Ballard Guitar Dock

12/08/2024

Just finished up this super clean pedalboard build for one of my favorite guitarists in town… Wet/dry dual amp rig with the overdrive pedals running in parallel via the Boss LS-2. Made a custom cable loom for guitar input/ output to both A/B amps to cut down on the cable spaghetti. Sounds crazy good, can’t wait to hear what Nicolle does with this setup. Go listen to the new .ends record if you haven’t checked it out, it rules!

08/21/2024

Puget Sounds PRE-ORDER IS LIVE!!! Now-Sept. 30th. Hand-wound Guitar & Bass Pickups, Crafted in the PNW
https://www.ballardguitardock.com/store

01/19/2024

Back from the grave! This Aria Pro ll 335 style guitar arrived a few days ago looking like it was at the bottom of the mid-Atlantic Trench… It was built in the 80s at the Matsumoku plant in Japan and was absolutely worth of a full restoration. Frets leveled/ recrowned/ polished, hand made a new nut, installed new Grover tuning machines, revived all the original electronics, dug a ton of fuzz balls out of the inside & gave it a proper setup. Cleaned up so nice, can’t wait for the owner to see the transformation. I love projects like this.

11/20/2023

***Pre-Black Friday Gift Card Special***

Purchase a gift card and get 20% off a complete setup for YOUR OWN INSTRUMENT!

A great way give a gift to the musicians in your life this holiday season and get a little something for yourself in return!

https://www.ballardguitardock.com/store/p/ballard-guitar-dock-gift-card

10/25/2023

Lastest pedalboard build! Full stereo rig, custom build cables throughout (patch/ DC power/ midi). Get in touch to make your dream setup come to life!

10/21/2023

Solid week working on a project with at Big Bad Sound… squeezed in some fun on the side. Back to business as usual in the shop tomorrow.

10/11/2023

Check out the redesigned Ballard Guitar Dock website! Now offering E-Gift Cards, DIY Mod Kits for Line 6 DL4, Treble Bleeder Circuits, as well as the option to have your DL4 modded in house.....Click the "Store" tab to see available products...More goodies coming soon!!!

Ballard Guitar Dock Instrument Repair, Modification & Rig DesignBallard, Seattle WA Schedule An Appointment Services Instrument Repair Full Service Guitar/ Bass SetupsFret Leveling/ Re-fret/ Crown/ & PolishElectronics Repair/ ModificationHand Carved Bone Nut/ SaddleHeadstock Break Repair& More! Rig....

09/08/2023

Lots of telecasters in the shop this week… just finished up re-mounting a misaligned bridge, carved a new nut and setup this blue paisley Tele

08/22/2023

Setup/ big time clean up inside and out for this ‘70s Telecaster Custom. Also added a treble bleed circuit for the bridge pickups, killer guitar!

08/16/2023

Awesome Telecaster in for a fret level and setup. Good stuff, plays like a dream! Lots of teles in the shop this week…