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Stories
Here is a selection of tales from the workshop related to guitar making & repairs
You can also find the stories of some of the brilliant & talented people who own and play my guitars


Launching 'Workshop Sessions' on my YouTube channel
Workshop Sessions has been something I have been wanting to do for a while, essentially the idea is I get musicians, songwriters, guitarists, artists in to play a tune or 2 on one of my guitars. I then film and record the wee session and then post the video on socials. That is it really. I acquired some recording kit 2nd hand, pretty good kit. I have a good camera already. So It is live, my YouTube channel now has 'Workshop Sessions' as a playlist and I have some videos up a
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Classical Guitar Retreat 2024 Competition Winner - Eugen Treichel
What a privilege it was to be involved in this years Classical Guitar Retreat, a massive thank you to Matthew McAllister for including...
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Classical Guitar Retreat, Competition and Interview with Matthew McAllister
The brilliant Scottish Classical Guitarist Matthew McAllister (lecturer at the Royal Conservatoire in Glasgow), who runs the Classical...
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Rob Martino
Rob is more known for his work with the wonderfully interesting instrument the 'Chapman Stick'. Which is a very technical multi stringed ...
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Brian Nicholson
Brian is well known in the Scottish, Shetland and international folk scene, he is originally from the Shetland isles but has now settled in East Lothian not far from my workshop. He now offers personal tuition in the local area. He has been a long term supporter of myself & advisor, I've repaired and done various services on his many guitars. I am now thrilled to say he owns one of my Classical guitars, which I am led to believe is now his main playing guitar, he told me his
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Corey Dodds
Corey is a very talented young musician (only 18), he owns a wonderful Classical Guitar I made, using some very unique woods. Zebrano...
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Fraser Fulton
Fraser Fulton - a long time friend of mine and brilliant guitar player. He actually owns one of the first guitars I made, it was the...
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