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What do 12 Guitars do?

We provide access to guitars, basses and tuition to individuals and organisations to ensure they are accessible at the point of need to everyone in the community.

We act as a hub for upcycling and recycling preloved instruments and new guitars.

Who are 12 Guitars?

We are a Social Enterprise set up to deliver access to guitars and tuition free at the point of access to anyone with a need.

Who Runs 12 Guitars?

Gerry Thorogood and Steve Plummer - both of whom started 12 Guitars in April 2019 and are the founding directors of the company

We were then joined in 2021 by Ken Morton and Stephen Dunn to strengthen our board expertise and to provide a deeper reservoir of skills and knowledge from both a business and music perspective.

Gerry Thorogood

Gerry Thorogood

Steve Plummer

Steve Plummer



Ken Morton

Ken Morton

Stephen Dunn

Stephen Dunn

Meet The Team

We have a great team of volunteers who help us to deliver our services across Scotland.

Liam Brown

Liam Brown

Ron Mcleod

Ron Mcleod

Ross Neil Reid

Ross Neil Reid

Our Advisory Group

12 Guitars also has an advisory group that consists of educators, producers, media experts and fellow musicians that we can access when we need key advice.

What services do 12 Guitars offer to support our work?

To support our social impact work, 12 Guitars offer a variety of events, activities and services such as:

Build your own Axe courses

The Glasgow Guitar Show

Private 1:1 guitar and bass lessons

Our JustPlay online guitar tuition platform to the general public.

Guitar maintenance, repair, set-up and modification services

Corporate songwriting and guitar playing challenge days for team building

We run an online store with an appointment-only service for trying and buying guitars from our preloved stock of guitars.

These services are commercially operated to generate profit for our core work of delivering instruments and tuition, free at the point of access, to our students.

Cat Calvert, Head Teacher, Glenboig Primary

Gerry and Steve's attitudes were excellent, they fitted in well with our vision of Dream Big, Work Hard, Shine Bright and their dedication to supporting our children was second to none.

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