Ged green - luthier manchester uk

[Ivan Kelsall]

There's a very well respected luthier in the North West of the UK - Ged Green of Cheadle,Cheshire. I've known of this guy for quite a while,but i haven't come across many players who've heard of him. He makes mainly electric instruments of VERY high quality,also superb Martin style acoustic Guitars as well as 'flat top' mandolins.
# He does repair work & also modifications. I'm putting this post on here because of the scarcity of luthiers local to Manchester.
# Ged's website is www.gedgreen.co.uk & pics.of his instruments can be seen there. Here's a couple of pics,from his site - the first being an electric Guitar with a rather familiar shape to one corner of it,
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[Ivan Kelsall]

Here's a pic.of one of Ged's Mandolins. I must admit it does look tasty. If i need any work done on my Webers,this is the gent.i'll go to,
Saska

[Ivan Kelsall]

Yes,you're probably right on that Bill. It's just that with the instruments not being 'mine'
i'd feel as though i was being a mite dishonest 'by implication',
Saska

[JEStanek]

I moved it to the post a pic section for you.

Jamie

[Ivan Kelsall]

Many thanks Jamie - i hope that nobody will 'assume'that the instruments pictured are indeed mine,
Saska

[Fliss]

Saska, that flat top mando looks very similar to one I saw in Hobgoblin in Manchester, built by Daniel Hoban. Here's a link to a thread I posted about that mando:

http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin....l=hoban (http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=12;t=45292;hl=hoban)

Do you know if there's any connection between Daniel Hoban and Ged Green? I know that Daniel is (or at least was last year when I tried out that mando) also based around the Manchester area and I think he said he was learning luthiery from someone in the area, I wonder if it's Ged that he's learning from?

Fliss

[Ivan Kelsall]

Hi Fliss - I had heard that there was someone at Hobgoblin Music (Johhny Roadhouse) in Manchester that was making 'flat-top' Mandolins,but i haven't been down to check it out.
It might possibly be Ged Green that the guy you mentioned is learning from.Ged's a pretty well-established luthier & the only one i know of in the Manchester area. The Mandolin in he picture is one of Ged's own build of course. The only other luthier that i know of,is Richard Thompson in Wigan,also an excellent maker,but of electric instruments only as far as i know,
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PS - I just followed your link to the Daniel Hoban Mandolin & YES - it could be the same instrument even. Apart from the shaping of the end of the fingerboard,they seem identical.

[Don Grieser]

Cool instruments.

For a second I thought it was a typo for Red Green, who might have made one out of duct tape, the handyman's secret weapon. http://www.mandolincafe.net/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif