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I'm really sorry to hear this, but it's super helpful to see honest feedback, so a heartfelt thank you for posting it! Unfortunately the drawback of and being effectively a one-man business* and making everything entirely by hand is that we do need to charge a little more than some other business models do in order to cover our labour costs. Just as a bass made using hand tools will take more time and therefore cost more than one made using a CNC machine, so does a scratchplate. For anyone interested, here's a short video showing how we make each pickguard by hand As it's mostly just me here, at busy times (over xmas and new year in particular) I do have to prioritise making scratchplates over responding to emails- however, we do have a direct order form on our website now, so the old system of needing to message us directly to request a price is obsolete for all but the most awkward of jobs. (Basic modifications are free of charge when ordered via our builder) Despite setting up the order form, I still get a vast number of emails and quote requests a week, but also need to actually fulfil orders, so it can be a difficult balance to strike during busy periods! However, I do personally respond to every single email and enquiry that reaches me as soon as I am able to. The advantage of making everything by hand though, is that in addition to being able to make pretty much any shape imaginable from over a hundred materials, we also offer a 'perfect fit guarantee' and are always super keen to rectify any errors where possible. @three -If you haven't already, please do get in touch if there's anything I can do to correct the 'not perfect' bits you mentioned 🙏 For anyone else interested in giving us a go, we do offer a one-off 20% discount to BC'ers- just drop us a message via our website for a price A typical bass pickguard from us will currently set you back around £55-70 plus shipping, (pre-discount), lead time is approx 10 working days once I have both payment and your original guard/template(there are no standard guards!) Appreciate this is a bit of a long response, hope this is helpful..! Huge thanks also to @Buddster for the kind words! Cheers, Steve *just for clarity- Jack's Instrument Services and Tiny Tone are separate companies- Tiny Tone was set up in 2020 to handle all pickguard orders separately- this way Jack can focus on his luthier work at JIS, and as his sole employee at TT, I handle all pickguards, pedals and wiring here.

Greetings from Tiny Tone! I’m Jack, and I run both Jack’s Instrument Services and Tiny Tone here in Manchester. Jack’s Instrument Services(https://jacksinstrumentservices.com/) has been running for well over a decade now but I’m keen to build up Tiny Tone’s presence online as it’s a bit of a lockdown baby specialising in guitar scratchplates and wiring; my employee, Steve, and myself have thus far been too busy to really look at stuff like marketing etc. Steve and I both have many years experience as professional guitar repairers from our work at JIS and before, so between us we have all things guitar/bass setup, repair, and manufacture covered. We both play bass(Steve actually built one last year -build diary is in the relevant section on here- search for 'tahitian ukulele'...) and are both BC members already (sadly mostly just lurkers these days) so it's nice to see our personal and professional lives crossing over a little! I'm about to post in the affiliates section with a big ol' explanation of all the exciting stuff we make/do, and to offer a healthy discount for everyone on their next scratchplate order. In the meantime here's our website, thanks for having us! tinytone.co.uk Jack