I hope you'll join me on Saturday 6th June for a live Instagram chat with a giant of the acoustic scene, the mighty Tony Polecastro! Tony will be familiar to many of you as the host of Acoustic Tuesday…
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May 26 2020
Watts x Greenfield Instagram Live Video
Chatting with super luthier Michael Greenfield about any subject whatsoever is one of life's real pleasures. Here, in all its rough and ready glory is an hour of exactly that - from the advantage that a solid foundation in guitar…
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May 19 2020
Watts x Greenfield - Instagram Live - Saturday 23rd of May
Montreal is one of my favourite cities in the world, not least because it is home to one of my favourite people in the world, the legend of modern acoustic guitar luthiery that is Michael Greenfield.
My friendship with…
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May 14 2020
Watts x Kostal - Instagram Live - Saturday 16th May
It was a real pleasure to catch up with my dear friend Jason Kostal in an Instagram Live chat last Saturday! Thank you to everyone who joined us for the session where we discuss the history of the fingerstyle acoustic…
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Apr 22 2020
Late Night Live Stream 2 - Sunday 26th April UK
I know that many of us have been experiencing stress, anxiety and sleep disruption. If that's you then I'd like to play for you.
I have started a series of Late Night Live Stream sessions on my YouTube channel, this…
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Apr 15 2020
DPA Microphones Comparison Video - Sound Network London
Back when that sort of thing was actively encouraged I was invited to Sound Network HQ London to film a comparison video of the DPA microphone range. DPA is a super-high end microphone company that sprung from the ashes…
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Apr 14 2020
Collaborating with Luthier Thierry André - A Fingerstyle Archtop
One of the guitars I was most looking forward to playing at the grand finale of the Holy Grail Guitar Show is a collaboration that I have been working on with luthier Thierry André of Quebec. This is he. As…
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Apr 13 2020
Late Night Live Stream - Thursday 16th April 22:00 UK
I know that many of us have been experiencing stress, anxiety and sleep disruption. If that's you then I'd like to play for you.
I have a series of Late Night Live Stream sessions on my YouTube channel, the…
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Mar 19 2020
Backstage with Tommy Emmanuel and Jerry Douglas
It was a joy to catch up with two giants of the acoustic music scene Tommy Emmanuel and Jerry Douglas at Royal Festival Hall in London. The guys were in town for the Transatlantic Sessions concert and I was dispatched…
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Feb 27 2020
Archtops for the Fingerstyle Guitarist - With Sean McGowan
Throughout my life as a player the archtop guitar has held a brooding and slightly intimidating mystique. Now, as I'm learning how to appreciate the subtleties and nuances of these beautiful instruments - built with an intent and technique far…
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Feb 21 2020
Catching Up With Rosie Heydenrych - Turnstone Guitars
One of the joys of a visit to the Turnstone Guitars workshop is a cup of tea and a chat with Rosie Heydenrych, the luthier behind all these beautiful instruments.
This time we filmed it (it's been a while!) as…
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Oct 28 2019
Hanging out with Willy Porter in Camden!
I was first introduced to the music of Willy Porter by Jason Kostal several years ago and I've been looking forward to meeting the man himself in person ever since. Willy is currently on tour here in the UK and…
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Aug 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…
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Aug 5 2019
1957 Gibson ES5 Switchmaster - Triple P-90 Goodness!
It's funny, archtop guitars have been much on my mind of late. Maybe it was performing on Linda Manzer's Iceberg at the closing ceremony of the Group of Seven exhibition in London...
Or discussing the joys of good archtops with…
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Jul 29 2019
Jason Kostal - The Importance of String Choice
Luthier Jason Kostal is rightly recognised for his attention to detail at all stages in the guitar making process and during my recent visit to his workshop in Phoenix Arizona we had a chat about the importance of string choice…
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Jul 21 2019
Designing a Guitar with Martin Simpson - Rory Dowling (Taran Guitars)
Over the past few years Rory Dowling of Taran Guitars has been working on a very special new design with legendary UK guitarist Martin Simpson! Yes, really!
Taking inspiration from a 1930's Martin and Rory's Tirga Mhor design this…
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Mar 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…
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