June 2024
Plenty to show you this month – Marcus came up from Brixham for his Newlyn,
It has a torrefied Adirondack top,
And old stock mahogany for the back, sides and neck.
Ivan sent us a photo last October of himself in a mask with his Torridge, when he donned a mask again while collecting his new Lamorna we asked what it was about. Here’s the inspiration!
The Lamorna has a Sitka top,
Maggie inlaid at the twelfth fret in mother of pearl, snowflake inlays up the fingerboard
And a nice wild grained set of Indian rosewood.
Barry picked up this second-hand Lyn recently, he wrote ” it’s absolutely amazing to play, listen to, and admire – especially the beautiful Madagascar rosewood back, a truly stunning guitar” Here’s his partner Sharon playing the Lyn, along with Lily getting in on the action!
Unusually – the second Marcus this month – Marcus Corbett, who we featured in the article East Meets West in the fifth issue of Babbling Brook. Marcus spends a lot of time in India and brought back the set of Indian rosewood we used on his new Lamorna.
It has a similar inlay to the Taw we made for him nearly twenty years ago.
Two guitars here for Intersound – a European spruce topped Taw and a cedar topped Lyn,
Rosewood back and sides on the Taw and red gum for the Lyn.
Christian sent us this message with a photo! ” It has been a few months now and a few thousand miles as I have taken the Weaver up and down the land in my truck. This guitar fits perfectly for staying in a truck all week. I am so pleased with what you have done to create a small left-handed nylon guitar. It looks, feels and sounds wonderful. Thank you for such a beautiful instrument.”
Here’s the current state of Jeff’s latest addition to his Brook collection over in Vermont – an 015 Tamar in figured mahogany.
Nice to see this twenty year old koa Tavy again, in for a set-up.
We’ve just got in this nice set of Lacewood for anyone who might be interested in home grown timber – other options of course would be cherry, sycamore or walnut.
And for those interested in reclaimed timber – Jools brought down this vintage table for us to re-saw into guitar sets.
Amongst the repairs this month – we repaired a few dings in this Les Paul,
And added position markers to the fingerboard of this Mayones.
As Jack’s been feeding the birds regularly on the windowsill it’s been attracting another furry friend!
