Alex Welch made his first guitar as a 17 year old and went on to build several more guitars during his high-school years at Billanook College before making an acoustic guitar with Thomas Lloyd Guitars (TLG). Chris Wynne from TLG him a strong grounding in the fundamentals of building guitars. He studied furniture design at RMIT where he met Phil Carson Crickmore of Carson Crickmore guitars. Crickmore help him take his guitars to the next level. He now builds custom made acoustic and electric guitars in Melbourne. He also sets up and repairs instruments.

Source: Alex Welch Guitars website (achived 2015)