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Mar 29 2022
Rickenbacker Guitars Exhibition at Shapero Rare Books in London - Extended to 2nd April!
Rickenbacker guitars have a magnetic pull for me - I can't explain exactly why but I find them to be some of the most beautiful electric guitar designs out there.
As such it was a pleasure to visit Shapero Rare…
Read moreNov 11 2021
Interview - Richard Fortus - Guns N' Roses - Gretsch Signature Falcons
It was an absolute pleasure to chat with Guns N' Roses supremo Richard Fortus whose beautiful new signature Gretsch Falcons have just dropped!
Lucky dude!
You can read my chat with the man himself right here in the luxury pixels…
Read moreSep 23 2021
Interview - Andy McKee
For many years my friendship with the sublime talent that is Andy McKee has been based primarily on intermittent but consensual nose-boopage.
Boop
Boop
Double Boop!
Neither of us knows exactly why but that's not relevant right now. The main…
Read moreAug 6 2020
My First Thoughts On The Passerelle by Kaki King and Atelier Rosenkrantz
This morning the postman was on form! In amongst the usual stuff was this gorgeous creation, a Passerelle designed by my friend Kaki King and handmade in Bronze by luthier Rachel Rosenkrantz who you need to check out. Now. Seriously.
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Read moreMay 19 2020
Thoughts on Sinker Redwood - The Guitar Magazine
Redwood, and in particular Sinker Redwood, has grown to prominence in the past couple of decades as an alternative soundboard wood for acoustic guitars and I regularly field queries about my thoughts on its use as a soundboard wood. As…
Read moreMar 31 2020
Interview with DA Musical HQ - Berlin
It was a real pleasure to talk with Dominic Adelbert of DA Musical Radio in Berlin today for a live stream interview where we look at all sorts of different things from inspiration from non-guitarists, modern luthiery and sustainability, and…
Read moreMar 16 2020
Joel Paterson Interview - The Guitar Magazine
I've been a fan of Chicago's Joel Paterson for a while now and it was a real pleasure to interview the man himself for The Guitar Magazine recently! Click on the pic below to go through to the full interview…
Read moreDec 19 2019
The Story of Celandine
Nov 29 2019
Panning for Jazz Gold
Nov 6 2019
Album Recording Diary Episode 2 - The first Session
And we're off! It's official, the first recordings have happened and I am very pleased with the results!
I spent a wonderful day back at Surrey Studios last week with the dream rhythm section that is Rex Horan (Double Bass)
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Read moreOct 11 2019
Album Recording Diary Episode 1 - The First Pre-Production Meeting
It has been a busy month that has seen me complete the writing process for my next album HYLAB (Have You Left Anything Behind). With all the pieces demo'd to some extent I met up with producer Jack Vasiliou of…
Read moreAug 14 2019
Hanging out with Ben Walker in Brighton
Ben Walker has been one of my favourite players for a while now and it was a pleasure to finally get to meet him at his studio in Brighton this week.
Ben's beautiful new album Echo has just been released…
Read moreJun 17 2019
The Guitar Magazine Pedal Review Bonanza!
Have you been keeping up with my reviews in The Guitar Magazine? If not then all is not lost, you can read them online too! I've looked at some really exotic kit recently, some of it is useful for…
Read moreJun 6 2019
Writing The 5am Tango
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…
Read moreMar 26 2019
The Fretboard Journal - Luthier on Luthier Podcast
I firmly believe The Fretboard Journal to be one of the gold standards for printed guitar journalism worldwide and the magazine itself is truly a thing of beauty. One thing you don't get in the hard copy, of course, is…
Read moreNov 13 2018
New Reviews for The Guitar Magazine!
I've really been enjoying writing for The Guitar Magazine, it's given me the chance to try some amazing kit that might have passed me by otherwise. In fact, some of it has been so good that it's made its…
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