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★ Brook Bovey
I was thinking that I’d like a parlour-sized guitar for travelling and had a Larrivée in mind. Then I found Brook Guitars, a small outfit based in Devon in the south-west of England. Before I knew...
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★ Clarksdale Crossroads
When Freya was born, I was feeling the euphoria that only comes with the birth of a child. I thought I would like to mark the occasion with a new guitar; something that I could pass on to her one day...
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★ SCGC Vintage Artist
This arrived at my home a few days before Christmas, 2006. The top is made of some special sitka spruce, dubbed ‘gray ghost’ by the good folks at Santa Cruz Guitar Company. The back and sides are some...
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★ Lakewood M14
The Lakewood M-14CP (cutaway, pickup) has a solid cedar top and mahogany back and sides. This was my first “real” guitar, bought in December 2002 after much deliberation. Much thanks is due to the...
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★ Gibson J150
Gibson J-150 I’ve now sold this guitar but shall keep this page up for those who are interested in seeing some pictures and hearing some recordings. I sold it to make way in part for the Heiner D and...
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★ Brook Tamar Baritone
Brook Tamar Baritone: European spruce top, English walnut back and sides. Gold Schaeller tuners; bound fretboard and headstock. Scale length: 690mm (27 inches). Recordings Here are some recordings...
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★ Guild DV4
Guild DV4 This is the first guitar I’ve bought on eBay and I’m pleased to say it went as smoothly as could be hoped. I was the only bidder, I guess as Guild guitars are more expensive in Europe and...
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My recording studio is PC based. The components were specially chosen to make as silent a system as I could. The equipment is as follows: Computer AMD64 3500+ Winchester Asus A8N SLI Premium...
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★ Creativity and Homeschooling
Is it a cop-out to copy? I’ve been thinking about this for a while. This time I’m thinking about it in the context of guitar playing, which is the context in which I think about this more often than...
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Rather than reading Catch 22 or the photography book I paid £20-odd quid for this morning to read on the boat, I thought I’d write something that was inspired by Write for your Life episode 101....
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★ Ceilidh Band Accompaniment
The Arran Ceilidh Band is coming along very nicely indeed. I switched from standard tuning to DADGAD a month or so ago and it’s made a world of difference to the accompaniment. We’ve been having two...
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★ Gig at the Douglas Hotel
I’ve got a solo gig this coming Saturday 25 January at the Douglas Hotel in Brodick, my first solo in gig in over a year. I generally practice through my PA at home when I’ve got a gig, so that I can...
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★ Kim Walker SJ
Kim Walker SJ in Adirondack/maple In 2005 I played John Thomas’s Nick Walker at Little Brother’s jam in Georgia. It took all of two minutes before I knew I would have to put my name down on Kim’s list....
View Article★ Gibson J150
I’ve now sold this guitar but shall keep this page up for those who are interested in seeing some pictures and hearing some recordings. I sold it to make way in part for the Heiner D and Brook Tamar...
View Article★ Brook Tamar Baritone
Brook Tamar Baritone: European spruce top, English walnut back and sides. Gold Schaeller tuners; bound fretboard and headstock. Scale length: 690mm (27 inches). Recordings Here are some recordings I’ve...
View Article★ Guild DV4
This is the first guitar I’ve bought on eBay and I’m pleased to say it went as smoothly as could be hoped. I was the only bidder, I guess as Guild guitars are more expensive in Europe and perhaps not...
View Article★ Recording Gear
My recording studio is PC based. The components were specially chosen to make as silent a system as I could. The equipment is as follows: Computer AMD64 3500+ Winchester Asus A8N SLI Premium...
View Article★ Creativity and Homeschooling
Is it a cop-out to copy? I’ve been thinking about this for a while. This time I’m thinking about it in the context of guitar playing, which is the context in which I think about this more often than...
View Article★ Guitar-playing Dad
Rather than reading Catch 22 or the photography book I paid £20-odd quid for this morning to read on the boat, I thought I’d write something that was inspired by Write for your Life episode 101....
View Article★ Ceilidh Band Accompaniment
The Arran Ceilidh Band was a five-piece band that I played guitar with. It had a good three-year run and disbanded at the end of 2017.
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