We build, we fix, we teach
Red Star Guitars is a specialist guitar shop for rare, vintage and collectible instruments, a Gibson-accredited repair workshop and tuition centre in Cross in Hand, near Heathfield, East Sussex. We repair and restore instruments to manufacturer-accredited standards, and teach people to build and maintain their own.
Bringing guitar expertise, craftsmanship and education together under one roof.
Red Star Guitars has been formed to bring together years of hands-on experience, technical knowledge and a shared passion for all things guitar. By bringing together the expertise behind 12th Fret and Guitar Tech Courses, we're creating a dedicated home for guitar servicing and repair, specialist tech training, and the development of new skills for guitar enthusiasts and professionals alike.
Our aim is simple; to offer more of what we do best, in one place.
We're developing our servicing and repair services further, with a continued focus on quality workmanship, attention to detail and getting the very best out of every instrument. Alongside this, we're expanding our range of practical guitar tech courses, giving students more opportunities to develop their skills & deepen their understanding through hands-on experience.
New courses will include specialist training in fret dressing and pickup making, as well as our new six-day Master Build Programme. This immersive course will take you through the key stages of guitar setup, fret dressing, pickup winding and guitar building, giving you the opportunity to learn essential techniques and put them into practice.
Red Star Guitars represents the next chapter in what we've been building for years; bringing practical experience, technical expertise and a passion for sharing knowledge together under one roof
Our name and our look
Red Star takes its look from the Russian avant-garde of the 1920s, the constructivists: the great age of workshop design, when artists became engineers and a school taught a generation to build. It was a movement about making things well with your hands, which is what we do.
Who We Arethe culmination of the aspirations and ideas of three passionate guitar players. we don’t want to be a major brand, we don’t want to sell you an empty community project, we don’t want to sell vanilla, production line instruments. we want to share our passion and our expertise. we want to share in the joy of music, craftsmanship, team spirit and excellence… and we want you to feel like a part of this.
meet red star
