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About Ferrite Row

A card table, a soldering iron and a long waiting list.

Ferrite Row began as a Sunday-market stall where one technician fixed amplifiers while customers watched. The bench is still the heart of the shop, and everything else on the floor exists because someone brought a broken thing to it.

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How we run the floor

Four habits that the whole staff, from the weekend help to the owner, keeps to.

We test before we sell

Every open-box and refurbished item goes through a written checklist: ports, battery cycle count, speaker sweep, dead-pixel pass. The sheet is stapled to the bag.

We print the real specification

Shelf tags carry the numbers that matter, such as impedance, sensor size and storage type, instead of adjectives like 'pro' or 'ultra'.

We tell you when not to buy

If a forty-dollar part solves the problem, that is the quote you get. Staff are paid on customer return visits, never on basket size.

We teach at the bench

Saturday mornings are free soldering clinics for anyone who owns a broken cable and a bit of curiosity. Irons and flux are on us.

From Sunday stall to Ankeny Street

The short version of how a table of mended amplifiers turned into a shop with a payroll.

  1. Year one

    The folding table · Portland Sunday Market

    Dana Whitfield repairs guitar amps and turntables for walk-ups, charging for parts only and keeping a spiral notebook of every fix.

  2. Year three

    A back room on Division · Shared workshop

    The notebook becomes a parts inventory. Recording students start bringing interfaces, and the first refurbished laptop line begins.

  3. Year six

    The Ankeny Street storefront · Current shop

    The shop doubles its floor, adds the listening booth and hires its first three full-time technicians.

The people at the bench

Staff you will actually talk to, most of whom own the gear they recommend.

  • Dana WhitfieldFounder and head technician
  • Sol AbernathyAudio buyer
  • Imani ColeCamera and lens specialist
  • Ruben SzaboRefurbished computing lead

Stop by on a Saturday.

The free soldering clinic runs from ten until noon, and the kettle is always on.

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