I started Ackworth Guitar Setups in 2012, but I've always been fortunate to make a living through various artistic endeavors. Fixing things has always been at the centre of what I do. In the early 1990's I began tinkering with old cars, anything that required a spanner and some thinking about.

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I've been playing the guitar since I was 9 years old. I would spend hours practicing, rebuilding my electric guitars when they would fall to pieces after shows. It seems natural that my love of fixing guitars became something that I would want to do professionally. To understand more I trained with Roberto Venn trained luthier Jim Fleeting.

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Ackworth Guitar Setups was an idea that just took off. Within 30 minutes of putting an ad up in a local shop we had two instruments to repair. The rest is history. Since launch I have been fortunate to develop a core customer base who are loyal to what we do and how we do it. I am very fortunate to have toured with some of my favourite bands in the world and have a bucket load of 'road' stories. Ask and I'll tell you some time.

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I am passionate about repairing guitars and valve amplifiers. I am really lucky that I get to do what I love. Ackworth Guitar Setups now has guitar repair shops in Leeds and Huddersfield.