Portland Fret Works

In Portland, Portland Fret Works is a shop for repair, restoration, and construction of fretted instruments. It works on acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, ukuleles, and other fretted instruments. Services include restringing and tuning, setups, fret leveling and refrets, crack repair, finish touch-ups, and refinishing. The shop also handles electronics diagnosis, custom wiring, hardware replacement, neck resets, acoustic amplification, custom inlay, and banjo head replacement. More extensive projects include structural damage repair and custom instrument design and construction. Work ranges from simple maintenance to modifications and restoration of vintage instruments. Portland Fret Works is a factory-authorized warranty repair center for CF Martin, Taylor, Fender, Guild, and Jackson. The shop is on the second floor; staff can meet customers at street level or curbside if stairs are difficult.