There’s currently plenty of action occurring in the UK’s guitar-making community. From solo and small-team builds to almost industrial scale, there’s considerable choice for us guitarists now. But crafting anything in the UK isn’t easy, it seems, and PJD’s progress hasn’t been straightforward.
Having created a small but well-received range of Standard and Elite models, the company co-created UKGB, an intended manufacturing hub for smaller brands such as Seth Baccus, Cream T, Chapman, and, of course, PJD itself. Despite building some great guitars, the venture failed commercially and all those brands lost a potentially viable manufacturing home.
