Starting in 1981, "The ANNEX" was formed by Scott Dunham to provide personalized service to musicians and recording engineers/producers.  Many successful gigs have been produced with ANNEX provided repairs/restorations/new custom pedals, pedalboards, tube amps, rack gear, guitars, custom cables and harnesses, patch bays and custom interface panels for studios and stage.  This has included the setup of over 2,500 guitars and service of more than 800 tube amplifiers.  For ten years, The ANNEX provided over 100 local New England players with superior setups and reliable, consistent service with attention to detail and craft.

Increasing work with rack systems, pedalboards, recording studio wiring and custom electronics projects led to the creation of Mad Creations Unltd. in 1990.  While continuing to provide high performance electric and acoustic guitar setups, and vintage to 1980's Marshall maintenance and restoration, Mad Creations Unltd. has built more than 73 pedalboards as well as designed and assembled 48 guitar/bass/rack systems.

On May 1, 2007, Mad Creations^TM Unltd. was formally established as a Partnership between Scott Dunham - Chief Engineer and Peter Dunham.  This change signifies a new initiative to produce a line of custom, high performance and high quality new guitars for sale in lieu of previously offered services.  These guitars incorporate all of the lessons learned from years of experience and include classic as well as unique custom designs.  Custom guitar orders will be accepted through direct contact based on quotations.

Hopefully, this business will prosper and grow to employ a number of skilled workers in the future.

About Scott Dunham, Master Luthier

With an interest in electronics and music, I began playing guitar and synthesizers in 1978. Shortly thereafter, I began doing basic guitar work, setups, and pickup installs.  Coming from a line of accomplished craftsmen and engineers, I aspired to Master grade/Artisan quality in all of my designs and work.  I was woodworking LONG before I began working on guitars and really love working on fine instruments. 

At age 15, I toured the original ARP factory in Lexington, Massachusetts.  At that time, they were refining and servicing the ARP Avatar Guitar Synths.  I had already been playing ARP Odyssey and Micro-Moog, so this made a big impression on me.  The Avatars later became a giant problem, and have been cited as the main reason ARP went belly up.  The Alan R. Pearlman story is a pretty interesting one indeed.

A year or so later, I toured the original Lexicon factory in Waltham, Massachusetts.  It was very interesting to see the labs, and I knew I wanted to work in audio electronics.  Later, as an assembler for Tec-Con Corporation, I assembled and terminated literally tens of thousands of Amp, Molex and Panduit ribbon cable assemblies for legendary audio companies such as Ursa Major, Lexicon, Symetrix, Mutron, Deltalab, Orban and dbx.  

Some influences which I'd like to acknowledge:  Pete Cornish, Phil Taylor, Alan Rogan, Bob Bradshaw, Charles Mason, Tom Scholz, Richard Stanley, Dan Healy, John Cutler, Steve Parrish, Arthur Ohlens, and more recently, Mike Shannon, J.T. Riboloff and Jason Davis.  Additionally, I recognize my dear Dad, a most excellent engineer, an expert wood worker and a patient helper, thanks Dad!  

In 1984, an interest in the recording process, and studios, led me to study Recording Engineering with Bob Rock (the Cult, Blue Murder, Metallica).  I began doing installation work in studios and second-engineering friends' demo recordings. In 1993, I relocated to Seattle from New England.  In 1994/1995, I worked on 3 studio installs, each having much custom cabling and unique patch panels.  A wide variety of work followed with three large pedalboards in 1996, several rack systems and hundreds of repairs. 

1999 found me working as if in a dream, restoring Jimi Hendrix’s Datamix console for the EMP. This was the original from Electric Lady’s Studio A.  Click here to go to Hendrix Lore, aka Blah Blah Woof Woof.

In 2001, I restored two celebrity-owned vintage instruments.  I also began designing a new Hex instrument with Piezo, Synth, Sustainor and stereo outputs.  In 2003, I designed and began work on a custom 22 7/8" scale 7/8 size lefty Strat style mini (click link for pop-up photo).

In early 2004, I relocated to Lake Elsinore in Southern California, where I worked for several months at Suhr Guitars.  Subsequently, while exploring full-time employment opportunities in California, I set up a new workshop and took on select work and custom projects, including vintage restoration.

Utilizing the skills I have built up over the past 25+ years, I am now beginning production of improved classic guitars and exciting new designs.  I accept orders for custom guitars and produce them to meet unique customer requirements, and have selected models already constructed and available for purchase.  This website has been updated to reflect this new focus.

Please feel free to contact me for more information.