Wolf Tree Guitars brings together decades of craftsmanship experience to serve Portland’s fretted instrument community. Owner and luthier behind the operation spent ten years running Wilson Woodworks, building custom furniture and honing an obsessive attention to detail‚skills that translate directly to precision guitar repair and setup work.

The shop handles the full spectrum of instrument repair services, from basic restrings and expert setups to complex neck resets and complete rewiring jobs. Beyond repair work, Wolf Tree Guitars specializes in custom boutique guitar builds, crafting unique instruments that reflect each player’s vision and needs.

Their expertise extends across multiple instrument types including guitar, bass, lap steel, mandolin, banjo, and various folk instruments‚both fretted and fretless models. This breadth of knowledge comes from a lifetime of musicianship spanning punk, hardcore, metal, jazz, classical, and bluegrass.

The transition from professional culinary work to woodworking to lutherie created an unusual skill set: restaurant-trained precision combined with furniture-building craftsmanship, all applied to fretwork and instrument restoration. It’s this multidisciplinary background that allows Wolf Tree Guitars to tackle everything from routine maintenance to bringing damaged instruments back to life.