Recommend me a luthier in Manchester

Rich210

Hi everyone, 

One of my guitar could do with a fret dress and a set up. I'm based in Manchester and was wondering whether anyone had any recommendations? 

Cheers!

Rich

mikeyrob73

@SteveRobinson ;; i believe would be your best bet if he is working at the moment 

musteatbrain

+1 Steve does good work and he’s in Sale

Rich210

Hi Mikey, I'd go straight to Steve if he was available his set-ups are great!

SteveRobinson

Thank you.

Yes, I'm staying shut for the forseeable sorry. Matt Ryan in Milnrow is pretty good.

Rich210

@SteveRobinson Thanks for the recommendation!

Caffeine_Vampire

Richie Tomson if you'll travel to Wigan. He's excellent.

Gerz6558

SteveRobinson said:

Thank you.

Yes, I'm staying shut for the forseeable sorry. Matt Ryan in Milnrow is pretty good.

I'll second Matt Ryan. Very good.

badlydrawnbanjo

If you're near Oldham, Dougie at Tree Creeper guitars is good. If you're towards Glossop, Richard Henry will also do a great job.

Rich210

badlydrawnbanjo said:

If you're near Oldham, Dougie at Tree Creeper guitars is good. If you're towards Glossop, Richard Henry will also do a great job.

Cheers Banjo, I'm based very near to Glossop! That's fantastic. 

gusman2x

I've used Matt Ryan for everything. He's very good indeed.

timmypix

I don't know about luthiers, but in terms of techs I can't recommend Jack's Instrument Services highly enough. Really great work, reasonable prices and a great team of guys.

Steve and his team at the Guitar Repair Workshop based in PMT are great as well, but pricier.

Look up Eddie Johnson aka The Riffsmith as well, based just outside Worsley. He's still getting established so is a bit cheaper but he does really good work.

frown

If you’re over Bolton way, Phil Hartley Guitar Repairs is my go to guy and has been for years. 

https://guitarsetup.co.uk

richardhomer

frown said:

If you’re over Bolton way, Phil Hartley Guitar Repairs is my go to guy and has been for years. 

https://guitarsetup.co.uk

I’ve never had any work done by Phil but I know someone who has (and whose opinion I respect - he’s a pro who plays in Steve Rothery’s band). He reckons Phil does great work.

LightB4sound

+1 for Steve at the guitar repair workshop in PMT Salford.

guitarfishbay

Matt Ryan does very nice fretwork 

Rich210

Thanks everyone, I think I'm going to take it to Matt Ryan. He's responded first to my emails and has a lot of positivity on here. I'm sure the other recommendations are great as well!