Welcome to Tim Marten Guitar Repairs based in Charing Cross Road, London. I carry out repair, servicing and custom work to leading brands of electric guitars including Fender, Gibson, Washburn, PRS, Ibanez, and Ltd, as well as acoustics such as Martin, Santa Cruz and Collings. I also work on related stringed instruments—banjos, mandolins, ukeleles, bouzoukis, basses and others.

With over 30 years experience working for clients such as Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, Roger Waters, Ray Davies and Steve Harley, I offer a very high standard of craftsmanship and a friendly professional service.

Typical jobs include setups, refrets, fitting and repairing pickups, rewiring and headstock repairs. I also custom build guitars from scratch and stock a range of accessories.

Close-up of a white Fender Stratocaster electric guitar featuring a maple neck, white pickguard, controls, and a black Styx guitar pick.

Setups

Full or light set-up. Pickups – repairs, re-winds, replacement.

Guitar neck undergoing refretting with removed metal fret wire pieces and tools on a workbench.

Fretwork

Refrets, repairs, dressing, stoning and polishing.

Headstock repairs

Necks and headstocks repaired. Glueing, splinting and spraying as necessary on all string instruments. See photos

Rewiring & electronics

Electronics: fault tracing, repairs, re-wiring and replacement of pots, switches, jacks etc., also active circuitry repaired and replaced.

Headway Sheer Acoustic guitar preamp unit displayed with an under-saddle pickup element and wiring.

Accessories

We stock a range of accessories from All Parts and WD and fit products from Headway Electronics.

Monochrome close-up of a musician's hand on the fretboard of a Squier five-string electric bass guitar

Vintage guitars

Vintage guitars repaired and fully restored.

Close-up of a custom seafoam green electric guitar showing three single-coil pickups, pickguard, and bridge.

Custom builds

Many ‘custom shop’ guitars are actually just bolted together from existing components—and can be very expensive. But a genuine hand-made instrument gives the satisfaction of owning something truly unique, and may not cost as much as you think. Do get in touch to discuss designing your dream guitar.

Please call Tim on 07780771673 or for more information.

Tim Marten Guitar Repairs, 125 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H 0EW