First and foremost, please contact us to discuss your project needs. We prefer intial contact come through via email, since it is easier for us to document your specific project. We will get back to you right away and have a price quote for you. You can also visit our pricing page to get an idea of where your project will come in at. It is a good idea to send us along a jpeg picture of your project to give us a better idea of what is involved. If you would like us to disasseble your guitar, and set it up again upon completion that is no problem. Our shop rate applies, but we may be able to work out a package deal for you. Prep work is done at our shop rate of $45 per hour. We prefer to paint projects from scratch on parts still in raw wood. But refinishing is available. If your project involves paint removal and prep we will give you an estimate above our published rates. It is easier and much more affordable to level, sand and prep whatever paint is already on your guitar. But for sake of final finish thickness, adhesion issues and most importantly best tone it might be best to take the paint down to the wood again.