Franfret Handmade Guitars is the idea of ​​a guitarist to make high quality electric guitars and basses, handmade and that fit your needs with a unique character and personality ”.
“I have always been surrounded by music and especially guitar, being the passion to design, develop and create these instruments which has led me to be constantly evolving, improving and developing new techniques to achieve the best results.

• 2009 Franfret Handmade Guitars opens its workshop with the Artisan license nº3854 granted by the Xunta De Galicia, the license nº777 of the “Galicia Calidade” brand and is a member of the Galician Association of Arts (AGA).
• 2011 First guitar manufactured for Brothers In Band (Tribute to Dire Straits) and I started working as his guitar technician.
• 2013 During my trip to Finland I meet Juha Ruokangas and he speaks to me for the first time about the EGB (European Guitar Builders), later he would be the first Spanish Luthier to be part of the association as a full member.
• 2014 Franfret Guitars wins the “Antonio Fraguas” Craft Prize with the “Rocket Ride” model and we are part of the first Holy Grail Guitar Show in Berlin.
• 2015 First meeting to create LUCE (Association of Contemporary Luthieres), being a founding member and treasurer.
• 2016 We participate in the Fuzz Festival in Gothenburg.
• 2018 We were part of the organization of the first Luthier Guitar Show in Madrid where our Zeltia and Queen of Hearts models had incredible acceptance.

* All the woods used in the workshop are purchased with the FSC certificate (www.es.fsc.org) to guarantee the responsible use of our forests as well as their sustainability.

Fran Rodríguez