So
you're a guitar Geek! We know you are 'cause you're
here aren'tcha? Ahuh! Sprung! Well, since you've gotten this
far, maybe we should tell you a little about what we do...
I'm John, the proud owner of The Guitar Repairers. I made my first solid body electric guitar as a woodwork project back when I was a just a boy. We left-handed kids were always disadvantaged compared to you little right handed brats; the motivation for my first foray into luthiery was one of need, rather than the unforeseen and infinite fountain of untapped riches that you will see before you today.
Throughout my twenties I gigged both full time and part time. I played this right hand / left hand Hendrix inspired monster (see picture) in the vain hope that the spirit of the almighty would imbue my body and mind thus transforming my rather geekish appearance and playing style into that of a golden god. During this time I also found an irresistible urge to buy all that was old and cool. Badges, lamps, furniture.. oh! and guitars. Lots of guitars!
So, fast-forward, the year is 2001. After 12 years working selling and repairing guitars I thought it was time to get the 'freak' out and create the shop that I had always dreamed of owning. I knew there had to be others whom were lets say “unique” in their taste and appreciation of beautifully restored instruments from some of the golden eras of music. I have been very lucky and very much humbled by the talent and passion of my lads Luke, Matthew and young Andy. This passion can be seen in our work. Our oldest guitar is dated 1870 and we have everything in between. Our mission is to restore, preserve and improve where we can. Whatever!
Our goals are simple:
1. To offer the very best repair and restoration work within
the shortest turnaround time and still be realistic in our pricing policies.
2. To offer quality restored and refurbished guitars (acoustic and electric), mandolins, ukuleles, banjos and other stringed surprises. All at realistic prices.
To this end when you browse our site please note that all our instruments have been set up in our workshop and any repairs (eg fret work, finishing etc) are all taken care of.
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