My story

Having worked on hundreds if not thousands of guitars in my past 4 years, I feel its time to pen down some a short introduction or sorts. I've also made some mistakes in the past, but you learn from them and move on. No matter how much of a hotshot you are, I've learnt that ultimately a blend of ability and experience is most important.

To date, I'm most grateful to all my customers for appreciating and supporting what I do. I started doing guitar repairs when I was 18 - one day at the public library, I stumbled across Dan Erlewine's "Guitar Player Repair Guide" and I've never looked back. I learnt how to read schematics on my own and did almost every wiring configuration imaginable on my guitars. Hum cancelling, out of phase, series/parallel etc - you name it, I've done it. I became very proficient at setting instruments after a while and during my varsity days, I actually spent more time tinkering on the guitar than on my studies. Within those 3 years, I was able to do most major repairs such as refretting, regluing of bridges, some refinishing etc.

When I graduated, I actually worked for an education company (which will remain anonymous). After several months there I was frustrated and at that time in 2004, Kelvin started Guitar Connection and asked me if I was interested to join him. I was delighted at the opportunity and took it up immediately. During the 2 years that I was there, I gained lots of experience as it was a busy repair shop. Also, I learnt a thing or two from Kelvin who is another very experienced guitar tech himself. I left Guitar Connection in Sept 2006 and joined Maestro Guitars in Jan 2007. Being in a Guitar manufacturing company gave me renewed enthusiasm and more opportunities due to better access to power tools and other specialised guitar making tools.

Having been in Maestro Guitars for over 2 years, I have contributed to refining their QC process and this year I will be more involved in product design. Guitar repair is still what I love and I will continue doing it for a long time, so rest assured that I'm a techinical manager in Maestro Guitars that loves to get his hands 'dirty'.

KC