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Jim Fleeting Guitars in the Guardian
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A very nice piece was written about me in Saturday’s Guardian. It’s a feature about people with “dream jobs”. Before I began making custom guitars I used to work in a grey office fixing computers; I had my Eureka! moment halfway up a mountain in the Basque Country. (You can read more on this blog’s About page.)
The online version of the Guardian article is here.
I like the picture, too. A bit scary, though.
Hello. My name is Jim Fleeting. At my workshop in Ripon, North Yorkshire, I create custom guitars and basses for customers around the UK and Europe. The Guardian describes me as one of the UK’s leading luthiers, which is nice of them. I built the UK’s first nine string bass and popped up in Guitarist and Guitar & Bass magazine, after winning an award from the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust. I also head Jim Fleeting Guitars’ thriving repair shop.