Description

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"An excellent guide and knowledge base to anyone who wants to start up a guitar repair shop or small music store."

Get on the inside track to a successful guitar repair, guitar building and/ or custom guitar shop business. Save yourself time, money, and frustration when starting up your own business with this helpful guide-book that offers key insider tips and a thorough overview of what to expect in the business, written by an industry veteran. Don't go into business without reading this book first Includes 20 downloadable forms, lists, templates, and examples to use in your shop

Included in the book:

• How to establish shop rates and pricing
• How to market yourself & advertise effectively
• How to set up your business for success
• Information on common business structures and accounting practises
• Industry-specific marketing tips
• Business start up tips including common start up costs
• Extensive pricing examples (blue book pricing)
• Tools, equipment and supply lists
• Business and accounting forms
• Work order templates
• Download instructions for how to build an Erlewine-style neck jig, and more

Books available from the author (paperback and kindle edition):

How to Setup Your Guitar Like A Pro: An Easy Guide for Beginners

How to Build & Setup Guitar Kits like a Pro: An Easy Guide for Bolt-on Neck Guitars

How to Start and Run a Successful Guitar Repair Business: Practical Tips for the New Entrepreneur

About the Author

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Jonny Blackwood (Edmonton, AB, Canada) is a revered guitar tech and instructor who has been teaching others how to work on their own guitars since 2009 through group and private classes, corporate staff training, client literature, and his popular books including, "How to Setup Your Guitar Like a Pro: An Easy Guide for Beginners".