D L Povey Guitars

I took my eBay purchased guitar that buzzed all over with high action and was virtually unplayable. But Daz fixed it ! It now sounds great,plays great and feels great. Thank you so much. Highly recommended!Regards Keith.

There is NO-ONE better than Darren at repairing, servicing and setting up guitars. I took my Epiphone Les Paul Special II in and he fixed the problem right there and then, on the spot. Then went beyond what had been asked. Also a great bloke - I could have stayed talking to him all day. Taking my Fender Strat in next week for a general service. Totally recommended. If I could give more than 5 stars, I wouldPeter Lancett 2.8.2023

My Fender Stratocaster developed a problem with the neck pick up. Daz diagnosed and fixed the problem in under 24 hours at a very reasonable price.Thanks for a great service.

Had quite a lot of work done on my guitars over the last few years, thought it was about time I posted a review.Daz knows his stuff and in my experience always does a great job at a fair price.I would definitely recommend, thanks Daz.

New to the area, I found Darren on line! He diagnosed the problems with my 50 year old Gibson J45 and completed the work in 3 days. This included fitting pickup, re-fret, new nut, repairing and lowering the existing bridge to achieve a great action and feel to the guitar. Friendly and very reasonably priced there is no need to go anywhere else. Nice one Daz, it's now good for the next 50 years!!

Buggered up the paint job on my Les Paul. Daz did a beautiful re-spray, bone nut plus assembly and set up. Plays and sounds the biz. Nice Chap too. very knowledgeable with excellent advice on all thing guitar. Will recommend.

Stunning absolutely stunning!!!Just picked up two of my guitars from Darren and wow... I'm super pleased with his workmanship, attention to detail and his incredible talent of professionally setting up guitars.I left him with two difficult tasks and he has diagnosed the issues upon seeing my maple Stratocaster and my Steve Vai Ibanez Jem7vwh. Two completely different guitars, different bridges and hardware and both had several issues. Darren has perfectly setup both and is very skilled indeed at what he does. He has an absolute passion for his work and it shows in the end results.Work carried out: Strat: replaced plastic nut at headstock with a durable bone one and set it perfectly giving more stability and solving issues with tuning after bending notes. Reset saddle positions with correct tension for all 6 strings, sorted out action across the fretboard and took away fret buzz in higher octaves. Had full setup on the guitar and handed it me back better than it has ever been!!Jem: I took the guitar to him and all the hardware was loose and not even fitted to the guitar for several reasons, it had intonation issues and the Trem system just wouldn't settle in correct pitches which was driving me crazy as a professional musician and teacher. He setup the guitar so it plays so smooth and more importantly the intonation is spot on!! Bridge and Trem system perfect for 2 octave dive bombs, I've just played the hell out of it across literally all frets and the open chords are resonating perfectly in tune.I'm super pleased I found Darren, a genuine, honest and reliable person, easy to get on with and without doubt the best professional for the job. He doesn't even charge that much either, I have spent countless hours and lots of money over the years trying to find a complete dedicated professional who can carry out the job to a precise high standard and I will continue to ask Darren to setup all my guitars in the future.A top bloke, who will not let you down, and in today's world, to me that's priceless.

Took my Jackson to get serviced as had alot of fret buzz, Darren quickly diagnosed the neck with back bow and fixed both that set up the guitar perfectly, very well priced and very fast turn around would definitely recommend and will be taking all my guitars to him in the future

I had Daz do a fret dress and setup on my 90s Les Paul and a setup on my Strat. He also fitted bone nuts to both. They now both play better than ever and I'm finding it difficult to put them down. He's an expert at figuring out what sort of setup you need depending on your playing style. Extremely knowledgeable in a friendly way. Very much recommended.

Excellent workmanship, service and communication. My wife’s Epiphone Hummingbird was badly damaged recently - neck snapped towards headstock. Darren has restored the guitar to a fantastic standard. The work is barely noticeable and the guitar plays beautifully. Would definitely recommend Darren to anyone looking for fair prices and great repairs.