Amp Repair Question

[proroby]

I dropped my '71 Twin Reverb off yesterday to get some work done. First, the vibrato effect died, second, it had a channel switching mod done in the 80s that I wanted removed. The guy costs $125 an hour and quoted me at $500. I told him I thought that was too much and have a $250 budget. Do you think this is reasonable?

[nbabmf]

That's insane. You could almost buy a new Twin on Craigslist for that much.

I'd ask for an itemized estimate. I can't imagine it's 4 hours worth of work to get the vibrato running again and to undo a channel switching mod.

[Jero]

Agreed^

The first time I got an amp worked on I got charged $30 for 2 capacitors. YEA.

[01010111]

I recently sent my twin in for repairs it has a bench fee of $35 and then the guy charges me a lump sum for each item that needs changing. i.e. the cost of the part plus a small fee for installing, which is typically 30% of the cost of the part. Last time I sent in my peavey renown and the whole repair cost around $60

$500 is how much my twin cost, I'd try and talk him down to something reasonable.

[Toonster]

Wow, 500 dollars, if it could only be done for that price, I would only use my broken amp as a table to put drinks on and such..

[The4455]

That's way too much the place near me, charges $60 an hour I'd take it to another shop just forget about this guy no one is worth $125 for repair work.

[Toonster]

That's way too much the place near me, charges $60 an hour I'd take it to another shop just forget about this guy no one is worth $125 for repair work.

That is what like a dentist or something like that would earn..

[The4455]

That's way too much the place near me, charges $60 an hour I'd take it to another shop just forget about this guy no one is worth $125 for repair work.

That is what like a dentist or something like that would earn..

Yah, i live in Chicago, and it is teh most expensive repair store I've ever been to, Proveide they also do the best work in the city, concernign tube amps, they don't work on solid state stuff, Here is a link to their website:

http://www.schroederguitarrepair.com/news/