So I took my bass to get fixed and...

Apocalypse Dude · #1 04-09-2007, 04:54 PM

It cost me $96 to buy a pickguard, put it on, put some strings on it and fix a wire. Am I paying too much?

Trevorus · #2 04-09-2007, 05:07 PM

Well, maybe. But it would be good if you learned how to do some of the stuff yourself. It would save you a lot of money.

Basshole · #3 04-09-2007, 05:14 PM

If that $96 includes the price of the PG, and strings, and the labor to put it on, and fix the wire? No...I don't think you got robbed at all.

Apocalypse Dude · #4 04-09-2007, 05:15 PM

You're right, it probably would. But I needed the wire to be fixed and new strings and a pcikguard on so I thought they might as well go on all at the same time.

canopener · #5 04-09-2007, 05:16 PM

It's never too late to learn to DIY. If you weren't expecting to pay that much, you should have asked for an estimate. But I imagine you could have bought the tools (if you didn't already have them) to do the stuff you needed done, plus the PG and strings for under what you paid to have it done for you once.

scottice · #6 04-09-2007, 05:22 PM

30 minutes + material.
Sounds reasonable to me.

Apocalypse Dude · #7 04-09-2007, 05:41 PM

I bought the strings at a different store and then got them to put them on, but I can see where you guys are coming from when you say I should learn how to do it myself. I tried to fix the wire but it broke so I wanted it done by someone who knew what they were doing. Next time though I'll put the pickguard and strings on myself to save some money, thanks.

Basshole · #8 04-09-2007, 05:49 PM

I don't know prices where you are in Canada, but here, just about any skilled shop labor is going to start at about $75 an hour.

agreatheight · #9 04-10-2007, 10:42 AM

Sounds about right to me.

invader3k · #10 04-10-2007, 10:47 AM

Including a new pickguard, that's about what I'd expect.