Assessment · music teachers round music-teachers-2026-09

Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition review

Assessed in Music teachers in Telford

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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.

Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition reviews and ratings on other sites

Every public rating we hold for Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition, with the source, scale, count and the date we read it. These are customers' ratings, not ours.
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Google5.0 out of 510

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

Customer evidence C1 · weight 30%

72 out of 100

Google 5 out of 5 from 10 reviews [2].

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.

Strengths

  • You learn from a touring musician with 30 years of playing and 20 years of gigging behind the teaching [1].

  • Lessons span beginner, intermediate, advanced and performance levels for all abilities [1].

  • The Google record is a clean 5.0 from 10 reviews, seen 4 September 2026 [2].

Limitations

  • Prices are available on request only, and no trading history or insurance details are published [1].

  • The website is a thin single page with limited detail on formats, hours or area [1].

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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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  3. Dan Jones Guitar School64.6 / 100Ranked 3. Best for kids and adults working toward guitar grades.
  4. Telford Academy of Performing Arts64.4 / 100Ranked 4. Best for family performing-arts classes in Oakengates.

Sources

  1. Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition homepage — lessons and contact Retrieved 4 September 2026.
  2. Google Maps listing — Dave Sylva Guitar Tuition, Telford Retrieved 4 September 2026.

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