FROM THE BENCH·WORKSHOP··2 MIN READ
Welcome to Northstage
What is Northstage, what will be on the workbench, and how a hobby became a small workshop.
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SEE YOU AT BRIGHTON GUITAR SHOW 2026
SAT 18 JULY 2026
10AM – 4PM
BRIGHTON RACECOURSE
HAND-BUILT VALVE AMPLIFIERS AND PEDALS
One at a time, in a small workshop in Hampshire, UK.
WHAT I MAKE
VALVE AMPLIFIERS
From recreations of the vintage classics, like the '64 Vibroverb, Dumble ODS and early Marshalls that taught me how it should sound to original designs, inspired by those classics, I take classic topologies and combine them in ways the originals never did.
Every amp is hand-wired, meticulously engineered and built with the best components I can source, and finished in hand-made cabinets. Each one voiced on the bench where nothing in the signal path is there for nostalgia alone.
EFFECT PEDALS
Pedals follow the same philosophy. Rather than copying old circuits and their compromises, I engineer them from the ground up, lower noise floors, modern grounding, carefully auditioned components to deliver the tones, the classics are remembered for, without the quirks that came with them.
I build my pedals in small batches, each board hand-populated and finished with the same care as my amplifiers, using high-quality components and enclosures; where aesthetic appearance matters just as much as tone.