Professional setup
Your guitar optimised for how you actually play: neck, bridge and nut dialled to your style and string gauge, not a generic spec.
- Acoustic / classical / bass
- Fixed, tremolo & Bigsby
- Re-string from £25
from £70
Professional guitar setup & repair
Your guitar, set up to play its best.
Fret & Nut is the Somerset workshop of Galloup-trained luthier Andy Wakefield Hann. Setups, fretwork, nuts, saddles and electrical repairs for acoustic and electric instruments, done by hand.
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Trusted by working musicians and guitar techs, including Tom Toomey of The Zombies and Justin Garrick, guitar tech for Florence and the Machine.
Repair services
Everything your guitar needs, on one bench
From a quick re-string to a full refret. Bring the instrument in for a free workbench assessment and you will get a clear, itemised quote before any work begins.
Fretwork & refrets
Fret dressing, partial and complete refrets using an Erlewine Neck Jig for accurate, stable fret and fingerboard work.
- Fret dressing + setup
- Partial refret from £15/fret
- Bound & unbound necks
dress from £160
Nuts & saddles
Custom hand-cut bone nuts and saddles, pre-slotted fits and shims, voiced and shaped to the individual instrument.
- Custom bone nuts
- Traditional & B-bump saddles
- Nut + setup bundles
from £50
Pickups & wiring
Pickup replacement, rewiring, switches, pots, capacitors, output jacks and tuner replacement, done cleanly and tested.
- Pickup swaps
- Full rewiring from £80
- Tuner replacement
from £25
Free bench assessment
Bring the instrument in for a full workbench examination. Assessments and advice are free of charge and without obligation.
- No-obligation quote
- Issues discussed up front
- Card, cash or bank transfer
Free
Consignment sales
A consignment service for quality vintage and newer instruments at a competitive commission rate. All stock checked and serviced.
- Vintage & quality gear
- Checked & serviced first
- Stock revalidates regularly
By arrangement
Prices shown are captured from the official Fret & Nut price list and are indicative. Strings are excluded unless supplied separately. Always confirm the current price when you book.
Recent work
Real repairs, real instruments
A selection from the workshop: refrets, acoustic bridge work, vintage restorations and setups across acoustic, electric and archtop guitars.
Les Paul Custom fretwork
Guild bridge & setup
Rickenbacker detail work
Vintage Martin ukulele
Semi-hollow setup
On the bench
See more repair write-ups. Andy documents restoration and repair work on the Fret & Nut blog, including Les Paul refrets, Guild acoustic repairs and a full vintage Martin ukulele restoration.
Why Fret & Nut
A luthier who trained for this, and nothing else
Andy Wakefield Hann left a corporate career to study guitar making and repair full-time at the Galloup School in Michigan, completing the intensive six-month Masters Course. Fret & Nut has been his workshop since 2019.
Galloup School trained
Completed the six-month Masters Course at the Galloup School of Guitar Making and Repair in Michigan, USA.
Vintage instrument specialist
More than 20 years studying vintage Fender, Gibson, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, Guild, Martin and Epiphone instruments.
Erlewine Neck Jig fretwork
Specialist jig for accurate fret dressing and refrets, so the fingerboard stays true under string tension.
Free, honest assessment
Bench assessments are free and without obligation. You get an itemised quote up front and unforeseen issues are discussed before any extra work starts.
Contact & directions
Book a free bench assessment
Call or email to arrange a visit. The workshop is open by appointment at Flax Drayton Farm, just south of the A303 near South Petherton.
Telephone 07732 074088
Email info@fretandnut.co.uk
Workshop (by appointment) The Engine Room, Flax Drayton Farm,
Drayton, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5LR
Drayton, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5LR
Easy to reach: about half a mile south of the A303. Roughly 5 miles from Crewkerne and Ilminster, 10 miles from Yeovil and 16 miles from Taunton. The workshop is the third door on the left as you enter the farmyard.
