Welcome to the original home of the "Freshwater" folk instrument. Our family-run company set in the Highlands of Scotland has been handcrafting a range of high quality string instruments for over 16 years; ranging from the mandolin to the mandocello.

Each instrument is made to the requirements of our customer, offering a choice of quality tone-woods and fittings.There are 14 different acoustic/electric instruments available with a choice of alternatives such as a larger box, different soundboard material and left-handed playing preference. We build Freshwater Instruments for customers here in the UK and many other countries.

Our most important policy here at Fretted Folk Musical Instruments, is to offer a good personal and friendly service to our customers, direct from the craftsman himself, and to produce a quality instrument at a price that will suit most peoples' pocket.

We hope you find something of interest at our site

One of our Octave Mandolin instruments in action!

Some more multimedia can be viewed here:
Vianne's Lullaby on a Freshwater Octave Mandolin Video
Deus Ganin (MP3)

"From the Craftsman's Hands to Your Own"