Stumptown Stringworks provides professional guitar repair, setup, and maintenance for electric and acoustic instruments. Every instrument receives focused bench time and clear communication before work begins.

Guitar Repair & Setup in Portland, Oregon

  • What to Expect

    Clear estimate before work begins

    Honest recommendations

    No unnecessary upsells

    Turnaround times discussed in advance

    Book online to schedule your service.

  • Setup & Seasonal Adjustment

    A professional setup improves playability, tuning stability, and overall feel.

    Includes:

    Restringing, truss rod adjustment, action adjustment, nut slot evaluation, intonation, balance tremolo, adjust pickups, tighten hardware, clean and oil fingerboard, polish guitar and frets, replace battery.

    Acoustic or Electric - $65 +Cost of Strings

    Floating Tremolo + $25

    Ideal for seasonal changes, new string gauges, or dialing in performance.

  • Fretwork

    Fretwork can make all the difference in how your instrument plays and feels. I can level and recrown your existing frets or if needed, refret your instrument using your preferred size and type of fret wire.

    Services include:

    Fret Level $90 - Level, Crown & Polish

    Refret $280 - Remove existing frets, re-plane and dress fingerboard, glue and press in new frets, dress ends, level, crown and polish.

  • Electronics Repair

    Clear, reliable signal path for electric instruments.

    Pickup installation

    Potentiometer and switch replacement

    Jack repair

    Wiring troubleshooting

    $65 per Hour

    *Because of reliability issues, we do not accept or use any customer-supplied wiring parts other than pickups.*

  • Nut & Saddle

    The foundation of tone and feel.
    This is one of the simplest—and most transformative—upgrades you can make. Proper spacing, height, and material bring better tone, sustain, tuning stability, and feel.

    every nut or saddle is handmade in the shop & custom fit for your instrument.

    Nut or Saddle $65

  • Hardware Installation

    Precision installation for stability and performance.

    Tuners

    Bridges and saddles

    Strap buttons

    Pickguards

    Custom hardware upgrades

    $65 per Hour