August 2023
First off this month we have a five string acoustic bass that we’ll be sending up to Joe in Buckinghamshire this week –
It’s a short scale model on a Taw body, black top with a koa patchwork rosette surrounded by silver rings
A maple laminated neck,
Crelicam ebony back and sides and fitted with a K&K bass pickup.
We’ve just completed this Blackwater for Jim from Glastonbury. He was planning to pick it up in October but isn’t sure if he can wait that long!
It has a European spruce top,
Spalted sycamore we sourced locally for the back and sides.
Jack inlaid the wagtail and wren,
We’ll zoom in a little more to show Jack’s use of pearl and wood.
Richard James ordered this little Bovey tenor guitar,
With its short scale it fits snugly into the baritone uke case,
It has a Sitka spruce top and English walnut back and sides.
Patrick just chose this little heel cap feature to personalise his new rosewood Taw.
Phil Taylor called in last month and we sorted out some mahogany scraps to make hangers for his guitar display, he’s made a fine job of them and here they are showing off his two Brooks – a Torridge and a Lamorna.
A photo of another display here, this time it all the way from Las Vegas, it’s our friend Pat’s guitar collection – the three on the left were made by us!
We completed the repairs on a couple of broken vintage Brooks this month – Firstly this rather nasty break on the heel of this 2012 Taw
And a courier casualty here – a broken headstock on this twenty one year old red gum Taw,
Good as new!
We also refinished the neck on this Strat
And set up these two Epiphone archtops.
That’s about all this month, look in again for the September news!