Typical "Super-Strat" Conversion                      Dave Van Kleeck     

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Welcome to Dave 'The Guitar Man'
DTGM
A unique Guitar Repair & Bass Repair Shop
Dave - The Guitar Man Phoenix Arizona's Best Guitar Repairs - Bass Repairs
Specializing in Professional, affordable Guitar Repairs & Bass Repairs priced for the working musician

Looking for any of the following guitar repair services in Phoenix Arizona?

• guitar repairs

• bass repairs

• guitar repair shop

• bass repair shop

• guitar replacement parts

• bass replacement parts

• guitar parts replacement

• pickup replacement

• custom guitar pickups

• custom bass pickups

• fret replacement

• neck re-fretting

• fret crowning

• play action setup

• intonation

• custom electronic design and installation

• custom guitar electronics design

• bass electronics design

• custom guitar repair

• fender guitar repairs

• fender bass repairs

• guitar customizing

Then you've FOUND the right place! In business for over 30 years as a freelance guitar tech, Dave manages the Design, Repair & Assembly departments for Arizona's #1 Custom Guitar Shop Peak Performance Custom Shop - which has become a business in its own right,
Dave - The Guitar Man!

David has been handling every facet of guitar and bass repair, including body work and neck replacement, repaint and finishes, as well as custom upgrading since the mid 1970's! As a working guitar and bass player himself, he is intimately aware of the importance of high quality workmanship and low prices! All work is guaranteed for 90 days and all parts have at least a 1 year warranty - ALL of which is handled IN SHOP!

Dave The Guitar Man Offers Complete Guitar repairs, Bass repairs, Re-fretting, Guitar Electronics Customizing, Intonation and Action Setup, Pickups and replacement, Custom Wiring and Electronics designs, Bridges and replacement, Nuts, Volume pots, Tone pots, multiple applications for Custom-Switch and wiring design.

PPCS Custom Guitars and Custom Basses are built to fit your needs exactly! PPCS also customizes your guitar or bass to your dream instrument! Our warranty is UNMATCHED in the industry, and our list of local and headliner clients is growing every day due to our dedication to EXCELLENCE in everything we do! Word of mouth advertising brings in over 60% of our NEW business, and all our clients are REPEAT customers! That says allot when it comes to trusting your prized ax to someone or some company! Dave has personally built custom guitars for working class musicians and "Industry Stars" alike; including;

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Davey Pattison on stage with Robin Trower - Photo Credit: Angie Brockman

...........................Davey and Dave............................Davey and Callie
Visiting with Davey Pattison - Photo Credits: Callie & David Van Kleeck

• Davey Pattison of 'GAMMA' and 'Robin Trower'

  • Custom Iakona Series Stratocaster

  • Quilted Maple Body with Clear Lacquer Finish, 21 Fret Buddy Guy Signature Series Maple Neck and Fretboard, Medium Jumbo Frets, all Gold Hardware!

  • Hand built to Davey's Specs, including custom pickups & tone wiring.

    • Custom Personalized Headstock and Body Decals

    • Mighty Mite Strat Super-Set Stacked Humbucker Dual Rail pickups

    • Full Tone Control System that allows each pickup to have its tone controlled separately, even in switch positions 2 and 4!

    • 3 DPDT Mini-Toggle switches allowing each pickup 3 coil selections: Tap, Parallel and Series for a total of 27 pickup/coil sound selections!

    • 500K Volume and Tone Pots with two 333 Caps allowing for solid sounds from clear and bright to hot and nasty

    • LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY INCLUDED!

Photo Credits: David Van Kleeck

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Pete Thompson on stage with Robin Trower - Photo Credit: Angie Brockman

..Pete and Dave...........Pete in Jasongs Studio............Pete, Dave & John.
Visiting with Davey Pattison - Photo Credits: Callie Van Kleeck

• Pete Thompson of 'Silverhead' and 'Robin Trower'

  • Custom Tornado Series Telecaster designed for Pete Thompson

  • Flamed Maple Body with Tobacco Sunburst Finish, 22 Fret Maple Neck and Fretboard, Medium Jumbo Frets, all Gold Hardware!

  • Gold Neck Pickup

  • Hotwired Mighty Mite Bridge Pickup

  • Hand built to Pete's Specs, including custom Pickups

  • Custom Personalized Headstock Decals

  • LIMITED LIFETIME WARRANTY INCLUDED!

Photo Credits: David Van Kleeck
 

 

Interested in what PPCS can build or upgrade for you?

Then browse over to Peak Performance Custom Shop, where Custom Guitars and Basses are built or upgraded to fit your needs exactly!

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Below is a list of what we offer at DTGM

Guitar repairs, Bass repairs, parts replacement, pickup replacement, guitar neck repairs and nut replacement, bass neck repairs and nut replacement, guitar body repairs, bass body repairs, neck re-fret (re-fretting), guitar electronics rewiring, bass electronics rewiring, custom electronics and design, replacement guitar pickups, replacement bass pickups, Pearloid Pickguards and Tremolo sets, custom guitar repairs, unique guitar and bass electronics designs and upgrades, guitar customizing, hardware and electronics upgrading, custom paint jobs patches and re-paints, custom finishes and re-finishes, custom guitar electronics design, custom bass electronics designs and much more!