May 2024
Colin came down from Berkshire for his new Taw,
Here’s the guitar,
And a close up
With Jack’s otter inlay,
The back is spalted sycamore from a local village.
Talking of otters here’s David Jones’ koa Otter, our slope-shouldered dreadnought model, at The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford.
Will Riding sent us his excellent new CD Man Drawer, all played on his Torridge, we’ll be interested to see if the following album includes any songs played on his new Weaver! Will’s got a busy schedule gigging this year.
We’ve had quite a few repairs this month, firstly this early ’60’s ES330 for a refret.
This Hofner violin bass was brought in with a broken neck, check out a previous adaption to the case for the non-standard tuners.
While the bass was in we thought we’d get a Hofner family photograph and gathered our collection together along with a Levin and Harmony arch-top on the bottom row.
Yet another Les Paul headstock break,
And back together again!
Largely due to the number of repairs we’ve had in this month we haven’t got many new Brooks to show you so I took a few shots around the workshop to give an idea what’s going on. Jack’s working on a new batch, the backs, soundboards and sides are in the humidity controlled drying room along with the sides and struts.
Andy’s just made up the necks for this batch and part way through spraying a previous one,
I’ve been putting together, fretting and gluing the bridges on half a dozen guitars which will be ready for next month’s news.
