10/30/2025
Clipping every fret to the exact length and then clipping two notches for bound boards in every fret is a tedious part of the fret process that takes time we could use better on the rest of the process. It’s also 60 clips for each guitar with accompanying extra filing. It’s hard on the hands. That accumulative fatigue adds up over the years. Good thing we’ve got the Mighty Greg. I asked him if he could make us a machine that cuts each fret to its particular length AND cuts the tang notches at the same time. And Greg said, “ah well Matt… I could try.”And here we are, after many miles of intrepid machining and programming, and Greg is buttoning up the Fret Cutter. It clips a set of frets to length along with the notches for the tang in a minute and a half. 🎶 “Parker