Matthew Downes Guitar Tuition

06/09/2021

Massively under prepared but I’m still committed to running this years Great North Run as it’s all for a good cause.

If you can spare anything at all I’m aiming to try and raise £300 for Asthma UK for all the great work and research they do for all the asthma sufferers out there especially during this pandemic.

Help Matthew Downes raise money to support Asthma UK

12/04/2021

Face to face lessons are back!!!! Get in touch if you or someone you know wants to learn to play!

03/04/2021

Bit of Cream. Loving this les paul, thanks to D’Arcy .guitars for giving it a once over and sorting some dodgy frets. Plays and sounds a dream now!

09/03/2021

This week see’s children back in education. I’m looking forward to teaching face to face again. If you or anyone you know are considering taking up guitar please do get in touch, I currently have spaces available.

01/12/2020

New strings on the tele and it’s finally in standard tuning so had to put the pups to the test doing some summers. It’s a bit scrappy and the solo is a mess - need to invest in a slide. What do you think guest slot on rhythm when I’m in town?

29/10/2020

Not posted anything for a while. Still here just very busy with life and a new puppy! (Check out ) So I recently purchased this. Epic music please Mr Zimmer!

30/06/2020

A bit of a long one Imperium by Machine Head. I challenged myself to recording only one take of this and making myself upload it no matter how woeful it is in parts. I used to play this a lot but as you can tell I haven’t for a while. There’s some killer riffs and timing changes in this tune. It’s not meant to be perfect by any means, maybe I’ll do a ‘proper’ version of it eventually. Also checkout the tele! It’s all of the meat. Best with headphones on! Some serious bass

28/06/2020

Always used these strings, probably always will

24/06/2020

Phone mic audio! Apologies. These pickups are monstrous. Expect more down tuned stuff soon!

24/06/2020

Super telecaster upgrade time. Not as straight forward as it should have been, but a pair of humbuckers make this a monster sounding tele @ Hartlepool