THE WORKSHED BLOG

Happy New Year and thanks again for a fantastic year of Guitar work in 2025! It's an absolute pleasure to meet so many fantastic Musicians over the years, massive cheers for the entrusting me with your pride and joys. 2026 bookings are now fully underway and it looks like it's already set to be the busiest yet. 2025 saw me work on around 200 guitars as well as building Hiwatt amplifiers, pedals and Speaker cabinets for Oasis and Radiohead, Deftones, Idles, Jack White, Amyl &

I've recently been working on Ed O'Brien's Custom DR504 head and SE212F Cabinet for the 2025 Radiohead tour. It was fantastic to attend their final date at the O2 Arena in London, straight into my top 3 gigs of all time!

It was great to speak with Guitar.com about working on the amps for the Oasis reunion tour! Read the full interview here - https://guitar.com/features/interviews/the-inside-story-of-noel-gallagher-oasis-reunion-hiwatt-amps/

Another fantastic week in Germany with team Hiwatt! Hiwatt is now rolling out distribution throughout Europe with Algam and it's great to...

Had the best time working on Dec Mehrtens new Amyl & The Sniffers rig with team @hiwattofficial + @parkampsofficial Dec also used this...

It was an absolute pleasure to speak with the Editors of Guitar.com about working on the amps for the Oasis reunion! This will be out in...

This fantastic all original '60s Gibson Melody Maker visited the Fretbuzz Workshed for a spa day! The pots and jack output had oxidised...

Continued from my last blog post, I was extremely privileged to have worked on Oasis' Hiwatt amps for their reunion tour and had the...

It's been a busy few weeks at the Workshed and also down at the Hiwatt Custom shop! It's great to finally announce that we have had the...

I put it to a vote on Instagram and the name of my 50's Strat inspired pickups are.....🥁 Spank Marvin's! I've custom scatter wound these...

#straturday🎸 This Eric Clapton Fender Strat had a Stainless Steel Refret at the Fretbuzz Workshed👌 Picture #1 shows the extremely worn...

Happy Friday! This Ibanez RG had the ultimate of upgrades! Full rewire with @bareknucklepickupsofficial Blackdogs and Mother's Milk...

Hey everyone! Not sure where to start, but I've been quite busy recently, from assembly and wiring on cabs for Deftones and Loathe at...

Hey everyone! It's great to see faces old and new bringing their fantastic Guitars to my Workshed, I have just expanded my drop off and...

This Epiphone Les Paul was buzzing a lot and had an uncomfortable playing action, the plastic nut was a bad fit and needed some immediate...

This Tele had some almighty upgrades, how awesome are the Freeway switches, definitely recommend them! You get the standard Tele 3...

Is this the most infamous guitar from the NWOBHM era? 1969 Gibson SG. The guitar that wrote 'Wheels Of Steel', 'Princess Of The Night'...

Busy times at the Fretbuzz Workshed! This Martin semi acoustic had a crack on the top which was lifting away after a nasty fall due to...

Brass nut made for this 70's @gordonsmithguitars GS1. The original had been replaced by a carbon fibre, so I've gone back to stock....

This PRS had a full rewire with new CTS pots, 3-way blade and vintage cloth wire, plus Bareknuckle 22uF cap. Installed some...