Repair & Custom Shop

You’ll find the best repair, customization, and setups in the area at Fat Cat Guitars, all performed on-site under the supervision of owner Scott Bond. An experienced guitar technician, Scott is known for his unique combination of outstanding technical knowledge and a player's understanding of what makes a guitar feel great. (We call him "The Guitar Whisperer.")

Guitar & Bass Repair

The Fat Cat Repair & Custom Shop offers setups, electronics replacement, general repair, great quality fretwork including complete refrets (yes with binding too), and much, much more. When you bring your guitar in for repair or customization, you can expect great quality work and surprisingly quick turnaround for a very fair price.

Need your pickups replaced? We are a fully authorized dealer for Seymour Duncan, EMG, Rio Grande, and Lace, and we can help you create that elusive tone.

Custom Shop Guitars & Basses

We build guitars both from scratch and from existing parts, and those guitars are quickly gaining a reputation as being some of the best-playing, best-sounding values in the area. There are always several Fat Cat Customs available in our store to try, and we guarantee that you'll find some exciting surprises among them.

Many of our Custom Shop guitars are built to order for our customers and never make it to our sales floor. From finish to pickups to neck profile to body style, if you can dream it, we can probably build it for less than you might think. Give us a call or an email if you would like to discuss creating the guitar of your dreams!

Gallery coming soon . . . stay tuned!

Amplifier Repair

We also offer amplifier repair, which is performed off-site. Turnaround time on amplifiers is usually a minimum of ten days, sometimes more if weird parts are involved. The quality of work is excellent and many satisfied customers have remarked that their amp sounds better after a vacation with us than it did when it was new. (This is particularly true if tubes are involved.)

There is a $75 bench fee for amplifier diagnosis & estimate, which is of course applicable to the final cost of the repair itself.

Hours, Picking Up, & Dropping Off

We typically have a technician on-site Tuesday through Saturday, though if you're in the midst of a crisis we always suggest you give us a call before driving an hour to get here. We feel the pain of the gigging musician and will always do our level best to help when emergencies arise.

Guitars and amplifiers can be dropped off to us anytime during regular business hours: M-F 11-8, Sat & Sun 11-6.

When your guitar or amp is ready for pickup, we will give you a call. Of course you are welcome to call for a status update anytime, but we promise: we will always give you a ring when your job is ready.

Thanks for checking out our Repair & Custom Shop!