The new and improved Soares’y Guitar – While I consider the term – New And Improved – To mean that the makers have found a way to make it for less and sell it for more – We on the other hand, have spent years – Not only listing to our buyers – But also doing extensive research on what makes a good guitar – With over 20 Years experience in producing Tenor Guitars as well as other short scale instruments – From – Octave Mandolins – Mandocellos – 4 / 5 / & 8 – String Tenors – As well as others – We have come to learn that 90% Of any good guitar is the neck – If the neck fails – The rest is worthless – So we have put everything that we know into the neck – We looked at all the old makers as well as the new ones – We also consulted with Banjo neck makers – As many banjo necks have the same thin profile – But tend to be a bit longer – So we were very interested in them as well – What we found is that the longer banjo necks tend to be deeper in the back profile then a standard guitar neck that has a C or D profile to them – While we do have some guitar players that think they need this C or D back – All that have tried or deeper Banjo style do like them – We went a little old school with a part V back – That adds more wood to the back center of the neck – And we also added a slightly deeper side wall on each side of the fingerboard – While it is just a little more wood – About 1/8” deeper in the back – It makes the neck a lot stronger - While in the past we always made our necks a little beefier then others – We found that a basic C or D Profile needed a lot more tension on it, at the truss rod then what is needed on our new V back style - And we also have found that the style of the rod it self – Also matters

-A basic truss rod like a Gibson style – They need to much wood removed from the neck at the nut – The nut point is already the weakest point of the neck – And by removing to much wood – Makes it even weaker – To much tension is needed with the type – And necks tend to crack at the nut line from this – Martin type rods are a bit better – But still need a large amount of wood to be removed at the nut – Rod that adjust at the lower end of the neck – Make the point at the nut stronger – As no wood is removed at this point – But then do not offer the reverse tension at the top of the neck that is needed – Were the neck is at its thinnest point– We have found that a standard Fender style properly installed – Is the best way to go – It offers back tension at the top and center of the neck were it is needed the most – It doesn’t need a lot of wood to be removed from the nut spot – Like the others – As the rod head fits snugly into a drilled hole – So far less wood is removed at what is already a weak point – So out of all the different truss rods – We have found that the Fender style 2 Way one is the best way to go – As long as it is properly used – It must be installed with a nice well fitted channel – With a minimum space around it – A nice well fitted snug rod needs a lot less adjustment, and tension - To get the most effect – The deeper back profile of out V Neck also makes the neck stronger to begin with – So less tension is needed on the rod – We spent 2 years on developing this final profile – We tried many different profiles and combinations of different profiles – And found this to be the best of all of them

While are guitar sell in a range of about $500.00 – And some are even less – It depends on what your needs are - Please do not compare our necks to others in this price range – We will gladly compare them to guitars that sell for $2,000.00 and up - Over the past 20 Years – We have offered many different styles and types of guitars that ranged from $150.00 to $1,800.00 – From different makers – At this time we are now only offering – SOLID BODY ELECTRIC GUITARS - What we are doing at this time – We are buying ready made guitar bodies – That are factory finished – We then have our new style custom made necks added to them – And we then convert them - One by one in out shop by hand to meet the needs of our buyers – See our Catalog for different styles and types - Pricing will vary depending on body style and finish – As well as upgrades if the buyer wishes to ad them – Some upgrades are replacing single coil pickups with Humbuckers – Type of case – Shielding of the body – Upgraded electronics – Changing stock fittings to custom one – Things like Pick guard and knobs – Things like that

So pick your body style and color – Then any upgrades you would like to ad on – Then let us know what you would like – And then we will let you know what your cost and options are -

Thank you,
Mike Soares of Soares’y Guitars.

