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New Yamaha Neck

This Yamaha guitar came in with the headstock totally kaput! There was no possible way any glue or rods could keep this in place so the...

Our New Batch of Handcrafted Instruments

Here is a little gallery of the making of our new batch of handcrafted instruments. We have been working away hard and fast to get these...

Neck Carving

⚒⚒ NECK CARVING ⚒⚒ A painful part of instrument making but it's got to be done! As we are fully create all our instruments by hand...

Our Handmade Purflings & Bindings

Our handmade purfling and bindings 🎼 When you get an instrument made by us absolutely everything in it is handmade even down to our...

Our Handcrafted Bouzouki

The stunning handcrafted JMI Bouzouki all made to the customers entire design and spec. So here's all the details: ♦️ Exotic Ebony back &...

Thomas Buchanan 10 String Mandolin Soundboard Replacement

This lovely Mandolin was sent to us all the way from England to receive some major surgery by James. The owner of this mandolin wasn't...

The start of our Blog!!

So, we have just started to blog to try and keep everyone up to date on what goes on in our workshop every week. We will also try and up...

Martin Soundboard Replacement

** Martin Soundboard Replacement ** Lovely Martin guitar that had a slight accident resulting in the soundboard getting broken. It was...

Decal Replacement

Here we have a Fender Strat with the decal wearing away. It is quite common for these decals to wear away or easily scratch as they were...