I have taken in several guitars at Fretro, starting with a acoustic set up that went well. I had a stripped down Cort I wanted to put new pickups in and it took him several months to tell me he's not goign to do it because he got frustrated with it, mind you it was an atypical guitar. Later on I took in my Mexican Stratocaster to have it set up and replace the 5 way switch which became loose. He calls me later saying all the electronic in it are crappy and he wants to replace all the pickups with Mighty Mites. ALL I WANTED WAS THE SWITCH REPLACED. AND he didn't even set the tremolo to be working (He charged me close to $200). I take it he is not very good at soldering or doesn't want to put in the effort.
The last guitar I took in there was a hollow body and the jack came undone an dfell into the body. With previous knowledge of his shenanigans, I asked about the price and he said he'll have to go buy special tweezer/hemastats to fix it. Of course, he had to replace the jack and charged me $80.
The only saving grace of Fretro is the tech that used to work at Melody Corner is there and will probably be doing all the actual work. But now I will just wait an dgo to Sam Ash to for anything major.
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