March 2024
This highly customised Torridge was made for Tommy from Wigan,
He asked for a tinted front, purfling surrounding the fingerboard extension,
A falling oak leaf inlay on the fingerboard.
The headstock inlay was in memory of Tommy’s son, dragonflies were a favourite of his.
Bog oak back and sides,
The 5300 on the heel cap is the age of the bog oak through carbon dating!
Looks like Tommy’s set out to discover if the smallest room has the biggest sound!
This Taw‘s waiting to be collected by Dave from Swindon who’s coming down next month,
Engelmann spruce top, belly bridge and a wider abalone rosette,
A fine set of rosewood back and sides, flamed maple binding
And gold Sta-Tite tuners.
This Lyn cutaway is on its way to Paul in Bath –
European spruce top with a belly bridge,
Madagascar rosewood back and sides with koa binding.
Now for some customers: Roel got in touch from Belgium to tell us he’s still very happy with his Tamar and sent us this photo of himself playing a concert in Ghent.
Phil McKnight from Australia thanked us again for the Becka we made for him a couple of years ago and sent this photo from a show in Mudgee, a small wine growing and mining town in New South Wales. The Becka‘s a slightly larger version of Andy Manson’s Ian Anderson model named after Becka Brook on Dartmoor.
Richard came down to the workshop for a set up of his Clyst and made the most of his time down here, spending a couple of days in East Prawle!
And Paul sent us this photo of himself with his Holly and his Weaver.
This Phil Davidson mandola had a personalised inlay on the headstock so Dave Smith, its new owner, asked if we could replace the head veneer and inlay it with his own personal choice – the Uffington Horse.
Dave also brought a nice piece of English walnut down, we’re just trying to work out if we can get more than one guitar out of it, or whether it’s too risky.
We completed this Sitka and rosewood Taw for Project and Andy delivered it to the shop.
Andy has been asked to replicate this unusual sunburst on a Tele
And, whilst we’re in the spray room, here’s a glimpse of the batch you’re likely to be seeing here strung up next month.