Ivan Richards

I've been around guitars a long time! I come from a musical family going back several generations: my Dad [Jack Richards] held down some of Australia's top guitar gigs during the 40's and 50's, co-founded Sydney's first specialist guitar shop [Guitar City], was responsible for arguably the world's first production pedal-steel guitar [Kord King], and is the Godfather of Aussie pedal-steel.

Click here to read about Jack Richards and the development of Aussie pedal-steel guitar.

Apart from gigging [guitar and vocals] locally here on the NSW Central Coast, I operate my own workshop specialising in the repair, restoration, modification and custom-design of valve [tube] musical instrument amplification. I also design and build a range of analogue guitar FX and splitter/signal switching pedals.

I have been servicing valve [tube] audio equipment now for over 30 years and have worked on most brands and models from the early 1960's to current production. I can restore your amp to correct and original working order, removing unwanted modifications and correcting previous servicing mistakes and poor workmanship.

Quality workmanship and components will always be my first priority,with a strong emphasis on electrical safety.

I have also been playing guitar in bands and duos for over 30 years and have always designed, built and used my own amps and pedals. All this experience has given me the edge when it comes to working on your gear !!