Guitar setup in Islington,
delivered to your door.
Fixed £65, with strings and door-to-door pickup & delivery included. We collect your guitar from anywhere in Islington — Angel, Highbury, Holloway and beyond — and return it playing perfectly in 3–4 days. A professional mobile luthier service, no shop visit, no hassle.
A Complete Professional Setup, Anywhere in Islington
Every Fretwork London setup is a fixed £65 — pickup and delivery included. We work on electric, acoustic, classical and bass guitars from every major maker, right across Islington, fitted around busy Angel and Clerkenwell schedules.
- ✓Premium string change
- ✓Action adjustment at nut and bridge
- ✓Truss rod adjustment for optimal neck relief
- ✓Intonation set for perfect tuning up the neck
- ✓Full fretboard clean and conditioning
- ✓Hardware and electronics check
- ✓Free pickup and delivery across Islington
Islington Areas We Cover
Mobile guitar setup with free pickup and delivery across Islington.
A clear process.
Personal service.
No shop trips, no waiting around. One named luthier handles your guitar from doorstep to doorstep.
- GUITAR
- Electric / Acoustic / Bass
- SERVICE
- Full professional setup
- COLLECTION
- Your door, London
- TURNAROUND
- 3–4 days
Book it in
Tell us your guitar and where you are in London. Pick a pickup slot that suits you — evenings and weekends included.
We collect
Otto comes to your door, no need to travel. Your guitar is in expert hands from the moment we pick it up.
Setup on the bench
A full professional setup — strings, action, relief, intonation and a clean — carried out with care.
Delivered back
Returned to your door in 3–4 days playing better than ever, at a fixed £65 with no surprises.
Your guitar only ever meets one pair of hands.
Fretwork London is Otto — not a workshop of rotating staff. Alongside everyday setups and repairs, he specialises in high-value vintage restoration, period-correct nitrocellulose finishing and hand-carved archtop building. You hand your instrument to an experienced luthier and get it back playing better than ever, on a fixed price with nothing hidden.
One named luthier — never a courier
Every collection, setup and return is done by Otto personally. 500+ London guitars set up by the same trained hands, from battered first acoustics to vintage Gibsons and Fenders.
Period-correct nitrocellulose finishing
Otto specialises in renovating high-value vintage guitars, including vintage-appropriate nitrocellulose paint finishing — meticulous, era-faithful work that most technicians won't take on.
Hand-carved archtop building
Otto builds and repairs hand-carved archtop guitars — a time-consuming, highly specialised skill few luthiers in the country still practise.
Play it for a week — free re-do if it's not right
Live with the setup. If the action, intonation or feel is off, Otto collects it and re-does the work at no charge. Free follow-up support comes as standard.
Repairs quoted and approved before any tool comes out
The setup is £65, full stop. Anything beyond it is priced and approved by you before a single tool touches your guitar — nothing extra ever appears on your bill.
Sit down with Otto in person, by appointment
Want to talk it through face to face before booking? Have a free consultation at Sixty Sixty Sounds, 28 Denmark St — London's iconic guitar row.
What players across London say.
“Absolutely brilliant service. Having the setup done at my home studio saved me so much time — my Martin D-28 has never sounded better. The intonation work was perfect and the action is spot on.”
“I'd struggled with high action on my Stratocaster for months. The mobile service was incredibly convenient and the difference is night and day. Professional job, fair price, no trip across London.”
“As a music student I really appreciated the educational side — exactly what was being done and why. My acoustic now plays like a dream and the new strings sound fantastic. Great value.”
“Professional from start to finish. My guitar needed extensive work and they delivered exactly as promised. The mobile service meant I didn't have to worry about transport at all.”
Your Setup Questions, Answered
Everything you need to know about pickup, what the fixed £65 includes, turnaround and how custom repair quotes work.
01Islington Setups, Answered
Which Islington areas do you cover?
We collect and return guitars right across Islington — Angel, Highbury, Holloway, Finsbury Park, Barnsbury, Canonbury, Archway, Clerkenwell and the surrounding postcodes — all for the fixed £65 with free pickup and delivery.
How does the mobile service work?
We come to your door anywhere in Islington, collect your guitar, set it up at the bench and return it playing perfectly — no shop trip, no queue. If you'd rather talk it through in person first, free consultations are available by appointment at Sixty Sixty Sounds on Denmark Street.
How long does a setup take?
An Islington setup is a guaranteed 3–4 day turnaround from pickup to delivery, including weekends for scheduling flexibility.
What if my guitar needs more than a setup?
If we spot anything beyond a setup — fret wear, electronics issues or vintage restoration and refinishing — we'll contact you with a clear quote before doing any work. No surprises.
Ready when you are.
Give your guitar the professional care it deserves. Book a mobile setup and we'll take it from your door.
You can also sit down with Otto for a free consultation, by appointment, at Sixty Sixty Sounds on Denmark Street — London's iconic guitar row.
turnaround
- ✓Premium string change
- ✓Action adjustment at nut and bridge
- ✓Truss rod adjustment for optimal neck relief
- ✓Intonation set for perfect tuning up the neck
- ✓Full fretboard clean and conditioning
- ✓Hardware and electronics check
- ✓Free pickup and delivery across Islington
Questions? Call 020 8040 1883