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Apr 24 2022

LAVA GUITARS ME3 - The First Smart Guitar?

Strap yourselves in ladies and gentlemen - The Lava Guitars ME3 is here and things are going to get very weird very quickly!

Something of a cross between an acoustic guitar, a spaceship and a smart phone this iconoclastic six-string…

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Mar 6 2021

Things get weird when you have 1 Million Followers! - Life on the Fretboard with Alan Gogoll

My friend Alan Gogoll came out of nowhere (well, Australia) with his astonishing Bell Harmonic technique and promptly became king of Spotify, Lord of Instagram and Thrice Blessed keeper of the Algorithm. With an audience that numbers in the millions…

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Dec 31 2020

Coming up in 2021!

Thinking back over the past year I am tremendously grateful for the vocal support and appreciation of my growing audience. 2020 did not go to plan for any of us but knowing you were out there helped me to keep…

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Dec 12 2020

The World Of Modern Luthiery - With Martin Simpson

British guitarist Martin Simpson is more than just an award-winning internationally successful musician. He is, to my mind, pretty much the epicentre of the modern luthier-built acoustic guitar scene on both sides of the Atlantic.

In fact, I'll go one…

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Dec 3 2020

The Probett SG-TEOR Electric Guitar

When electric guitar renegade Matte Henderson recommends a guitar builder to me I sit up and take notice! The man has impeccable taste and many of the instruments he has commissioned are pretty much exactly what I would have chosen…

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Jul 28 2020

Watch me chat with Paul Heumiller!

Since I began my Instagram Live video series I have had more requests to chat with Paul Heumiller of Dream Guitars than any other figure in the modern acoustic scene. I was very happy to sit down and talk guitar…

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Jun 29 2020

Watch me chat with Al Petteway!

Al Petteway is a giant of the world acoustic guitar scene. A Grammy-Award winning instrumentalist, Al's work is familiar to many from his albums of original music as much as his collaborations with Ken Burns and Dream Guitars of North…

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Jun 3 2020

Watts x Polecastro - Instagram Live - Saturday 6th June

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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May 14 2020

Recording Acoustic Guitar Q+A with Nashville Producer Rory Rositas

Nashville studio ace Rory Rositas has worked with many of the biggest names in acoustic music including Bryan Sutton, John Jorgenson and most recently Tommy Emmanuel whose wonderful new album The Best of Tommy Songs was tracked in only…

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Apr 28 2020

Watts x Bashkin - Instagram Live - Friday 1st May

Chatting with Colorado super luthier Michael Bashkin is one of life's great pleasures and I was looking forward to spending quality time with the man himself in Berlin next week. As you'll be heartbreakingly aware by now, that won't be…

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