5/5/08 Happy Cinco de Mayo !

During the month of MAY I will be focusing on guitar SETUP type work. Structurally broken guitars will be taken in but will take a back seat to all SETUPS. I hope this will help customers that have been waiting and can't leave a repair as long as it has been taking for most of this year. We will be taking about a 8 day vacation in June so please arrange your work as soon as possible!

4/5/08 I have in the works a slight makeover in our yahoo shopping cart.

timsguitarpartsandaccessories.com

Soon this area will have more parts and supplies to choose than ever before and as always secure check out in the cart on Yahoo servers!

3/05/08 New Cool Picks are finally in stock. THE DESIGN CONCEPT

is set out to make the greatest sounding, most durable, positive grip pick in the world.

The JURATEX line of picks are produced using the best Acetyl Polymer available today.

The main playing characteristics of this material are a full rich tone with super fast rebound properties.

The Acetyl Polymer has less flex than other materials used in modern pick production.

This extra firmness offers great pick attack with less tip flex.

We use our patented AGT (Applied Grip Technology)in

Securing a fine sand textured Accu-Grip to this amazing pick.

This sand is carefully applied to offer a great positive grip,

while not damping the full rich tone of the pick.

Cool Juratex picks will ROCK your world!

2/22/08

Please note that my service agreement with Fender Musical Instrument Corporation will expire on March 15, 2008 , and effective immediately I will no longer do any WARRANTY SERVICE for the numerious brands they now own. I have been a GOLD level guitar and BRONZE level amp service facility for them many years, and I will still sell original parts and accessories as they remain available! I will continue to repair, setup and upgrade FMIC brand guitars for our valued customers on a NON Warranty basis!

Jan 05, 2008 update

It's 2008 and time for a short update on what will be happening at Tims Guitar Repair Workshop. Finally I should be back on my usual repair and store hour schedule beginning January 5th, 2008. I will take repairs in again the first 2 weeks of each month, and do the best to get them back as soon as possible. Quality repair work takes time, and I do not rush out work to keep a time schedule if it compromises the end result. For 29 years the goal is "do guitar repairs RIGHT--not RIGHT NOW. I appreciate all of the loyal customers I have had the priviledge of serving over the vast number of years and look forward to new clients moving forward. A few new changes at Tims Guitar Repair workshop;

All guitar work will now have an up front $25 deposit/bench estimate fee when your guitar is brought in the shop. In most cases I will not be able to stop working to evaluate guitars as they come in the door. This fee will apply to your total repair if you choose to leave an instrument for service. Most heavily damaged restoration work will require 50% deposit before work begins. If you decide not to have the guitar serviced after we bench check the instrument, then you will still get a written quote of services needed to schedule a future time to have repairs done. The estimate fee will not apply to repairs if you decide not to have the instrument serviced. This covers my time to evaluate your guitar properly. I have to implement this evaluation fee due to the overwhelming number of guitars purchased on Ebay and other online sources that usually fall well below buyers expectations.

Repairs that are under the Minimum $25 estimate fee, like restringing your guitar, installing strapbuttons, etc. can usually be done while you wait or picked up later the same day!

As most of you know I am the Authorized Factory Warranty Service Center for C.F. Martin & CO. and Taylor guitars. Warranty on any of these products WILL REQUIRE THE ORIGINAL SALES RECEIPT with the exception of CF Martin if you show your warranty registration card that was mailed when properly registered. PLEASE TRY TO BRING IN WARRANTY TYPE SERVICE THURSDAY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ONLY!

I have been asked over and over to bring back our Rush Fee Service. I do understand that in some cases a real emergency exists, but in many cases I am talked into doing a same day job to find that the guitar sits here for a week before the rush customer returns to pick up the work! A favorite quote from Mr. Gene Liberty "It may be possible to interrupt normal work flow and put your job in front of less important people whose work came in ahead of yours. An extra charge may be made for this service." So begining 2008 I will offer Rush service on reasonable requests (We obviously can not refinish your guitar or repair a broken headstock overnight!). The pricing will be $75 plus 150% of the normal rate for required service--ALL PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. This will cover the overtime that I will have to stay late or start early the next day to catch back up to where I should be at the repair bench. So if you have an emergency, I will do my best to help so bring the guitar right in.

Now that you may have purchased or received a new guitar from any number of big box stores (Bed bath and beyond, Walmart, Toys R Us, etc.) or giant music chain stores and find that the guitar just doesn't feel right (strings way too high to press), play in tune or stay in tune, or many more issues than I have time to go over here--------Come by our 3000 sq ft repair facility and see why we are and have been "Your Guitars Best Friend" for 29 years. Buying a musical instrument is not like buying a CD player that you can pop a disc in, turn on, and all works fine! I have always had to pre-adjust each guitar that we sell before presenting it to the consumer no matter what price point of the guitar! Trying to learn on a maladjusted guitar is just painful and will almost insure an immediate loss of interest in persuing a musical dream. Give yourself or loved one the best chance at the gift of music-a properly setup musical instrument! WE DO THAT!

Sincerely,
Tim Lawson

October 15th 2007-----We have some good news and bad news. Our shop is completely booked up thru the end of this year and we will take in new repair work beginning Jan 5th 2008. We will continue to install electric and acoustic pickups in 1-2 day turn around if you buy the pickups from us. Oh yea, the labor is free on most electric pickup installations thru the end of this year. We will also do restringing, install strap buttons and strap locks, tuner machine heads, and do AUTHORIZED FACTORY SERVICE BY APPOINTMENT ONLY DURING THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. ALL WARRANTY WORK WILL REQUIRE A COPY OF YOUR SALES RECEIPT AT THE TIME YOU SET THE APPOINTMENT. I will be happy to look at any guitar repair that you may want to do but there is a $25 bench/ estimate fee for this evaluation and we will set up the service time for beginning 2008. Thank you TML