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About Our Products
I made my first guitar in my Dad's joinery in 1965.
In 1975 I commenced business custom building and repairing guitars. For a few years during the late 1980s Noyce Guitars built up to a staff of five producing production models and distributing through music shops as well as doing custom work, but eventually we went back to what I like best - building guitars to order for customers we get directly involved with!

Dave Newton, who has worked with me since the early '80s, does most of the NC machining and electronics work and the rest of the building is done by myself.

In other words, good balance of tone, dynamics and responsiveness across the whole range. All our models are built within this design "attitude". By developing familiararity with our customer and working within a particular model, there are many subtle variations available to truly personalise a guitar. Guitar making is a very personal passion for me and nothing is more satisfying than exceeding a customer's expectations.

Product Range
While we mostly make guitars, there are various other activities we pursue.

We have always maintained an Australia wide repair service as well as doing repairs on accordions, reed and woodwind instruments.

We also perform various other works such as machining parts for other guitar builders (eg. necks, bridges and tail-pieces), NC machine jobbing etc.

Ordering Noyce Guitars:

• I like to correspond by email and phone a little to get familiar with
  each customer before finalising the details of an order. Whilst most
  orders don't vary much from standard specifications, this somehow helps in personalising the instument.
• It usually takes a minimum of eight weeks to build a guitar, but twelve to sixteen weeks is less stressful and, occasionally, a little longer if we're a bit overbooked.
• My starting point is to mail or email the customer a full description of the order and price, then get a deposit of (say) AUD$500 to get things started.
• I typically then receive one or two progress payments as work proceeds and final payment before shipping.

Repairs and Setups:

Doing guitar set-ups is the art of getting the best out of a guitar for that particular player.

A brief discussion with the player usually provides the information and feel to optimise that guitar for that player. Generally the action should be as low as possible all along the neck without buzzing for that player. This is a combination of truss-rod and action adjustment combined with fret dressing. Most new guitars can be improved with a set-up to suit the player.

• To arrange for setup work or instrument repairs it is best to email us or telephone to discuss the job and shipping timing.
• Shipping can be arranged using Registered Post or by the customer's preferred carrier.

Warranty:

Noyce guitars are warranted to the original owner for five (5) years against faulty materials and workmanship and, if within two weeks of receiving the instrument the customer is not fully satisfied, a full refund (less shipping costs) will be given upon return of the instrument in original condition (in 30 years this has never occured).