Hank’s Guitar Shop
Pickup & Delivery Throughout Tampa Bay!
Expert Guitar Setups & Repairs
- Guitar Setups & Repairs
- Buy – Sell – Trade
- MasterPro Setups
- Free Group Lessons
- Pickup & Delivery
- Serving Tampa, St Pete, Clearwater & Pinellas County
- Weekdays 10 – 6 / Weekends 10 – 2, Closed Wednesdays
- MasterPro Setups: Your Guitar’s Best Friend!
- Expert Guitar Repairs
- Certified Pre-Played Guitars & Bass
- Get your guitar checked out – Free – No appointment!
- Open Mic EVERY Sunday in Clearwater
- Free beginner group lessons every Saturday
No appointments necessary. Free inspections & appraisals. Fast, friendly Luthier service. Check out our 5-Star Reviews! 
Why Hank's Guitar Shop?
Hank started like most guitar techs—learning from experienced luthiers, studying books, videos, and improving through years of hands-on work. The results were good, but “good” was not enough for Hank.
In his teens, Hank became a Class A machinist and tool-and-die maker. He began reexamining guitar setup and fretwork using the same principles applied in precision machining: accurate measurement, proper sequencing, repeatable procedures, controlled tolerances, and thorough quality control.
That process led to a complete overhaul of his setup and fretwork methods and became the foundation of Hank’s Guitar Shop.
Today, those methods are used by our team of professional guitar technicians and taught through Guitar Tech Academy. Our goal is simple: identify the underlying problem, perform the work accurately, and deliver consistent results with a holistic approach, instead of relying on guesswork or tradition.
Traditional guitar knowledge, rebuilt with modern, machinist-level precision.
What Customers Are Saying -
Amazing service! Brought in a violin I thought was broke, they fixed it up no charge. Highly recommend
Great guys doing great work! Sold me a perfectly set up guitar and their workshop is amazing.
Customer service above and beyond, great work on setups & what’s needed for your guitars highly recommend
Certified
Pre-Played Guitars
At Hank’s Guitar Shop in Clearwater, every guitar is professionally inspected, set up, and certified to GDR standards by our expert techs.
Test-drive any instrument that catches your eye and shop with confidence—our Certified Pre-Owned guitars include a 90-day warranty!
Visit us at 25008 US 19, Clearwater, FL, or call (727) 228-0125
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Adjust Frets to Your Preference?
What’s your preferred fret height for fret #19 on the bass side? ??? Oh, you don't HAVE a preference? You just want the damn things level so you can play without fret buzz? Well, leave it to the snake oil guys to solve another problem you don't actually have - AND -...
Open Mic - Clearwater
1st Sunday Open Mic – 01June2025
https://youtu.be/EIVxHohhVwo We had about a dozen participants yesterday. Everyone had a great time and the talent was impressive! Since we ran out of chairs, we're thinking about putting a small patio table or two out front with chairs for next month's 1st Sunday...
Open Mic – Feb 23, 2025
https://youtu.be/DocEOnLFvhY If you weren't here or at least watching on our Facebook Live channel, you missed a great couple hours of Open Mic at Hank's Guitar Shop in Clearwater, Florida. But we'll make it up to ya! We'll do it all over again next Sunday, so BE...
Open Mic 26JAN2025
Open Mic Sunday - Jan 26, 2025 Sorry, no live video today. (Someone forgot to charge their phone! I promised not to divulge their name, but their initials are Liam Sorrell!) But here's an edited version from Jean's phone. https://youtu.be/06hkTaROS-M
Guitar Repair
Serving Pinellas County - from Clearwater
Basic Setup
This is what most shops call a “setup”. Includes truss rod and saddle height adjustments, check hardware and set intonation.
Restring
$15 Most guitars. (Does not include cost of strings) Same-day or 1-day service.
Cleaning, polishing, etc. is $10 extra.
MasterPro Setup
Precision setup with nut work, fret dressing, polishing, cleaning, and playability optimization throughout the instrument.
Guitar Repairs
We do all repairs from broken necks, fret replacement, bridge reinstallation, eliminate soundboard belly, etc. We do not do paint & finish work.
Electrical
No electrical job is to big or too small! From vintage double-necks with a dozen switches to simple piezo systems.
Mods & Upgrades
Things rarely go smoothly on DIY upgrades, so why not let Hank’s techs, with the proper tools and experience, do the work for you?
Want more information?
Our Clearwater Guitar Repair page has detailed information about guitar setups, fretwork, electronics repair, pickup installation, fret buzz elimination, and professional guitar maintenance.
Ship My Guitar for Setups & Repairs
Ship your guitar from anywhere in the U.S.A. (well, lower 48 states), to us for expert setups and repair. Please go through our sister company – NationWide-Guitar-Repair.com
Guitar Lessons
FREE Beginner Guitar Lessons
FREE Group lessons for beginners only. Each class of 4 weekly lessons begins on the first Saturday of each month. We teach the quickest, easiest way to start playing songs now – based on the book “Play Guitar Now!“, by Hank Castello.
You WILL be playing guitar at the end of this class. Lessons are limited to just 8 students each week, so Sign-up online to ensure your spot!
Classes for ukulele, bass, electric & acoustic guitar are available.
Setup Workshops are held the last Saturday of each month, 1pm to 5pm. Bring a guitar you wish to set up. Workshop covers basic player setup how-to. Sign-up now!
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Let your guitar be its best
Our professionally-trained guitar technicians will see to it that your instrument will be the best it can be. Don’t let your guitar hold you back!
Phone
Hank@Hanks-Guitar-Shop.com