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03-18-2006, 03:53 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hugo, MN | | | Does this sound fair?
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I recently asked an employee at my local 'Music Connection' how much they charge for a complete setup (including installation of strings). He goes to the same school as I, and kind of knows me, so he was honest and told me they charge too much, and the turn around time is pretty long. BUT, he offered to do it himself. Knowing he will do a great job, and get it playing amazing, I asked how much he would charge. He said 20 dollars for EVERYTHING being set up. Sound fair?
Yes, I know I can do it myself, but right now I just want a good setup, and I dont want to mess anything up 
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03-18-2006, 04:07 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2002 Location: Cottage Grove, St. Paul suburb | | | 20 bucks with strings included? If he knows what he's doing, it is very fair. |
03-18-2006, 04:11 PM
| | I call shotgun! | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Columbia MD USA | | | If he knows what he is doing it is a great deal.
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03-18-2006, 04:28 PM
| | | | I would tell him I'll give him $30 as long as I could watch - you know, learn, make sure he's not abusing your instrument, etc. |
03-18-2006, 04:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Hugo, MN | | | This is NOT including the strings, just the set-up aspect. I have a set of chrome XL's waiting to be installed, but the bass needs a good set-up.
And yes, I can trust he knows what he is doing, so Im fine with that.
Thanks guys, how much, for you that have someone else do it, do you pay for a set up of your bass?
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03-18-2006, 05:06 PM
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Owner/Builder: Regenerate Guitar Works | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Upper Left Corner (Seattle) | | | $20 is quite fair ... if you were in a large metro area, I'd even go so far as to call it a steal
I used to pay - then I learned how to do it myself. once you learn how to do it correctly you'll never settle for your bass being even a little out of peak performance
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03-18-2006, 05:12 PM
|  | no really, smokemeth&hailsatan | | Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Pueblo, CO | | | At the school music store where im at, they only charge $20 for every guitar, no matter what. (strings are not included though) |
03-22-2006, 03:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Dallas | | | "brooke mays" here in dallas, it costs 40.
I let one of the smaller shops do it when I first moved out here. Never Again. I do it myself and pay 40 once a year.
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03-23-2006, 07:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: South Carolina, USA | | | You will not likely find anyone anywhere who knows what they are doing who will charge less than $20. Most will charge twice that. |
03-23-2006, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Diddlysquat I would tell him I'll give him $30 as long as I could watch - you know, learn, make sure he's not abusing your instrument, etc. |
I'd give em' $75...and video tape it..Burn it to a DVD and set up shop on Ebay and forums..and sell it.Then you can stop selling oranges..or maybe thats me along the road and off-ramps to the 405 freeway....
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03-23-2006, 06:56 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Metro Detroit, Michigan | | | I paid someone $30.00 so $20.00 is a steal. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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