About me…

Music has always been my constant. No matter where I am or what Im doing I need music.
To listen to or create, doesn’t matter!
Becoming a guitar maker was never part of the plan leaving school 40 years ago. Its funny the way life throws you into a path you never saw coming, its even crazier when you realise its the path you were always meant to be on!

“Everything that has happened had to happen for you to be here now”
as the Buddhist saying goes… It’s true… and I wouldn’t change that for anything!

A fascination with the broken…

Somewhere down the line I developed a fascination the old, the beaten up and discarded, old and well used, stuff with stories to tell. Theres a certain ‘je ne sais quoi’ to it as the French would say, and in my case its with relics, the old and shoddy, stuff that looks like it been to hell and back! Stuff you can imagine a story behind. I can’t stand the look and feel of the modern ‘new’, it’s soulless I find. Im not knocking it, if that’s your thing that’s your thing! No judgement, its just not mine, I like weathered, I like beat up, I like used… I love old Levis on the brink of falling apart, rat rod motorcycles, sleeper custom cars in a vintage style and sheer originality, new dressed as old, all these things influence what I do… From a four string resonator made from a suitcase and reclaimed oak to a Custom Telecaster that looks like it was used by the Devil himself and back…

Do what you love… love what you do!

I love what I do, passionately. It’s one of the few times I can quieten my mind, focus, let everything else bleed away.

I can and do get lost in what Im doing, to an almost pathological fixation sometimes! Just ask the Boss indoors!

I guess Im just not cut out for the shit show that is the rat race! Which is another reason I do what I do! So if you want a unique custom guitar, made by a slightly weird, grumpy, stiff, mid fifties skateboarder who is the epitome of Generation X…? Then look no further.

Your dream guitar…

Ive made guitars for clients all over the world, from York to New York, Manchester to Maine, Lisbon to Lima, Perth to Paris and Birmingham, Alabama back to Birmingham West Midlands!

So, whether you're a seasoned musician searching for your perfect instrument or a budding artist hoping to find your melody, I invite you to embark on a musical journey with me. Together, let's create guitars that not only look and sound magnificent but also tell captivating stories of their own.
Your stories…

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