Playing the guitar is a lot easier if your instrument is up to the task. Fresh strings, a good setup and a clean guitar not only make the playing experience a lot more enjoyable, it can also help you to play better. If your guitar has seen better days, bring it in for our ‘W.O.F’ service. We’ll get it road worthy again for you! We also restring and service ukuleles, banjos, mandolins, bass guitars, violins (basic setups and restrings), and more!
“I’ll have some guitar strings please”. Right. There is a lot to learn about guitar strings. Acoustic or electric? Steel string or nylon string? What gauge? Which brand? Phosphor Bronze or vintage bronze? If you’re buying on-line you’ll need to know what you’re after or you’ll get the wrong ones. If you’re coming into the shop, having some idea of what you need will save you some time for sure! OK, so… Acoustic guitar strings: This includes ‘Acoustic/Electric’ guitars, or acoustic guitars with a built in pickup. These guitars are often incorrectly referred to as ‘semi-acoustic’, but actually that’s something different again. An acoustic guitar with a pickup is simply an acoustic guitar, with a pickup, and takes the same strings as a normal acoustic guitar. So is it nylon or steel? This is really important. Putting steel strings on a ‘classical’ nylon string guitar is a crime almost as …