Frets.com?

[Jonathan Lee]

Hi Frank, Hi All others on this site,

I hope you're doing well during these strange times.

Jonathan Lee here (CFox Guitars, Walden Guitars, and other guitar related roles ...).

I'm wondering about the past / future of Frets.com ... I periodically visit that site and see it as an incredible contribution and resource to the guitar building / repair community (all praise to Frank Ford). The site has been down for some time.

If Frets.com is not coming back (as I know it costs money to maintain a website), in the past, one could purchase a CD (I purchased one many, many moons ago, now lost to the winds) ... If Frets.com is not coming back, is the info still available as a download or archived site?

Be well. Be safe. Be in health.

Respectfully,

Jonathan Lee

[Frank Ford]

Jonathan  -

It's been a while. . . 

Far as I know, it hasn't gone anywhere, and FRETS.COM is still up and running, although it's an archive these days.   No plans to take it down!

Frank

[Jonathan Lee]

Hello Maestro,

Indeed it has been a while. Indeed quite a few years that took me from CFOX to Walden, a move up to Portland, Oregon, to Breedlove to Washburn, and now back to Walden Guitars.

I hope and trust that you are in good health and happiness :-)

I am so glad to hear you have no plans to take FRETS.COM down - it's really such a valuable resource and I find myself frequently thankful for your contribution (as well as allowing me to take a walk through memory lane periodically and visit the old CFOX shop).

The FRETS.COM site can't be accessed at the moment (up here in Portland, OR) and I am wondering if the site is still up down there in S. SF. (not that location should matter).

Very strange.

Anyway, thanks for getting back to me!

Be well,

Jonathan Lee 

[Mike Kolb]

I'm in Portland myself, Jonathan... the site seems to be accessible just fine.

[Jonathan Lee]

Thank you. think it's on my side ... can't access through wifi but *can* via phone LTE. weird as we're in USA and not China [grins].

[Carl Dickinson]

Just checked and it works fine for me.

[Jonathan Lee]

Thank you. Seems it's on my side ... computer through wifi can not access Frets.com but my phone through LTE can access it just fine. strange.

[Thomas James]

Website ripping software can copy a site onto you computer for offline viewing.

[Jonathan Lee]

Thank you. Going to look into it. Franks Compendium of Stories, visits, lore, and repairs is Gold and should never be lost.

[Dave Domizi]

Also, I’m not sure if Frank still does this, but in the past if you were to contribute $50 to his efforts he would send you a CDR of the info on the site. Perhaps the greatest cost-benefit ratio available for education in the field, a nice way to support and say thank you, and great way to have the info permanently available to you.

[Jonathan Lee]

Yes, in the past, I contributed and (grins) *somewhere* still have the CDR. I'd "buy it again" in support to be able to archive this most valuable of resources now too - but it'd need to be in a different format as the CD drive has gone the way of the Lute :)