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A rough guide to my beginnings:

When I started playing the guitar way back in the 70's I used to long for one of those used by my guitar heroes of the time (Hendrix and Page). Unfortunately for me, my parents couldn't afford to buy me my dream guitar and so all I got instead was an acoustic one with nylon strings (which I quickly replaced for metal ones). One of my cousins had a portable record player that at some point I discovered could be used as an amp by pressing the pickup section against the bridge of the guitar, the sound that came out was somewhat distorted which made it more fun. This is the way I basically started. But my first real electric guitar was a second hand one, which my mother bought for me from one of the local club bands. It was a very old fashioned Kent probably made in Japan, with very weak pickups and full of buttons and knobs that didn't seem to do a lot.

Eventually, after many years of struggle I managed to buy myself both of my dream guitars. A Gibson Les Paul Custom and a Fender Stratocaster. It was only then that I realized that they were not what I expected them to be at all, and that my desire for these instruments had been just a build up based on advertising and seeing too many musicians using them. In other words, I had been brainwashed.

Over the years I have owned many different guitars from different manufacturers, but in the end the only guitar that I kept longer than any other after deciding it wasn't for me, was my first Strat. I guess part of it was the emotional attachment I feel to it since it was the very first guitar I ever bought with my own hard earned cash. As I grew older I realised that an instrument is more like an extension of your own personality, something that is part of you and for it to feel right to your way of playing, it has to fit you like a worn and cosy glove. Thus the reason I built my own versions of a Strat and a Les Paul which you can see in the photo above.

Of course, we humans are very able to adapt to anything, in fact one could get used to playing a log with barbed wire strings; however, the catch is that one will never be able to play as good as those lucky enough that manage to find their "right glove" within the ones offered by the current manufacturers. Some might offer certain qualities you like, but they might also include aspects you are not that keen upon. And then again, even same production runs don't produce the same standard of quality in all their instruments. There are too many variants, wood, hardware, electronics, pickups, workmanship, etc. But there is also the human karma attached to everything we do and create. You might not believe in this kind of alternative reality, but I am sure that even if you think this is just a load of "mumbo jumbo", you are still able to see and feel the difference between something made by machines and something handcrafted by a human being. At present the trend is to be able to buy all our consumer products in the cheapest possible way and musical instruments are not the exemption. However, the consequences of this dreadful trend is that we are helping to create this horrible world where people in poor countries have become our slaves, working for miserable wages that only keep them alive to be able to continue the next day. Sadly, this cycle of exploitation will continue for as long as we the consumers make it possible. Here is an example: Nowadays, you can buy an electric guitar made in the far East for as little as US$200 retail price in any country; but what you need to realise is that from this amount everyone in the chain takes their own cut (quite a big one as well); the shop you buy it from, the companies that imported the instruments, governments (imports and export duties), then there is the shipping costs, the company that manufactures them and finally the little guy doing the work. How is this possible? You may ask. Well, the answer is this: There are two losers in this current state of affairs, the little slave guy working at the factory for almost nothing and the people that buy the instruments. Of course, the cruel reality is that you only get what you pay for and since most of the money you pay is being pocketed by the big fish, very little is left to invest in the quality of the components used i.e. wood, hardware, pickups and electronics. Most of the expenditure seems to go into the finish; they look great! But that's just about all. The truth is that anything made by an unhappy human being will have that particular imprint in itself, which will be (willing or unwillingly) transferred to the person that finally owns that particular item.

For all these reasons and because I really love building guitars, I started my own guitar-building company in the UK. But not just out of the blue, because some years ago I worked for a guitar builder based in California (James Tyler) where I gained a lot of knowledge and experience about the subject, especially from one of my colleagues and good friend (Sam Simpson) who had spent years working for Gibson in Nashville. The best part of having my own business is that I am building my instruments the way I believe they should be built, applying the best building techniques normally associated with high quality, handcrafted woodwork and solely using the best components available in the market.

What I offer is a service tailored to your specific needs. I offer handcrafted, custom built instruments and this means that you can, not only choose the type of hardware, the number and models of pickups and electronics to be used, but also the body and headstock shape if you have a particular design in mind. All this at a price that comes nowhere near the price you would pay for a standard instrument made by a well-known company, let alone one of their top of the range ones. Also, you can be confident that any instrument I build, is built with great skill, precision and care, and to the highest possible quality; and of course, uniquely and especially handcrafted for the musician who will perform with it.

I hope that before you go out and buy something, you take the time to give the above points some thought; they should help you to make a better and more practical decision regarding your personal needs and perhaps somehow, in a small way will help to make this a better world. I'll be more than happy to answer your questions, give you an estimate or simply expand on some of the subjects I have covered. Please feel free to contact us

Thank you for reading.

This is a Jazz Bass replica designed in our style. It features 24 jumbo frets, angled headstock, Seymour Duncan SJB2 pickups, Gotoh hardware, Mahogany body with figured Maple top, Mahogany set neck with Ebony fretboard. Through body strung.

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Esta es un Jazz Bass replica diseñado a nuestro estilo. Trae 24 trastos Jumbo, clavijero en angulo, Seymour Duncan SJB2 pickups, puente y clavijeros Gotoh, Cuerpo de Mahogany con cara de Maple figurado, cuello de Mahogany con diapazon de Ebano. Vendido.