Wessex Tubas was started by British tuba player, Jonathan Hodgetts in 2010 after marrying a beautiful Chinese woman, Mei. He saw the potential to get brass instruments made in China of a quality not seen before, while at prices normal musicians can afford to bring the pleasure of making music and owning an instrument to many more people.

Starting small, after one year Wessex Tubas had grown enough for Jonathan to give up his previous consultancy job to dedicate to his passion and a year later a distribution centre in USA was started, run by good friend and another enthusiastic tuba player, Andy Loree in Michigan.