Welcome to the ROCKDOG AMPLIFIER REPAIRS website.                             The south coast's ONLY specialty amp repair shop!

ROCKDOG AMPLIFIER REPAIRS  was established at Kiama Downs in 2002. I had met Phil Haworth, owner of Haworth Guitars, when he was selling and repairing guitars in the basement of his home. I was working out of my garage in Nowra and had already been repairing amps and building pedal boards for many  years when I dropped in to meet Phil in the hope he needed some one to fix amps for him. As it turned out he did and I left his place that day with a couple of amps in the back of my car!

Eventually Phil's business outgrew his garage and he moved into a shop at the Kiama Downs Shopping Centre. At his suggestion, I rented out an adjacent shop  that had become vacant and after a  few weeks or so I had built the workbenches, installed all my test gear, set up my computer and had installed a comfortable lounge in the customer waiting area. The vacant shop was transformed into a very functional amp repair shop. Now, in true corporate style, Haworth Guitars have expanded yet again and have moved from Kiama Downs and are set to rule the world from their new mega store at the Oak Flats Industrial Park.

Even though it may be considered by some to be a little out of the way, Kiama Downs has turned out to be a great place to work.  It's located about half way between Nowra and Wollongong so is not too difficult for musicians from either of these areas to get to. I also offer a drop off and pick up point at Bulli, in Wollongong’s northern suburbs. (Please call or email for details).