Fretting Tools & Templates

Presenting our second-generation “GEN2” line of plastic fretting templates! A huge improvement over the original model, these templates are ¼ the thickness, include more template features, are nice and flexible, and best of all are...

This is a high-quality dovetail-style saw, perfect for cutting fret slots for standard fret wires that fit in a .023" slot. The blade has a .020" kerf and is 8" long with a steel reinforced ridge along the top - much like the more expensive fretting saws...

This is a handy fretting scale length template, with four separate fretboard templates showing fret placement for 24", 24.5", 25" and 25.5" scale lengths. That's just $1.75 per template! These are common guitar scale lengths, with probably the...

Finally, a low-cost, professional solution to achieving nice, straight fret slots! This miter box kit was designed by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker specifically to make it easy to cut nice, straight slots in your 1 1/2" wide cigar box guitar necks and...

This is a handy fretting scale length template, with four separate fretboard templates showing fret placement for 20", 21", 22.25" and 23" scale lengths. That's just $1.75 per template! These are common medium-sized instrument scale lengths,...

 The All-In-One Fretting Starter Kit:  Everything you need to set up your own fretting station in your shop! We've had many customers ask us for an all-in-one setup for fretting instruments, and we've put together a great deal that will save...

We've finally found a source for a decent luthier's file designed for dressing and rounding frets after installation. A two-sided file, this tool will help make the shaping of your frets a much easier task at a much lower price than other similar tools...

This is a beautiful, distinctive and extremely useful tool for finishing off your fret jobs on guitars, basses, banjos and other fretted instruments. This bevel file tool will give your fret ends a uniform 35-degree bevel, giving them that professional...

Finally, an affordable tool for cutting the ends of frets close to the fretboard. We've been searching for a long time for a tool like this and we're excited to offer it to all of the builders out there at a great price! These specially made nippers are...

These protector guards are perfect for helping to keep your fret board safe and unmarked while you file and polish individual frets ends. They are very thin and flexible stainless steel, so that they can be bent to straddle the fret ends to let you fully...

Finally, a low-cost, professional solution to achieving nice, straight fret slots! This miter box kit was designed by Ben "C. B. Gitty" Baker specifically to make it easy to cut nice, straight slots in larger (up to 2 1/2" wide) guitar necks and...

This easy-to use tool helps take the guesswork out of leveling your frets! Each tool has four flat edges of different lengths. Place one of these flat edges over three frets on your fretboard and rock it back and forth. If you feel some rocking, then...