Neil Smith’s Vegas Guitars Custom Shop

It was great. Best in the country as far as I’m concerned. Thank you Neil.

The best place in Vegas to have your precious guitar worked on. Neil did an outstanding job on my PRS Singlecut that had a fret that needed to be reset. You can tell he really cares about what he does and how he does it.

Neil repaired some cracks in my acoustic Guild and then set it up, the guitar plays better then ever. A true craftsman, who went above and beyond on my guitar.

Neil has setup 2 of my guitars. The difference in how they played afterwards was amazing. He takes the time to find out what you are looking for, and giving you the options. He takes pride in his work and really wants to be sure you are happy with it.
As Mike mentioned you may have to wait if they are busy, but you can count on it being done right. Neil is the only person in LV I would take my guitars to.

Neil and his wife run a class A shop. All the reasons why I love supporting these kinds of businesses. They are friendly, welcoming, indelibly professional, and above all they truly care about their service they provide.
Neil took all of my concerns to heart and upon seeing the guitar after, I could not be happier. I got my girlfriend a very special guitar for our anniversary and Neil performed a complete setup installing some new tuners and west African hard ivory nut, saddle, and bridge pins. The nut and saddle come larger than needed and Neil performed excellent work, a perfect fit!
My girlfriend will be so excited! Thank you Neil!

This business is the only stop you need to make if you’re a professional guitarist. Neil and Susi do the best work in the business and really have a deep level of care for the music and musicians in our Vegas community. I am proud to use this business to help keep ME in business. Try the (relatively) new Tone Garden Pickups as well, they’re fast becoming popular, and for good reason!

This shop is 1^st rate for any type of guitar or bass repair! Meticulous and detailed work. The only bad thing I can say is you might have to wait, but then good things come to those who wait!
Neil installed a Hipshot ghost bridge and a complete GraphTech midi preamp system with all the bells and whistles on my 2011 Fender Precision. Did a fantastic job!

I simply have to write about Neil Smith’s Vegas Guitars Custom Shop. I have many guitars, and have been disappointed that I could not find a high quality luthier to address setup work on instruments. I am no longer disappointed! I found Neil Smith using an Internet search, and found his site to be of interest, since I had a Les Paul which seemed to have some high frets, but I was too afraid to take it anywhere local. I set up a time to bring the guitar in, you can’t just ‘walk in,’ as his shop is small, a one man operation, plus his assistant, Susi, who is also wonderful! When I got to the shop, I was astounded at Neil’s obvious attention to detail. He was anxious to discuss all aspects of guitars with me, and his years of experience gave me that «warm fuzzy feeling» I’d never found in a Las Vegas luthier. While I had not been expecting to have this particular guitar receive a total setup, after talking to Neil, I was convinced that that is exactly what it needed. Not to say I was talked into something, just that his logic made complete sense to me.
I was not in a hurry to get the guitar back, but I got a call in less than a week, telling me it was ready. Now, I must tell you that this guitar already had super low action, even with the fret problem. I had not expected that the action could have gotten any lower. But it was, indeed, amazingly lower! The nut slots were perfect, the frets were crowned and smoothed and look like jewelry. It felt like a different guitar, and this from an instrument that was already outstanding!
I have taken one other instrument to Neil, a Gibson Historic Korina Explorer, and it, too, got the same setup, simply perfect! I plan on having many more of my guitars set up by Mr. Smith. Oh, and if you’re in the market for a new, custom guitar, he does that, too. Spectacular work, from the few of those I’ve had the privilege to see.
In the interest of complete transparency, after my first experience, I’ve since done some photography work for some of Mr. Smith’s guitars. However, this took place only after that first Les Paul was completed, and had no bearing on how well that guitar work was performed, or on my opinion of that work.