Welcome to the home of Parnell Guitars. At my workshop in Frome, Somerset, I build a range of instruments, including guitars, mandolins, octave mandolins and bouzoukis, and offer a full, professional repair service for all fretted instruments.

I`ve been making guitars since 1991, when I began three years' study with Mike Hobbs, at the Musical Instrument Technology Department of Merton College in South London. Mike`s calm teaching gave me a good grounding in the techniques of hand building and all manner of repair work. An inspirational meeting with the late Richard Schneider at the Bath Guitar Festival encouraged me to go it alone, and to start exploring my own designs.

Do browse around the site - it's not an extensive catalogue as such, but should give you an idea of the way I work. There's also some information about some of the other things I get up to, and some useful links.

Thanks for dropping in...................