Electric Standard

Far and away the best guitar repair shop I've used in Toronto. I've never needed major repairs but for set-up, repair and modifications, Electric Standard has always done right by me.

I've had a lot of work over the years done by Zak at Electric Standard. Many setups to acoustic and electric. He also has done a refretting of a Les Paul for me. My only critique is that payments are cash only. I would love to pay electronically. But as far as the work goes no complaints from me.

Got a pickup changed here in my strat... really solid, attentive work. Thanks guys!

Brought in a homemade Frankenstein guitar I got off of Facebook marketplace that wasn’t working! I brought it in and they quickly confirmed it wasn’t really worth it to do a complete repair but the staff here are so lovely and explained the whole issue to me (idk anything about electrics) and fixed up the guitar so it was at least capable of me messing around on it for free! Thank you so much you guys are really lovely and I’ll be back here when I eventually get a real playable electric and inevitably break it.. :)

Brought my 60's vintage Gibson acoustic into Zak after two different shops in Toronto could not quite get the problem right. Lots of choking, buzzing, did not feel right at all. Living in Toronto with harsh winter months, Zak suggested I get a humidifier for my guitar room. Especially with acoustics, wood can move and change so easily. After leaving my guitar for a week with Zak, the acoustic is so much brighter, open, with lots of clarity that I never had before. Plus Zak is a super cool dude and very responsive. Definitely my go to guitar tech from now one. On a side note, Tim that does amp repair there is the best amp tech as well. Vintage Marshall was totally shot, was able to get it up and running. It now sounds incredible. Super cool guy as well. For everything guitar and amps, give these guys a call.

Zak the owner/tech is awesome. He seems like a really nice person and is very responsive and accurate with his time estimates for jobs. So far he has done a full refret and setup on my 2000 American fender fat strat, and the same on my (new) 1960’s les Paul. Gibson sent it out of the shop with frets filed down to nothing so I had to install some with a little more meat on them.. He did a great job on both guitars and was just a really accommodating dude. I have about 8 guitars from years of collecting and they all need tweaks over time and so far I’m happy with the work and will continue to keep handing over my guitars as needed. At this point from my experience I think it would be pretty hard to find a better person/tech to give your expensive/cherished gear to.

Over the years, I've used a handful of guitar tech's for simple yearly tune-ups to mod's, etc. But I came across Standard" via Google and went to the Dundas West location to investigate. 2 x Tele's required a fair bit of mod's from new 4 x500k pots on the Custom Chris Shiflet to pick-up rewire push/pull

I've had Zak work on all my guitars and basses for the past 5+ years. Never had a single problem. He's been doing this for a long time. He's one of these guys who just seems to know all there is to know about whatever instrument you bring in or whatever mod you want to try. Reasonable rates and excellent work.

Zak does excellent work, has great rates and has always worked quickly. Great to chat with as well. I highly recommend Zak for all electric and acoustic guitar setups!