Recent Work

A few months ago a friend of mine, Nishi Sharma, film maker and event photographer, asked if he could make a short film about my journey from fire-fighter to guitar maker. Nishi loves to tell stories through film making and I am really pleased with how Nishi has told my story. I am also grateful […]

Having recently created a post about shielding a Telecaster I though I would do one about shielding a Stratocaster. In this post I will explain what can be done to greatly reduce or even eliminate that annoying hum that we associate with single coil guitars, particularly Stratocasters. Why do electric guitars hum or buzz and […]

How I got involved Last summer I was contacted by the production company for the BBC The Repair Shop programme. They were seeking advice about the restoration of a 1966 Fender Jazz bass. I initially thought they might pass that information onto their own in-house restorers. But much to my surprise I was contacted a […]

Shielding a Telecaster is a relatively straightforward procedure. But why do we need to do it and what are the benefits of doing so? You could also ask why it is that Fender don’t routinely shield all Telecasters and Stratocasters? If we look at this Telecaster we can see that there is no shielding in […]

How do Fender truss rod nuts become damaged? Removing a damaged Fender truss rod nut is not the easiest of tasks. But this job turned out to be a lot harder than I expected. A customer came to me with a USA made Telecaster that appeared to have a rounded over or stripped truss rod […]

The project Every now and then a project comes along that is quite different and presents me with a fresh set of challenges. So I was interested when in mid-2017 I was approach by Sal Ormandji, a saz player, about building a solid body electric saz. To be honest, I didn’t know what a saz […]

I was recently asked to fit a pickup on a gypsy guitar. I haven’t done this before and it is quite a different process compared with fitting a pickup in an acoustic guitar. The whole of the bridge has to be replaced as the pickup is contained within the bridge unit. The bridge fitted to […]

Love the guitar but string height too high? This is a pretty common problem with acoustic guitars, particularly older ones. This Guild acoustic is actually my own guitar and I have had it since new. It is a great guitar and I have always loved the rich middle and bottom presence that it has. But […]

This beautiful and unique Flame F1 Quilted Maple Custom guitar now for sale. If you go to my STOCK page you can find out more about this guitar, see a full specification and view a set of pictures. Price: £2,650 including hard case If you are interested in purchasing this guitar please CONTACT ME. If […]

Just a reminder that that the London International Guitar Show takes place this Sunday, 28th October, at Kempton Park racecourse. Doors open at 10am. £10 entry price and free parking. 160 exhibitors and live music from Thomas Blug, Aziz Ibrahim and the Phil Harris Band This is the 3rd year for this show and it […]