fret file
Skip it51/100a small market ($206K/yr) — fret file doesn't clear our bar today.
Market/yr
$206K
Growth (1y)
+152.5%
Products
33
Brands
21
was 32 a year ago
Sellers
26
Price range
$4.62–$109.35
Returns
1.3%
Rating
4.5★
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Scored 51/100 across market size, growth, competition, quality gap, and returns.
Demand
Weekly Amazon search volume, last 104 weeks — +152.5% year over year.Seasonality
Monthly demand index across the year — 1.00 is average.Peak months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Dec · busiest ÷ quietest = 2.7×
Competition
- StewMac20%
- Vacaboro17%
- MAILADA9%
- MusicNomad9%
- Xioysnil8%
- Metallor8%
- Other (15 brands)29%
The top 5 products take 46% of clicks — established leaders, but buyers still shop beyond them. 21 brands and 26 sellers compete here.
Brands
21 falling
was 32 a year ago
Sellers
26
Top 5 brand share
63%
Product shelf
All 33 tracked products in this niche.
StewMac Fret End Dressing File - Safely Fix Sharp Guitar Frets & Fret Sprout Fast - For Rounding Shaping and Smoothing Frets - Professional Luthier Guitar Repair Tool - (1175)
StewMac
$27.084.8★1,879 reviews
Guitar Fret Crowning File Dual Side Fret Crowning Tool Files Fret polishing kit Luthier Tools Professional High Carbon Steel Design for Electric Acoustic Bass Guitar
MAILADA
$20.484.4★194 reviews
Xioysnil 2PCS Fret End Dressing File - Guitar Fret File for Luthiers & DIY Professional Rounding Shaping Deburring Tool to Fix Sharp Frets & Fret Sprout - Works on All Guitar Frets (Luthier Tools)
Xioysnil
$4.624.4★230 reviews
Guitar Fret File Double-Side Fret Crowning File Professional High Carbon Steel Design Fret File for Electric Acoustic and Bass Guitars - MD LG XL Frets with Clean brush
Vacaboro
$17.774.4★347 reviews
Metallor Guitar Fret Crowning Files Dual Sized Compact Fret Dressing File for Standard Guitar Frets with Coarse and Fine Cutting Edges Rubber Grip Guitar Luthiers Tools Repair Tools. (2mm-Medium)
Metallor
$20.594.4★84 reviews
MusicNomad MN850 Diamond Coated Safe Zone Guitar Fret Crowning File & Luthier Tool (S-File)
MusicNomad
$84.094.7★354 reviews
FretGuru SharkFin Guitar Fret Crowning File | Professional Luthier Fret File | Top-Down Ergonomic Control | D.I.A. Geometry | Razor-Thin Crowns for Guitar & Bass Frets | MD/LG/XL
FretGuru
$59.584.5★12 reviews
Fret End Dressing File Fix Sharp Guitar Fret Ends - Professional Luthier Tool - Double-Side Fret File - Fret Crowning File For Rounding Shaping and Deburring Works on All Frets with Clean Brush
Vacaboro
$16.824.5★268 reviews
Reviews
What buyers praise and complain about, mined from review topics.What buyers love
“This is a good quality quality tool works great”
“Good value for money”
“It does a great job of crowning frets after a complete fret level”
“Easy to use”
“Works as advertised”
“Super comfy”
“effective fret work”
“No sharp frets now”
“The micro finish pads seem durable”
“fits my hand well”
What buyers complain about
“Expensive”
“A horrible, nearly unusable and unforgivable piece of garbage”
“I wouldn't call it quick or easy”
“bad screw fit”
“this file has wrecked my frets”
“damage/scuff your work”
“Its made of really cheap pot metal that wouldnt file wood much less metal frets”
“There may be better descriptions online”
“It is very rigid”
“Can't screw up”
Top return reasons
- Advertised Vs Actual Product21%
- Functionality-Overall18%
- Size-Overall17%
- Defective Material/Parts12%
- Quality-Overall6%
- Value For Money5%
- Product Condition5%
- Wood Quality3%
- Tune Retention1%
- Mechanism Issues1%