Mat Dalton Guitar Services

26/10/2025

A nice little trio of MD hand made cigar box guitars.

26/10/2025

3 string cigar box guitar Serial no MD CBG003 09/2025

Specifications
15 Frets
Scale - 24’’
Body – Rocky Patel Cigar Box
Neck - Oak
Fretboard - Oak
Sound hole - Diamond
Electrics – none
Fret marker inlays – Ebony & Stainless
Sound Hole - Brass Reducers
MD logo by Kirsty N
Bridge – Metal
Saddle - in bridge
Nut - Bone
Finish – Clear Coat varnish
Strings - 44, 34, 26
Tuning BEE

19/10/2025

Adding frets onto my latest cigar box guitar.

13/10/2025

The Cigar Box Bullet Guitar

Another one off creation from Mat Dalton Guitar Services.
3 string cigar box guitar Serial no MD CBG002 01/2025
Specifications
15 Frets
Scale - 24.75’’
Body – American Walnut
Neck - Oak
Fretboard - Ebony
Sound hole - Diamond
Electrics – none
Fret marker inlays – brass 243 bullets
12 bore shot gun cartridge inlay
MD logo by Kirsty N
Bridge – Mahogony
Saddle & Nut - Bone
Finish – Osmo Oil
Strings - 44, 34, 26
Tuning BEE

24/08/2025

Work in progress on this Tavicusa cigar box guitar, just gluing the box up, very pleased with the ebony position markers

09/05/2025

Mahogany concert ukulele hand made and ready to play. Contact me for more details.

08/05/2025

WANTED! your broken unplayable guitars for spares or repairs, contact me for more information.

27/04/2025

A big thankyou to Joe White guitar workshops in Ash for the guided tour and showing me his beautiful hand made guitars and sharing some of his Luthering knowledge with me last Friday evening

Professional Guitar Setups, Servicing, Repairs, Refrets, Pickup Installations, Customisations, Ageing, Rewires ... Everything your guitar needs.

21/04/2025

A trio of handmade Ukuleles complete with bespoke hanger , Tenor, Concert and Soprano .

06/09/2024

Just finished setting up this First Act electric guitar for a customer. These budget beginner guitars come out of a factory in Boston Massachuset USA and are pretty much unplayable off the cuff. So after changing out the pick up for an EMG and the tuners for Guyker locking tuners, a neck relief set and string action and intonation set , it plays and sounds great .spot on for a professional musician client who requires only the best reliability and function in his guitars .

13/07/2024

A customer bought me this guitar to repair. He found it in a Charity Shop whilst on holiday for £10.00, it is s Encore ENC36N. There were holes in the side and the body was come detached from the sides, due to the braces being broken.
What I did was took the back off and repaired the braces on both the top and the back, reinforced the damaged hole and made a feature out of it