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“It’s like having a brand new guitar” – Patrick C

Just got my Tele Cabronita back after having it set up by Richard. It plays and sounds fantastic. It's like having a brand new guitar and I can't wait to gig with it next week. I can't recommend Tonefinder enough. Big thanks!

Patrick C

New life from an old strat – Tonefinder

A recently purchased 2011 Fender (Mexican) Strat was bothering me. The bridge pickup was too shrill and the tone controls just made it sound muddy at best. I've known Rich for a few years so sought his advice.

We discussed the many options available and he showed me his own personal Strat that he uses live. The difference in tone was incredible yet he had still retained that strat sound. After trying his guitar for a short while I knew that was exactly what I was after so asked him to perform the work on mine.

After some new pickups, new pots and new wiring I was expecting a huge bill but was really surprised at how cheap all the work had cost. In fact I paid him a little bit extra because I didn't think it was enough. Honest!

Rich really knows his onions when it comes to tone and guitar setups. I'll certainly be taking my other guitars back to him over time.

Thanks Rich!

Steve J Portsmouth

Definitely coming back to you with my two Strats next!

Just got to say a huge thanks to Rich for the superb fret-dress on my Epiphone SG. Not only did he do a graduated fall away from the 12th fret upwards like I asked, but went on from a 13" radius into a flatter 14" for an incredible playground up the dusty end. Definitely coming back to you with my two Strats next!

Peter G Southampton

“You weaved your magic and now it sings…”

Hi Rich, I just wanted say how lucky it was to find you for the rewire, coil wind and set up of my son Andy's old Audition hollowbody guitar.

I really thought we'd seen the last of it until we stumbled across you on Google purely by chance. What a lucky break. You understood exactly what we wanted and were honest about what could expect within a fairly tight budget.

You rewound the dead coil to perfection, completely rewired the electrics, saved the original pots (important) and managed to fit a new bridge where the previous owner had glued and screwed the old one.

Now, why was it important to reuse as many of the 1970's parts as possible from such a budget guitar? Well, before it fell apart it sounded great and was Andy's pride and joy, like a third arm. When it "died" he thought he had lost that lovely tone forever. You said reusing parts rather than buying new would help keep that original tone. To be honest, I don't know anything about guitars and I thought perhaps you were just trying to keep the cost down for us...but when he played it, it was like getting an old friend back.

It sounds great again and with a bit of care will stay sounding great for another 40+ years. You weaved your magic and now it sings like the beautiful old girl it is.

Top bloke, highly recommended.

Cheers,

Gary

Gary Y Southampton

“A truly remarkable service at an outstanding price!”

There is always that nagging feeling when you buy a piece of second hand guitar gear that, although you may have got a killer deal, it just isn't performing as it should. For me this feeling was compounded when I purchased a Marshall JCM900 SLX and after 2 practises the input socket had begun to fail and it just didn't seem to be producing the power you would expect of a 100watt valve amp.

In a bid to rectify any problems I was pointed in Rich’s direction by my father whom had recently had a Hank Marvin Burns expertly set up by Rich. A quick phone call later and within the hour I had taken my amp to Rich to discuss possible problems and subsequent options. It was decided the best way forward was to service the amp, replace the jack and re-valve the amp.

After leaving the amp with Rich I received a phone call a few hours later, thats when the panic set in… Has something else gone wrong? But my panic was misplaced, the SLX is somewhat of a unique beast and Rich had phoned to say he had done some research and talked to other techs regarding my amp and suggested the use of a different brand of valve to ensure I got the high gain results I wanted, advising me of the difference between the original choice of valves and the new one.

A week later and I’ve got my SLX back and I couldn’t be happier. It is a completely different beast than when I dropped it off and is everything I had originally hoped it would be! It sounds fantastic and the level of care that went into the work is unquestionable. It’s also great to be kept up to date by Rich’s tracking system which allowed me to know what and when was going on with my amp.

A truly remarkable service at an outstanding price! Thanks Rich!

Luke V

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