Repairs

Fretted Strings is a full-service shop for all your repair needs.

Throughout his decades of experience, Harrison Phipps has performed nearly every repair possible on all styles of acoustic and electric guitars, as well as on many other types of instruments.

Harrison has never yet turned away a repair request, even when he must invent new tools or methods to complete the job.

With every repair, we do our utmost to provide a standard of impeccable quality, while working within the financial means of our customers.

Please take advantage of our complimentary diagnosis for all instrument repairs. We will provide all options and prices, as well as our recommendation, up front.


The following are examples of typical repairs that we perform:

  • Fretwork
    • Fretboard re-finishing
    • Repair loose frets
    • Install and dress new frets
  • Basic fixes
    • Fix & finish cracks, dents, and scratches
    • Re-glue loose braces, bridges, fingerboards, etc.
    • Repair or replace nuts and/or saddles (bone or plastic)
    • Fix faulty tuning machines
  • Major fixes
    • Re-glue broken peghead
    • Reset the neck
    • Replace the bridge
  • Electronic work
    • Re-solder loose connections
    • Install or upgrade pick-ups (both electric and acoustic guitars)
    • Eliminate hum

Example Repairs:

1943 Martin  D-18. Step-by-step pinplate & bridge repair.
1943 Martin D-18: a unique pinplate, soundboard & bridge repair job.