Peak Guitar

“The world has reached Peak Guitar. Let’s fix what we got!”

Eagle Rock/Highland Park based guitar setup/repair/customization. Contact peakguitarsetup@gmail.com for inquiries and rates

View fullsize 2025 was my busiest year yet! Here are some guitars from last year that didn’t make the gram for one reason or another (usually me being too lazy to post). To my Peak Guitar family, I can’t thank you enough for trusting me to take care o
View fullsize Went to outer space on this galactic black sparkle partscaster belonging to @drischord 🚀 Due to a misaligned bridge, this axe had some intonation issues and the stock adjustment screws were blocking the string thru-body holes. Re-seated the bridge a
View fullsize Speed run! @imbuzzgold dropped off this Strat in the morning and needed it for a session later that day. Was a fun challenge to able to get it back to him in under two hours, de-gunked, re-strung, setup, intonated, and looking (and sounding) fly.
View fullsize Made the frets shine on this Ibanez Gio PJ bass for @levine2001. This shortscale was still getting serious fret buzz after some spot levels and a setup, so I gave it the full fret level treatment. After crowning and polishing, these frets shine so br
View fullsize Fixed some fret buzz on this PRS Custom 24 SE for @fnssound. A high 3rd fret was choking out the A note on the 2nd fret G string. A spot level and crown later and it sings again! . . . . #guitarsetup #guitarrepair #prscustom24 #fretwork #peakguitar
View fullsize Got this Thinline Tele Deluxe into playing shape for @itsscorch. Was in need of a restring, setup, intonation, and detail clean. Came in rusty and dusty, came out clean and mean! . . . . #guitarsetup #guitarrepair #fendertele #thinlinetelecaster #det
View fullsize Some after ➡️ during ➡️ before of rolling the fingerboard edges on this cream parts Jazzmaster belonging to @drischord. Carved away the sharp slab edges and smoothed them over to make the neck feel like it’s been played on for decades. Also low
View fullsize Had a fun time problem solving some intonation issues on this sparkly silver-flake Epiphone Casino belonging to @sunshinesophierae. The intonation was flat, even with the bridge saddles maxed forward. After flipping around the EA&D saddles to giv
View fullsize Did some minor wiring surgery to fix a dead bridge pickup on this P/J Fender Mustang bass belonging to @yukkonmusic. Finished it off with some new flats, setup, and detail clean and she’s ready to race again. . . . . #guitarsetup #guitarrepair
View fullsize Some after ➡️ before pics of this stunning Gibson ES-135 belonging to @chris_viesca. It came into the shop dusty, rusty, and gunky, with lots of scratches in the nitro finish. After a setup, deep detail clean, and a meticulous polish, this sleeping b
View fullsize Please take a moment to revel in the beauty of this green goddess parts Tele belonging to @drischord. Dropped in a @fralinpickupsofficial neck pickup, steamed out a dent in the fingerboard, smoothed out some tackiness in the neck finish, all before g
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View fullsize Got this beautiful sunburst Fender Thinline Telecaster into playing shape for @allangelsonline before he heads out on a summer tour. A quick re-string, setup, intonation, and detail clean later and it’s ready for the road. Check out his music!
View fullsize Back in NYC for a few days and throwing back to earlier this year when I had moved here to work an off-Broadway show. I had only brought the bare essentials of my tools with me, but had enough to tackle a setup on this gorgeous butterscotch tele belo
View fullsize Had a fun time problem solving the intonation issues on this Frankenstein-ed fretless 90’s Fender Jazz Plus belonging to @pheeels. The scale length measured a standard 34”, but the bridge saddles had been pushed back to the max and the no
View fullsize Had a blast reconnecting with my old friend and bandmate @tay_dex, going mobile and working on some guitars over at his studio. Fixed some loose wiring and did setups on three guitars, a Fender Player Jaguar, a sparkly-red Brownsville Thug (lol), and
View fullsize Hey everyone! After 5 months in NY, I’m back home and back at the Peak Guitar bench. Had the pleasure of setting up these twin strats, an Xotic XSC-2 and a Fender American Standard for @richardachung. Fixed an out of phase humbucker on the Xoti
View fullsize Fixed a small neck/headstock crack on this Yamaha FG800 for @echev_roberto . After some Titebond, clamps, and new strings, it’s good to go! #guitarsetup #guitarrepair #acousticguitar #peakguitar
View fullsize Gave a setup and much needed detail clean to this old Epiphone EB-0 bass belonging to @thuntermccann . Replaced the tarnished pickup cover, polished up the rest of the hardware, brought the action down from outer space, strung it with nylon tapewound