The Guitar Medicine Man

The Guitar Medicine Man The Doctor/Technician for your Guitar, bass, Instruments, Amplifier, cables and connections. The one stop shop for all you instrument needs.

From a basic restring to a full setup and service. Fret dressing and re-frets through to full custom guitar wiring and fitting of pickups. valve amps to your cables and connections repairs.

Nice week relaxing and exploring Sherwood and Nottingham area. Bolsover Castle, Creswell Crags, Hardwick Hall and Nottin...
05/04/2026

Nice week relaxing and exploring Sherwood and Nottingham area. Bolsover Castle, Creswell Crags, Hardwick Hall and Nottingham castle. A few caves, crags and tunnels.....back to in on the 7th. Happy Easter......

Busy few weeks and some very nice instruments through the door. So having a few days off for my birthday. Officially bac...
27/03/2026

Busy few weeks and some very nice instruments through the door. So having a few days off for my birthday. Officially back in the workshop on the 7th.

Slow start for the new year, but now kicking back into gear and getting busy again. A nice 70's strat resto and the norm...
03/02/2026

Slow start for the new year, but now kicking back into gear and getting busy again. A nice 70's strat resto and the normal services, restrings and setups......

Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a great 2026 to come.  Busy last few days before Christmas, few pics of the jobs....
25/12/2025

Wishing everyone a merry Christmas and a great 2026 to come. Busy last few days before Christmas, few pics of the jobs....

Interesting couple of weeks, lots of vintage icons from the 70's, Gibson 330, Westone Bass, Fender P Bass, Ibanez semi, ...
14/12/2025

Interesting couple of weeks, lots of vintage icons from the 70's, Gibson 330, Westone Bass, Fender P Bass, Ibanez semi, Peavey T40 Bass. Telecaster routing for pickups and another for Neck alignment. And the usual services, restrings and setups.

Another month, a few more guitars and nearly the end of the year. Where did that go?....A few Telecasters, Strats, a nic...
15/11/2025

Another month, a few more guitars and nearly the end of the year. Where did that go?....A few Telecasters, Strats, a nice Guild semi, a custom build 3 string strat, fender jazz bass and jaguar in for a full rewire. Busy month servicing, restings and setups.....

Busy month, lots of various guitars through the 40's, 70's to present. Restoration to the normal services and setups.
04/10/2025

Busy month, lots of various guitars through the 40's, 70's to present. Restoration to the normal services and setups.

Busy couple of weeks a few interesting jobs....a 1978 CV guitar built in New York city in for a full resto. A acoustics ...
22/08/2025

Busy couple of weeks a few interesting jobs....a 1978 CV guitar built in New York city in for a full resto. A acoustics bass in for fitting flat wound string with a bridge tension support. A few strat's in for fret work and setups. Also the usual services, restrings and setups......

A 1963 fender strat fingerboard radius and refret. Full service, restring and setup. Big job!
22/08/2025

A 1963 fender strat fingerboard radius and refret. Full service, restring and setup. Big job!

The bin is full of empty bottles of my secret elixir to restore your musical instruments mojo! Interesting couple of wee...
26/07/2025

The bin is full of empty bottles of my secret elixir to restore your musical instruments mojo! Interesting couple of weeks with many cool instruments, young and old. From restrings, setups, fret work, sorting electrics issues, to recommissioning.

Nice couple of days in london, popped in to the Gibson Garage, wow never seen so many Gibson guitars in one place, cool ...
29/06/2025

Nice couple of days in london, popped in to the Gibson Garage, wow never seen so many Gibson guitars in one place, cool shop and some lovely guitars! Starlight Express show interesting and a fun show.bit different when I last saw it in 89. High light was Iron Maiden last night. Awsome concert! Crazy amount of people all squeezing into Stratford train station on the way back to hotel.

Another two weeks gone by! Been a interesting time with another music instrument retailer going under locally. Lots of u...
29/06/2025

Another two weeks gone by! Been a interesting time with another music instrument retailer going under locally. Lots of unusual and cool guitars going through my hands. This for the usual fret, electrical, restringing and setup work. Enjoy the pic's......

Address

Cookes Band Instruments, St. Benedicts Street
Norwich
NR24AQ

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 4:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 12:30pm

Telephone

+447900190324

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