Fretted Strings is a full-service lutherie shop:
- We repair all fretted instruments
- We do complete restorations on vintage fretted instruments
- And we custom build guitars and ukuleles
Examples of Repair & Restoration Work:
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- Removing old frets
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- Re-finishing fretboard
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- Newly installed & dressed frets
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- Patched soundboard of upright bass
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- Upright bass body
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- Gluing patched soundboard onto body
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- Added support braces to mandolin
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- Crack in bridge on parlor guitar
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- Gluing cracked bridge
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- Cleaning dovetail joint for neck re-set
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- Loose back and binding on lower bout
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- Gluing cracks closed
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- Common problem: loose bridge
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- Re-braced Harmony guitar
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- Final sanding on new neck
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- First coat of french polished shellac
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- French polishing guitar body