Shipping – Shipping is extra - All guitars in the US are shipped buy UPS. Out of the US. By Priority Mail with the US Post Office – Sorry we do not offer FedEx. While our shipping cost may seem to be a bit higher than others, we do not make a profit on shipping. As a rule we lose a little on each package – Un-like other sellers that have accounts with shippers and receive a discount on this service, we are a small shop and do not. Most others sellers – Ship there guitars in the thin triangle boxes that they come in from the factory, removing them from the larger master box that they came in. In most cases they do not even open this box to look at what they are sending you. As they have little to no concern about damage. As they are all covered under the account from the shipper. They make more money from a damaged order, or even a wrong order, As the shipper not only picks them up – And returns them to the sender – They also pay on the claim to the sender – If they send you the wrong guitar – They still claim it as a damaged one – So they get all of them back – As well as the claim money – Even if the guitar is damaged – They can then fix it and re sell it – Or part them out – So it is a win win for them not to be as careful – And they also receive a discount on the shipping cost – Plus since they are using the thin boxes from the factory – They cost less to begin with to ship. Our goal is to not have to make any claims at all – While now and then we do have a damaged guitar from miss handling – In 20 Years this is less than 2% of what we ship – I think that is very good – As we do our best to get it right the first time – All of our guitars are packed and shipped in a much larger box – average is – 45 X 18 X 6 – Much bigger than the guitar it self – This leaves a lot more room for padding - And since our boxes are a lot bigger than most others would use - The cost of shipping is more as well – Most shippers like UPS – Charge by the box size – In this case it is an over sized 1 Box – We also pay UPS to pack each one at their end - and only new boxes are used – So with the cost of paying for the sipping on a one on one basses – And the cost of packing as well as the box – Yes we charge more – Because it cost us more - But we also have less damaged product – And happier buyers.

Cases – A basic soft case runs from $15.00 to $24.00 – A nice plywood hard case runs about $60.00 - As a rule most US. Buyers go with a soft case – Some pro players that know that they will need a hard case – Go with one on the order – Out of US. Buyers are split about 50/50 – Some prefer to go with a hard case to better protect the instrument in shipping - We only charge or cost on the cases – In most cases a hard case cost us $50.00 with free shipping – But then there is a $10.00 Over sized and fuel tax added to this – So they cost me $60.00 – But pricing may change.

Pickups – While some guitars do not need this at all - As the pickups on them are humbuckers – And all the others with single coil one are fine as they are – Some buyers feel that an upgrade is needed – As a rule an upgrade on a Telecaster would be adding a humbucker to the bridge – On a Stratocaster – We remove the center pickup and move it to the lower spot – Then re wire the guitar – And add a humbucker then to the center spot – Most buyers do not need this upgrade – But some pro players like to play it safe – When you’re on the road – You never know what you may run into – In some cases you will not be using your amp - And you never know if you stage or spot that you are using in properly grounded – So a humbucker can be a handy thing to have – And they do make the guitar sound a bit better.

Shielding the body – While not a must have – It will provide less hum in some cases on the road – While one would think that all guitars are now shielded – You would be surprised how many are not – I just rebuilt a Gibson L/P Jr. with P90’s on it – I was surprised to fine that it was not shielded at all -

Electronics - Rebuilding the controls and tweaking the tone to give a better bottom end and rounder full tone – while a basic tenor guitar will have less bottom end them a 6 string one would – We can make them a bit better – Not really needed – But it is a little better for the pro player –
The next upgrade option that we offer – Would be to the fittings – If you like a black body – But the stock one comes with a white pick guard – We do not keep any parts like that in the shop – But let’s say you want it with a black pearl guard - No problem – Just find the guard on line and send me the information on it – We will buy it for you and just charge you what it cost plus shipping to me – I will put it on for you – All we ask is that you pick a local US. Seller – There are many sellers from China that sell parts like this – But it could be weeks to receive them –
As to tunings and other things – As a rule we will set the guitar up as you wish – There is no charge on different 4 string tunings – 8 string tunings will very – And have a small charge – Mostly just for the extra parts – In the case of a Mandocello – The cost of the strings are added on as well – Most of the upgrades listed above only run from about $20.00 for most – And up to $40.00 to ad a humbucker.

Some of our out of the US. Buyers ask for extra strings along with their order – We are a small shop and we are not string dealers – We buy our string as we need them in lots of 12 – So we do not really offer this - But we are willing to buy them for you at this end – and ship them with your order – If you need something that is not listed - Feel free to ask -