Guitar HunterA search built around instruments.
Guitar Hunter is an instrument and equipment search service operated by SVG Sound Research sp. z o.o., the company behind Selected Vintage Guitars. It connects discovery with optional purchase, inspection and service support.
The people behind your next instrument
Selected Vintage GuitarsInstruments with a story.
Selected Vintage Guitars brings together selected instruments from Japan, the USA and Europe. Explore our collection and meet the shop behind Guitar Hunter in Poznań.
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Guitar service · PoznańGood hands. Since 2010.
GuitarLab is our professional guitar workshop, with a history dating back to 2010. From individual setup and electronics to fret work and restoration, we care for the details that make an instrument yours.
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The GuitarLab team
A workshop. A team. Your instrument.
GuitarLab has been caring for guitars in Poznań since 2010. Luthiers and technicians work together on diagnosis, setup, electronics, fret work and restoration.
- Experienced luthiers
- Wojtek Judkowiak
Krystian Hayn - Guitar technicians
- Jędrzej Kaniewski
Maksymilian Jachimowicz
Miłosz Matysiak
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Know what arrives.
An optional, free inspection documents the instrument after arrival: construction, neck and frets, hardware, electronics and playability. We record findings and recommended next steps, including anything we could not test.
View an example inspection report ↓Example PDF · not a report for an actual instrument- 01Construction & visible damage
- 02Neck, frets & measurements
- 03Hardware & electronics
- 04Photos, findings & your decision
From the GuitarLab workbench
Real workshop projects, documented in the Selected Vintage Guitars knowledge base. These repairs illustrate separately quoted work, not the scope of the free basic setup.
Morris WL-35
When does an acoustic need more than a setup? Our Morris WL-35 project shows how to organise the work around the instrument’s actual condition.
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Canyon W-70
The bridge outside and the braces inside the body need separate checks. Here is how these repairs are prepared, and why glue alone is not enough.
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Gherson Jazz Bass
An adjustment problem does not always mean replacing the entire truss rod. Here is what needs checking before work on the fingerboard and frets.
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Ibanez Musician · 1981
New frets need a stable seat. This project explains fret-slot preparation and a restoration that preserves the character of an older instrument.
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Mountain W350
A visible line does not tell the whole story of a guitar’s body. We explain how to assess soundboard damage and plan service for an older acoustic.
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Thumb LF-20
How do you plan work on a guitar you want to amplify? Our Thumb LF-20 illustrates why instrument condition and pickup requirements should be discussed separately.
Read the repair story →Included when you choose it
Optional inspection and basic setup: no extra charge when buying through SVG. Repairs, replacement parts and restoration are quoted separately and only start after your approval.
The quote comes first
Your quote sets out the instrument price, agreed work, delivery and insurance scope. We buy the instrument after confirming your payment. After arrival, review the PDF in Orders and choose dispatch or request a quote for further work.
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Indicative workshop prices in EUR. We confirm the scope and final price after diagnosis, before work begins. Strings and parts are excluded where stated.
These are standalone workshop services. The optional inspection and basic setup included with an SVG purchase remain free; further repairs require a separate accepted quote.
Setup & adjustment
- General adjustment / setupCleaning, wood and metal care, neck relief, action, nut and saddle adjustment, intonation and electronics check. Strings not included.
- from 70 EUR
- Floyd Rose setupFull adjustment of an instrument with a Floyd Rose bridge. Strings not included.
- from 81 EUR
- Banjo / mandolin / ukulele setupIndividually quoted after inspection.
- Individual quote
Fret work
- Fret levelling + setupLevelling for lower action, less buzzing and improved tuning. Full setup included. If the frets are too low, we recommend a refret.
- from 162 EUR
- RefretRemoval of old frets, fingerboard and radius levelling, repair of damaged areas, installation of new frets and full setup.
- from 278 EUR
- Stainless-steel refretStainless-steel frets. Same scope as a standard refret.
- from 394 EUR
- Stainless-steel refret — binding / mapleStainless-steel frets on a bound or maple neck.
- from 463 EUR
- Fingerboard finishingFor refretting a neck with a lacquered fingerboard.
- 116–162 EUR
Nuts & saddles
- Handmade bone nut or saddle — fitting and installationHandmade bone component, fitted and installed. Price per piece.
- from 93 EUR
Structural repairs
- Gluing — headstock / neck / body / braces / bridgeIndividual quote only after inspecting the instrument.
- Individual quote
Electronics
- Electronics maintenanceCleaning and maintenance of potentiometers, switches and contacts.
- from 24 EUR
- Pickup replacementInstallation and soldering of a pickup set.
- from 28 EUR
- Potentiometer / jack / switch replacementPrice per component, excluding parts.
- from 10 EUR
- ShieldingShielding the electronics cavities.
- from 47 EUR
Acoustic electronics
- Piezo installation without preampInstallation of a piezo pickup.
- from 47 EUR
- Piezo installation with preampInstallation of a piezo pickup and preamp.
- from 63 EUR
- String-to-string volume balancingBalancing the output of individual strings through the pickup.
- from 31 EUR
- Output jack replacementLabour price plus materials used.
- from 14 EUR
Pickup repairs
- Pickup diagnosisMeasurements, condition assessment and repair quote. Send the component on its own.
- Individual quote
- Pickup rewindRewinding while retaining its character. Quoted after diagnosis.
- Individual quote
- Pickup component repair / replacementMagnets, leads, shielding and wax potting.
- Individual quote
Diagnosis
- Diagnosis and quoteNot sure what is wrong? We inspect and quote. Diagnosis is free when you commission the repair.
- 0–24 EUR
Read our customers’ own words
Shop reviews refer to Selected Vintage Guitars. The workshop has its own Google profile.
ProvenExpert“Great atmosphere. The instruments are meticulously crafted.”
What Guitar Hunter does
Search guitars, basses, amplifiers and effects from international marketplaces and independent shops. Refine the results, compare estimated prices in EUR, USD or PLN, and follow a link to the original seller. Readable source coverage varies; Guitar Hunter does not claim to include every listing from every marketplace.
How our own stock is presented
Matching Selected Vintage Guitars offers receive priority and a SELECTED CHOICE label. This identifies our own offer rather than an independent rating of the whole market. Offers from other sellers remain clearly attributed to their source.
Search, inspection and purchase are different steps
An imported offer has not automatically been physically inspected by SVG. If you want help, submit an enquiry from your account. SVG assesses the request, issues an individual quote and, after acceptance, purchases the instrument for resale to you. Agreed work and delivery are specified in that quote.
The company behind the service
SVG Sound Research sp. z o.o. • ul. Dąbrowskiego 307, 60-406 Poznań, Poland. NIP / VAT: PL7831946574. KRS: 0001219608. REGON: 543813949. Contact: shop@selectedvintageguitars.com or +48 789 093 840. Selected Vintage Guitars is our instrument shop; GuitarLab is our guitar service brand.