From my workshop and home in South Wales I offer a range of design, build and repair services of largely valves based music equipment. This includes Hi-Fi equipment, musical instrument amplification, jukebox repair and even guitar rewiring.

Due to the nature of valve based equipment it is recommended that preventative maintenance be undertaken once in a while to keep it running at its optimum. I highly recommend that no valve based equipment be run continuously until failure. Testing of valves’ measuring of components such as capacitors, plate load resistors, power supply components and cathode bypass capacitors etc, can help detect and resolve minor problems before they become serious enough to cause catastrophic failure. Regular inspection and servicing of equipment can in fact save you money, and keep your equipment running properly in the long term.

From time to time, I am contacted by frustrated audiophiles and music lovers needing advice, whether it be a cherished piece of equipment has suddenly stopped working, or maybe they have purchased a new component, or complete system and cannot seem to get it to function properly, or perhaps they have moved house and just can’t seem to get their system to function properly in its new environment. Although I do my best to identify a lot of problems over the phone, sometimes it is just impossible to understand what’s going on, Hence the reason I decided to offer a consultancy service.