

Thanks for having me! The LP guards can look cool but it's gotta be smaller then 12" of course!!

TTony

pre-wired bass control plates with a few extras @Bridgehouse ;

Bridgehouse

TTony said:

pre-wired bass control plates with a few extras @Bridgehouse ;

What? And miss out on the fun of burning myself on the iron?

PVO_Dave

Welcome @jack_ellis  you guys did the pick guards for my custom V and Explorer, mentioned you on here in the build threads



Good to have you on here!

bbill335

I have a gold anodised guard from Jack's. Sent the original in and got the new one back very quickly. Good stuff.

jack_ellis

@PVO_Dave I remeber well, spend a good whi looking through the explorer build too mate.
well you certainly have a type!

thermionic

bbill335 said:

I have a gold anodised guard from Jack's. Sent the original in and got the new one back very quickly. Good stuff.

Same.

https://i.imgur.com/PmXdAcb.jpg

bbill335

@thermionic I have one of those MIM 60s teles in black as well! The gold guard is on a strat tho

thermionic

There's a story behind this one - I wanted a black one with a rosewood board so I could put a gold anodised guard on it (a guitarist in one of my favourite bands had one). So I got this from ebay, as Fender don't do the black ones any more... Turns out it was Candy Apple Red that's been oversprayed! It's surprisingly resonant for a guitar that has two coats of poly on it.

markblack

these guys made a guard for my parts caster. Recommended.

impmann

Nice looking stuff.

I've been considering your Varitone pedal. An observation... on your website its £85 whilst its £75 on eBay. Normally that sort of thing is the other way around due to the eBay fees etc...

jack_ellis

@impmann ;
well you have just helped me spot an error! SO thanks you very much for that... If you do fancy one get in touch and I can sort you out some discount for that vital bit of info!!

Im trialling ebay to see how it works out. it's pretty evil as we know so I will see how long I last before getting sick of it. To be honest its more the detachment of a customer that I don;t like. Through ebay it' not very personal at all. Especially if you're dealing with returns etc!

jack_ellis

@markblack ;
do tell? what do the knobs do are they something special or just cool looking??
I keep seeing you template knocking around the back of the workshop being that unique!

jack_ellis

@thermionic ;
Looking classy!!!

BloodEagle

Coincidentally I have a pickguard shape Ive just traced round for you as per your website - should I just send it in with the donwloaded form? Also roughly how long would yo take to do a, say, strat(ish0 shaped pickguard

jack_ellis

Hiya mate please do, scratchplates are 10 days from when I get the original and payment. Originals are cheaper for you and easier for us to copy cut round of course. So if it's possible sending me the old ones would be dynamite!

This big bad link will take you to a Get a quote thing where I get all the details I need to give you a price

Jack

Musicman20

Awesome! Glad there is a local-ish repair/setup place. I don't trust the big retail places if I'm honest.

jack_ellis

@Musicman20 ;
Come say hi any time mate!