Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition review
Assessed in Music teachers in Telford
Sole Trader
Telford · Service area: Telford, Muxton
Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition in short
Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition is a Muxton teaching practice offering tailored guitar lessons from beginner to advanced and performance levels, taught by a touring musician of long standing. Lessons span first chords to stage-ready playing for all abilities. Contact runs through the website and the published phone number, with prices given on request rather than on the page.
Reviews show five stars on Google from ten ratings, a clean record for a small practice. Our judgement: Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition suits Muxton beginners wanting a gig-hardened teacher, though the single-page site carries little on formats, hours or background detail. Lessons are billed as tailored to the pupil, so say what you want to play. The Google listing carries the phone number for direct contact.
Our verdict
Our judgement: Dave Sylva suits you if you want a local Muxton guitar teacher with long playing experience and a clean review record [1] [2]. Lessons cover every level from first chords to performance [1]. What counts against it is openness: prices, background detail and paperwork all sit off the page [1].
Score summary
Scored on the home trades rubric v2.0. Insufficient evidence takes the neutral value and is not shown as a low mark.
- Composite score
- 56.4 / 100
Qualifications and accreditations C2 · weight 25%
50 out of 100
No scheme membership, licence or professional registration is stated on the website or found on the platforms checked [1].
First-hand responsiveness C3 · weight 15%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Trading history C4 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Insurance and safeguards C5 · weight 10%
Insufficient evidence
Insufficient evidence
Pricing transparency C6 · weight 5%
40 out of 100
No prices are published; the site asks visitors to contact the teacher for prices [1].
Website and service information C7 · weight 5%
55 out of 100
The site is a single page setting out beginner to advanced and performance lessons with contact routes, but carries little detail beyond that [1].
Industry qualifications
Can't be sourced. We looked at the issuing registers, the business's own website and platforms such as Checkatrade and Which? Trusted Traders and found no scheme membership or registration to record.
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Questions about Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition
Is Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition any good?
Promising but thinly documented: outside our top ten with five stars on Google from ten reviews, taught by a touring musician of long standing. It suits Muxton beginners wanting a gig-hardened teacher. Read the full review, then ask for prices and background detail in writing before booking.
Is Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition registered with a teaching scheme?
No scheme membership, licence or professional registration is stated, so it cannot be sourced. The tutor's playing and gigging background is described on the site. Ask what teaching experience sits behind the lessons, and how long pupils typically stay, when you make contact.
What does Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition charge?
Prices are available on request only, and no rates are published online. Ask for the fee, the lesson length and block terms in writing before the first lesson, and pin any quoted fee against Midlands survey rates for one-to-one teaching.
Where does Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition teach?
The practice teaches from Meadow Road in Muxton, Telford, offering tailored lessons from beginner to advanced level. Muxton and Telford postcodes sit inside its patch. Send your level, goal and suitable times with your enquiry to confirm fit before booking.
How is Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition ranked?
It sits outside our top ten for September: the single-page site and unpublished prices hold it back against fuller pages. Deakin Music is in the same position. Read the full review, then ask for prices, background and terms in writing before booking.
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Sources
- Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition homepage — lessons and contact Retrieved 4 September 2026.
- Google Maps listing — Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.
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