Abler has played guitar with various bands, in and around the Weymouth area, since the sixties. He has performed in Hotels, Clubs and Pubs, throughout the south of England. He has also played, in recent years, in Clubs in Newcastle and Sunderland with the duo Pzazz, with who he can still be seen in the local area.

His biggest influences in music have been "Cliff & The Shadows" and Sixties music.