Honoured to see one of my guitars played by Calum McColl with his mum Peggy Seeger on Jools Hollands show recently. It was a cedar and koa damselfly I built back in 2013 I think. A beautiful song and performance from both of them.
Here are some pics of the new batch. Has been a challenge to work as I have the kids at home and am splitting work time with my wife but I’m getting there with these… A cedar and Indian rosewood Damselfly, a cedar and Claro walnut Dragonfly, an all Maple and Sitka Dragonfly and a […]
A Brazilian Rosewood and Bearclaw Alpine Spruce Damselfly model just left the workshop. The Brazilian was supplied by the customer and fully certified. I have only made one other Brazilian guitar due to the wood’s CITES status so it was lovely to work again with such a precious timber. I think I did it justice […]
It has been a long while since I have posted, in the first instance because I was busy but as Lockdown took a hold and courses were cancelled and re arrangements discussed, I started to have issues with my back which alas kept me from the workshop for five months. I am now back in […]
It was a pleasure to host these three chaps for my autumn one month guitar making course and what a set of guitars they were. The quality across the board was exremely high. Andrew returned for a second build and produced an exquisite Lacewing model in cedar and Indian rosewood inspired by the visual […]
