Guitar repairs and guitar tech work in Rye East Sussex. Please see below for an update on some of the instrument repair projects that True Notes have completed. Work includes: guitar maintenance guitar repair guitar frets and fretwork guitar pickup swaps guitar restorations guitar electronics upgrades guitar servicing guitar mods guitar building mandolin repairs mandolin … Read moreGuitar Repairs and Maintenance East Sussex

True Notes are happy to announce that we are now official dealers of FISHMAN® pickups. As a professional guitar service centre, we get asked on a weekly basis about acoustic guitar pickups. Questions range from what we recommend, what would fit the customer’s guitar, what product is the most usable and which would be the … Read moreFISHMAN- Acoustic Pickups Buying Guide

To mark their 50th Anniversary, the Rye Arts Festival have teamed up with the brilliant filmmaker Alisdair Kitchen. This was to create a digital fringe showcase that profiled some of the local creatives in the Rye Bay area East Sussex. The result was a series of short documentaries, which True Notes were invited to take … Read moreRye Arts Festival – Digital Fringe – Mini Documentary

Running a busy guitar workshop in East Sussex is a pretty full on deal! There are just so many incredible musicians to work with and not to mention the huge amount of guitar collectors, enthusiasts and music students in the area to cater for as well. All these interesting and varied people like to keep … Read moreYour Local Guitar Workshop – 2021 quick update

So pleased to announce that I am now a registered Taylor Guitars Service Centre Technician. This means that I am trusted by the most successful guitar building company in the world, and that I can now fulfil repairs for Taylor Guitars under warranty. It is a very good day for me and for #truenotesuk as a whole. … Read moreTAYLOR GUITARS

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I have been so busy during the Autumn with instrument repairs and improvements to the workshop, that I have intentionally been neglecting regular social media updates, in favour of just concentrating on the important work at hand. Then with the November lockdown, I decided it was the perfect time to withdraw and really get my … Read moreGuitar Repairs and Setups in East Sussex

2020 Year End Conclusion

When I heard about the “Hastings Musicians in Lockdown” project, I knew that I needed to get involved and to try and help promote it in any way that I could. It’s a great and very thoughtful idea!   We have all been inspired by the brilliant work that “Sara-Louise Bowrey” and her Partner John … Read moreHastings Musicians in Lockdown

It is never a dull moment when running a guitar repair workshop for the Hastings and Rye area in East Sussex. We are so fortunate in that we are surrounded by some of the country’s best musicians. The South East music scene is booming with talent and creativity, and this means we have an abundance … Read moreRecent instruments – A gallery of our latest work

The Pipa is a 4 string lute, that is synonymous with traditional Chinese music. It is the most widely recognised lute in China and its origins can be traced back to over 2000 years ago. The name Pipa is onomatopoeic for the right – hand plucking technique. “pi” means play forward and “pa” means play … Read moreThe Pipa – A Chineese lute

“Sympathetic Resonance” is a term we use when certain frequencies make other frequencies activate and vibrate.   Ever heard a guitar rattle a snare, in a snare drum ? Or the term “a wolf note” in a violin ?   These are the extreme and most noticeable cases of sympathetic resonance.   Some instruments like … Read moreSympathy for your Buzzing Guitar