Portland Fret Works

08/18/2025

Shop built custom electric guitar (neck by ).

07/26/2025

‘64 Strat busted clean in half. It’s even got a wasp nest in the pickup cavity!

This ones comes with a story: the original owner smashed it to “prove he loves his family more than music.”

04/08/2022

Dispatches from the counter culture.

05/23/2020

Recently completed Reclaimed Redwood Tele with toasted maple neck. Built for Tonemaker Guitars.

01/26/2019

Who doesn’t love a good sawdust shower?

01/25/2019

Sometimes it all unravels.

12/31/2018

One last neck reset before we call it a year!

12/05/2018

How to capture a repairman’s heart: Wiring diagram printed on the shielding foil of the electronics cavity cover.

12/01/2018

Dear Statistician, please calculate the odds:
This Martin CEO7 took a fall and somehow seems to have absorbed the blow entirely on one fret, no other signs of damage.

01/21/2018

Four vintage Martins ready for new pickgaurds.

05/06/2017

Ouch! Early 1900s Gibson Mandolin

12/09/2015