Originally from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, I moved to London to attend University in 1969. I returned to Essex for a year of employment in 1973 but otherwise remained in London until moving to Devon in 2002.

For 23 years, I was employed as a secondary schoolteacher, mostly in Inner London schools, teaching Science, Mathematics and Computer Studies. For much of this time I was also a single-parent to my two children. I became a grandfather in 2003.

I acquired my first guitar in 1969 and was content to play mainly acoustic styles, as a self-taught hobby, for some 20 years. Realising a need to extend my repertoire of guitar skills, I then undertook a more serious study of guitar (lead, electric, jazz) and music with Robert Percy (from 1992).

In 1996, I took an early retirement from my teaching career, assembled a 16-track home recording studio and returned to University to study Musical Instrument Technology at London, Guildhall University where I specialised in the design and construction of MIDI-enabled, solid-bodied, electric guitars. Since graduating in 1999, I have worked as a guitar technician, luthier and tutor.

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