Jul 12 2019
Nick Branwell is a London-based luthier who is perhaps best known for his beautiful Torres style classical guitars. Recently Nick has turned his attentions to the steel-string acoustic instrument and he invited me to visit his workshop this week to…
Jul 3 2019
The desert is a weird place. And there's a lot of it. Especially in-between Phoenix and Spring Branch...
It was this desert that Jason Kostal and I would traverse in an epic 1000 mile road trip through Arizona, New Mexico…
Jun 6 2019
I'll just leave this here... I hope you enjoy it!
Do please share, comment etc. Your support means a lot to me. If you'd like a closer look at the mic set-up, well it's two pairs of Gefell M300's and…
Jun 6 2019
So here's the thing, I know nothing about tangos, literally nada. My only real tango experience was that scene in Scent of a Woman where Al Pacino dances with Gabrielle Anwar. Maybe that hit me at a formative age, who…
Jun 3 2019
As far as I'm concerned there are few things in life as pleasurable as playing a new guitar for the luthier who made it. In this case the instrument in question was a beautiful small body TS model in Bog…
May 22 2019
Massive congratulations to filmmaker Jessica Savidge who won not one, but two Telly Awards for this short film showcasing the work of the Kostal Guitars! It was a great honour to hear that she had chosen my piece Celandine…
May 12 2019
It will come as no great surprise to many reading this that the prospect of an afternoon spent with some of the finest microphones in the world triggers a Pavlovian response in me. As such I always look forward to…
May 11 2019
I get a lot of messages from lovers of fine guitar tone asking me to recommend guitar music and players, so much so that I have decided to branch out into record reviews!
Some of my favourite writing (I'm a…
Nov 15 2018
This wonderful instrument is the first Casimi Guitar, it even predates the company's logo so there's nothing on the headstock and no label! It is what was to become the Casimi C2 model and is made from Cocobolo on the…
Sep 14 2018
Thank you to everybody who has asked me for guidance when it comes to recording acoustic instruments over the years. I hope that this video will serve as an introduction to my own method for capturing the sound of a…