New Workshop

Hi all.
New beginnings for 2011. I've just moved into a new workshop in conjunction with Racket Studios in Cleator Moor, Cumbria. A more friendly and inviting place you wont find. It has already been very beneficial for me as I am steadily getting more and more guitar set-ups and repairs which is good news indeed. Hopefully I can be of equal benefit to Rowell and Lena of Racket.

Here's to a good New Year.

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24th February 2010

It took longer than I thought to get back into the workshop - over a month - but I'm now back in and looking forward to tackling more guitar orders.

13 January 2010

Disaster nearly struck!  Due to the harsh weather conditions we've been having in Cumbria recently, the water pipes above the workshop burst and caused a flood.   Luckily the damage was not as bad as we first thought, and after a sweep out the workshop should be back to nornmal within a few days.

28 December 2009

I have been itching to get back into the workshop after Christmas and I've just started making another guitar similar to the last one, but with Indian rosewood back and sides. 

23 Decmeber 2009

The cocobolo guitar with a Venetian cutaway has been delivered to the customer in time for Christmas.  It was a huge success and the customer likened the sound to his top of the range Santa Cruz.

17 November 2009

I am currently working on a small-bodied guitar with a venetian cutaway.  The back and sides are cocobolo with a bear-claw spruce top.  The customer provided bell brass bridge pins, which should provide a beautiful constrast to the ebony fingerboard, heel-plate and headstock.