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Handheld Fret Press

Sale price $108.99 Regular price ~~$119.00~~

The Handheld Fret Press is a convenient, professional tool designed to make fret installation easier and more controlled. Compared with traditional pressing methods, its handheld design gives you better control over the pressure applied when seating frets, helping you achieve consistent and accurate results.

The jaw opening is easily adjusted using the thumbwheel at the end of the tool, with enough capacity to accommodate virtually any guitar or bass neck. The upper jaw features a self-leveling fret press caul, allowing it to align naturally with the fret during pressing for more even pressure.

The sliding neck support is made from durable white plastic and includes a protective pad to help prevent marks or damage to the neck. Neck supports can be changed quickly and easily using the quick-release pin.

This tool includes four interchangeable neck supports:

Standard Support – for most guitar and bass necks
Flat Support – designed for pressing frets near the neck heel
Wide Support – ideal for wider classical guitar necks
Narrow Support – designed for ukulele, mandolin, banjo, and other narrow necks

We also offer a package option that includes a complete set of interchangeable fret press inserts, giving you additional flexibility for different fretboard radii. Please refer to the product images and option details when making your selection.

Overall length: approximately 12.5 in. (320 mm)

Shipping & Return

Shipping

We offer free standard shipping on most orders and strive to deliver your products as quickly and reliably as possible.

Order Processing

Orders are typically processed within 1–2 business days.
You will receive an order confirmation email after placing your order.
Once your order ships, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking information.

United States Shipping

We offer FREE standard shipping on all US orders, shipped directly from our US warehouse.

Shipping Cost: FREE
Estimated Delivery: 3–7 business days
Carriers: USPS, FedEx, UPS, GOFO, SpeedX, and other trusted shipping providers.

International Shipping

We ship worldwide from our international warehouse. Standard shipping is FREE for most international orders.

Standard Shipping – Estimated Delivery

Destination	Estimated Delivery
United Kingdom	8–12 business days
Australia & Canada	10–15 business days
Western Europe	12–18 business days
Other European Countries	15–20 business days
Other Destinations	15–30 business days

Expedited Shipping: Available for an additional fee, with estimated delivery in 7–10 business days. Shipping costs are calculated at checkout.

Return

If for any reason you are not satisfied with your purchase from us and wish to return it for a refund, we accept returns up to 30 days after delivery. To start a return or you have any return question, please contact us.

Damages and issues
Please contact us if the item is defective, damaged or if you receive the wrong item, we will arrange a refund or exchange.

Questions?

If you have any questions about shipping or your order, please contact us or email info@elmerguitar.com. We're always happy to help!

Reviews

Absolutely worth it

Does everything it should. The build quality is great and I would expect anyone who uses it to do so for a long while. At 1/3 the cost of the similar one sold by Stew Mac, there’s no reason not to purchase this none instead. A word of warning: if you plan to use this on a guitar with a set neck, you will run into issues around the heel joint.

Good quality

So far this seems to work really good. For the money and easy to set up and use it is going to be a worth while purchase.

Works amazingly well!

I'm not a professional luthier I just like to work on my own gear. I just started re-fretting one of my projects that has been sitting for a couple years, and this is removing most of the stress of setting the frets. It is going to save me a lot of time in the process. Tool is easy to use with minimal learning curve. The radiused caul inserts are very accurate and made the setting quickly.
I would recommend this tool to any amateurs out there looking to do their own work.

Good Tool

I've needed one of these and this unit does not disappoint. I had a caul that mounts into a drill press but the added flexibility of a handheld unit is critical, especially on refrets of existing guitars versus new builds. Probably should have bought one of these first.

Excellent!

I needed a for Mexican Jazz Bass from 2004. Did a complete fret job, but before that i had to glue the frets down. It was super simple. Worked Great! Now it's like having a new guitar.