Biography:
Born in St Albans, England in 1964, the third child of a building engineer and woodwork enthusiast father and an artist mother, Patrick was encouraged by his parents and his school woodwork teacher to build his first guitar as a project. Dissatisfied with the results, he pulled it apart and started work on another, then another…. An obsession was born!
Over the decades Patrick has gained a reputation for designing and building some of the finest guitars in the world, some of which have been owned by icons such as Toni Iommi, Albert Lee, Rory Gallagher and Rob Harris to name a very few.
We love Patrick’s guitars and we reckon you will too!
The Detail
See below for more information about this event, how to travel to us and what to expect.
If you would like to travel to this workshop, you can arrange to stay at the Premier Inn Hotel located nearby.
You can book a room by clicking here: Premier Inn
Plan to arrive at Patrick’s workshop before 10am on Saturday May 2nd
10am: Workshop commences
11.15am: Break for coffee
11.45am: Workshop continues
12.45pm: Break for lunch – We plan to go to the pub for a sandwich or burger, so please bring some cash.
2.00pm: Workshop continues
4.30-5.00pm: Workshop finishes
During the workshop Patrick will be taking you through:
- basic setup
- truss rod adjustments
- fret levelling and polishing
- nut re-cutting
- full fret dress
- tremolo setup
- proper intonation
- cleaning and conditioning fingerboards
- pickup height adjustment
- string action and saddle setup
- choosing the right strings
- basic electronics (cleaning pots and checking connections)