I’ve spent the lockdown at home caring for a relative, the workshop therefore has been open and closed intermittently over the past nine months. During this time I’ve been listening to non-stop Laura Marling and Taylor Swift new albums. Man, they came at the right time. Not wanting to waste my time I’ve set up Continue Reading
Well I hope you all got new guitars for Christmas?! The market for new and used guitars is thriving during the COVID Lockdown as many people have decided to learn guitar with their new-found spare time. The one piece of advice I would like to give you all, whenever you buy a guitar, is to Continue Reading
Re-visiting all of Tremulous Monk’s back catalogue during the lock dowm. Its become the soundtrack to the neverending days. Listen here, also support here: Sunshine Seat by Dead Bird Tremulous Monk
I actually spend quite a long time mulling over the way and how I actually ended up on tour as a Guitar Technician. By the time I got there I’d spent a lot of time and energy through multiple pathways achieving this goal. I had developed some finely tuned startegies to get there and I Continue Reading
Its been over ten years since I’ve seen Phil Messer, the owner of the Totnes School of Guitar Making As a result every bespectacled, skinny, nerdy-looking guy I see down Totnes High Street I’m smiling and greeting as if we’re long lost friends. Hmmm. Seem to be making a lot of new friends. I eventually Continue Reading
The phone rings. It’s my brother. “Wanna blow up a guitar?” Stupid question, let’s GOOOOO!! Ian ‘Mav’ Davies is a man that expertly drives Daleks up and down the M4 for the BBC, and today he’s had a brainwave. An hour later we’re at the home of Keefa Chan of Bambaroo Films. He’s packing his Continue Reading
