everything your guitar needs
EVERYTHING YOUR GUITAR NEEDS
top quality services for all fretted instruments
top quality services for all fretted instruments.
Fretwork & Setup
Guitars are meant to be played, Our pro fretwork and setup work will make yours play like a dream!
Custom Modification
Got a vision for changes to your instrument? We have the experience to make it happen.
THe PLEK Machine
Parris Guitars is the only PLEK capable shop in East Tennessee! Experience the gold standard in fret leveling and setup for optimal tone and playability.
Luthier Services
Headstock breaks? Lifting bridges? Minor finish work? Our technicians can perform the most complex repairs
ELECTRONICS REPAIR
From simple repairs to a full rewire, we have the best parts on hand and the technical skill to get your instrument back in action.
Knoxville’s Top
REPAIR SHOP
ABOUT OUR SHOP
In 14 years since beginning in the living room of Bryan’s home, Parris Guitars has become a fast-growing, full-service repair service. Located in the West Knoxville community, the shop serves musicians throughout east Tennessee, southern Kentucky, and northern Georgia. In addition to fretwork, setups, electroncs, and modificatons, Parris Guitars is East Tennessee’s only Plek center for advanced fretwork. Handling guitars, basses, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, etc. we are capable to repair most any fretted instrument, electric or acoustic. Let us be your go-to shop for repairs and service!
Pictured (Left to Right): Rance Singleton, Bryan Parris, Josh Hobbs. Not pictured: Elias Cox.
OUR TEAM
BRYAN – Bryan started Parris Guitars as a side business after moving to Knoxville in 2009. As the shop has added other employees, his primary work now revolves around structural repairs, finish work, fretwork, and business development.
RANCE – Rance joined the team in 2019 after years of successful work as a jeweler. His primary work is setups, fret dressing, nuts, and saddles. Rance’s creativity, unique skills, and attention to detail set him apart as one of the best setup techs in East Tennessee.
JOSH – Josh came on board in late 2021 to help us stay caught up on electronics work. What was intended to be a short term contract has turned into a two-day per week job and we are lucky to have his talent here in the shop. Josh is also a seasoned guitar instructor and builds custom guitars and basses as Hobbs Guitars.
ELIAS – Elias is the latest addition to our team. He apprenticed with us during the summer of ’23 and quickly showed himself to be a rockstar setup tech! Elias also a skilled barista and runs a coffee shop with his family in Powell, TN.
Located inside Century Plaza Shopping Center
10820 Kingston Pike, Suite 4
Knoxville, TN 37934
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