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I have been building guitars for about 7 years.I took up the challenge as a hobby, after a serious illness forced me to stop work after 35 years with one company. I learnt electronics skills from a local company, with carpentry skills from youth.

Hand built Telecasters, Stratocasters, refurbished and modified guitars. I build commissions, and enjoy replicating high end signature models. I specialise in high class electronics, and experiment in many ways in a search for that special tone. I enjoy replicating exactly, reference quality guitar electronics.

Mainly guitar components, from Uk and Abroad. Much of my compnonents have to be imported from the USA, and, what with the weakness of the £, profit is low, so my main motivation is the enjoyment of building guitars that sound, and look a bit special.

Guitars, Koi carp, big fish pictures of my own catches, particularly pike and Tench. Rare, and often old, guitar parts and components.

English, French

Guitar building, Fishing, Creating train layouts, gardening, reading.

Tolkein, Michael Connelly, Patterson, Sampson, Childs, Brooks, Roeg, and Follet.

Westerns, (Tombstone, Once upon Time in the West, Lawman) Detective Drama/Thrillers (LA Confidential, Jennifer 8)

Shadows/Marvin, Cathis Ord, Spotnicks, Mark Knopfler, Danny Gatton, Albert Lee and Jeff Beck. Eric Johnson. (I am building an exact replica of his stratocaster right now).

35 years with W H Smith, dedicated modeller for many years.