The Lewes Guitar Makers

The first prominent guitar making workshop in Lewes was that of Spanish Guitar maker, Stephen Hill who set up in the early nineties. Since then other makers have established themselves and there are now five full-time workshops in the town (Stephen is now making in the south of Spain). They offer a range of high quality instruments from steel-string and Spanish guitars to mandolins, baroque guitars to viols. The Lewes and Brighton area is also host to part-time and hobbyist makers some of which have learned from the making courses offered in the town.

Richard Osborne Steel String Guitars and Mandolins, repairs and guitar making courses.

Nick Benjamin Steel String Guitars.

Pablo Requena Spanish Guitars, repairs and guitar making courses.

Rohan Lowe Spanish Guitars, repairs and restorations

Stephen Hill Spanish Guitars and guitar making courses (in Spain).

Alexander Batov Baroque guitars, Vihuelas and Viols.

Charlie Crabtree Archtop jazz, oval hole jazz, and jazz nylon, repairs. (no website - call 01273 473218).

Steven Eden Spanish Guitars - a budding new maker currently setting up a workshop. Contacts to be added.