Christchurch Luthier wanted.

[Tehhaxorr]

Well it's my birthday coming up, my parents are springing for something i want so i think i'm going to send my beloved 7 string for a day at the beauty spa/ plastic surgeon.

I'm looking for someone to do the following:

Full tune up:
Truss rod
innotation
action
set the trem up perfectly
rewire the pickups

Then depending on how much i have left over i'm thinking about a nice paint job, she's a bit beaten up and has a few scratches.

Can anyone recommend someone in the area?

Cheers, Mark.

[sopachrga]

I went to Peter Stephens in Lyttelton.
He set up my Ibanez, did a bloody good job.

03-328 8033

[Cdog]

Alan Farrow set up my strat pretty well... replaced frets etc, nice guy. He's in Beckenham, look him up in the yellow pages

[Terexgeek]

Well, this was tehhaxor's last post before disappearing, so I approach this thread with a little trepidation...

...buuuut anything anyone can add to this thread?

Looking on behalf of a work colleague and with a view to gratifying my own guitar related needs...

Ash, thinking of moving south at all?

tehhaxor, where are you? What did they do to you???

[Timoes]

I have heard that Peter Stephens is very good.

[ash]

If I'm going south, I (a) won't be going to Churchur, and/or (b) won't be thinking about guitars

[Ears]

Guys, it's Peter Stephen, not Stephens and not Steven. Tel 03 328 8033 http://www.stephenstrings.co.nz/, He's a first class artist when it comes to building a new instrument!
Ch Ch has a few good luthiers, Davy Stewart, http://www.stuart.co.nz/ and Rob Bentley bentleyace@hotmail.com also spring to mind.

[Jenesis]

If I'm going south, I (a) won't be going to Churchur, and/or (b) won't be thinking about guitars

snigger

[Ears]

If I'm going south, I (a) won't be going to Churchur, and/or (b) won't be thinking about guitars

But he went north

[Terexgeek]

If I'm going south, I (a) won't be going to Churchur, and/or (b) won't be thinking about guitars

[Terexgeek]

Guys, it's Peter Stephen, not Stephens and not Steven. Tel 03 328 8033 http://www.stephenstrings.co.nz/, He's a first class artist when it comes to building a new instrument!
Ch Ch has a few good luthiers, Davy Stewart, http://www.stuart.co.nz/ and Rob Bentley bentleyace@hotmail.com also spring to mind.

Cheers Ears!

I'll pass on the info and plan my next Aria/Yamaha assault...

[adrian0476]

If you can track down a guy called Graham Wardrop he's worth a go as well. Great luthier as well as one of the wierdest (musically) guitarists I've heard in my life. Does his best to make very unguitar noises with his instrument.

[MBG]

Hi everyone, I'm just resurrecting this topic to save me from starting a new one.

I have an Ibanez Artist AR300 guitar that I'd like to mount the Stetsbar tremolo on. The Stetsbar is a retrofit tremolo that fits standard Tuneomatic bridge + tailpiece holes. While Ibanez AR300 does have a standard TOM bridge, its tailpiece is anything but standard.

Long story short, I need to have the guitar body drilled for TOM tailpiece holes so that the Stetsbar could fit. Can anyone recommend a good luthier in Christchurch that could drill these for me?

PS. The guitar in question is not a high-value MIJ from 80s, but a lower mid-range MIK model from mid 2000s. Hence, I don't mind drilling a hole or two into it, as long as it's tidy.

[H671]

Hi everyone, I'm just resurrecting this topic to save me from starting a new one.

I have an Ibanez Artist AR300 guitar that I'd like to mount the Stetsbar tremolo on. The Stetsbar is a retrofit tremolo that fits standard Tuneomatic bridge + tailpiece holes. While Ibanez AR300 does have a standard TOM bridge, its tailpiece is anything but standard.

Long story short, I need to have the guitar body drilled for TOM tailpiece holes so that the Stetsbar could fit. Can anyone recommend a good luthier in Christchurch that could drill these for me?

PS. The guitar in question is not a high-value MIJ from 80s, but a lower mid-range MIK model from mid 2000s. Hence, I don't mind drilling a hole or two into it, as long as it's tidy.

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[codedog]

Hi everyone, I'm just resurrecting this topic to save me from starting a new one.

I have an Ibanez Artist AR300 guitar that I'd like to mount the Stetsbar tremolo on. The Stetsbar is a retrofit tremolo that fits standard Tuneomatic bridge + tailpiece holes. While Ibanez AR300 does have a standard TOM bridge, its tailpiece is anything but standard.

Long story short, I need to have the guitar body drilled for TOM tailpiece holes so that the Stetsbar could fit. Can anyone recommend a good luthier in Christchurch that could drill these for me?

PS. The guitar in question is not a high-value MIJ from 80s, but a lower mid-range MIK model from mid 2000s. Hence, I don't mind drilling a hole or two into it, as long as it's tidy.

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=41696

Can you please update that list? Alan Farrow has retired in Christchurch. There's a relatively recent arrival to Christchurch, a guitar tech called Jason Herbert. I don't know his contact details though. I think some people here have had work done by him.