Repairs

Welcome to the workshop. My customers come from a pretty wide catchment area, including Somerset, Wiltshire and the city of Bath, some twelve miles away. Business usually comes through word-of-mouth recommendation, and several local music shops send their customers my way.

I work on any kind of instrument with frets, (and some without), from valuable antique instruments to strange dusty things dragged down from the attic. I can tackle anything from a straightforward set-up, (however well an instrument plays straight out of the shop, it can usually be persuaded to play even better, with a set-up geared to your own particular style of playing , string gauges, etc.), through re-frets, neck and headstock breaks, new bridges, cracks, refinishing, electronic overhauls, pickup installation and so on, to complete rebuilds.

I know some makers get frustrated about having to do repairs, but, as long as I still have time to build instruments, every guitar that comes in for repair teaches me a little more about what works, and what doesn`t - useful knowledge when it comes to my own designs.

If you have an instrument you`d like repaired, you can e-mail me the details, phone or write, (see Contact page). Although I can`t always quote a definite price without seeing what needs doing, I can often give a rough estimate.

Customers are often surprised to find out just what can be fixed - you don`t necessarily have to write off that smashed, but much loved instrument, but if you are throwing something away, throw it at me, I can use the bits!