Fiddlin’ Red’s Music brings over 40 years of stringed instrument restoration expertise to Sandpoint’s music community. Founded by Red Simpson, a self-taught musician who started playing guitar at age 12, the shop has spent more than 50 years preserving American frontier musical traditions through quality craftsmanship.

Operating inside the Music Conservatory of Sandpoint, this full-service guitar repair shop specializes in vintage guitar work alongside repairs for mandolins, violins, banjos, and ukuleles. Red’s deep understanding of traditional instruments and playing styles‚from ragtime finger-picking to slide-style blues‚informs his meticulous approach to instrument repair and setup work.

The shop handles everything from basic guitar setups and fretwork to complete instrument restoration projects. As both a luthier and experienced guitar tech, Red combines historical knowledge with hands-on repair skills developed over decades of working with stringed instruments. His expertise extends across multiple traditional instruments, giving him unique insight into the specific needs of acoustic guitars, banjos, fiddles, and other vintage pieces that come through his workshop.