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Over the decades I have played and owned countless instruments. Prior to becoming fascinated with ukuleles, I already had a great guitar collection. After spending a significant amount of time with Martin Simpson I started…
Japan is one of my favorite countries. I love the attention to detail in both buildings and instruments. Here are some photos from my current trip
The current craziness in the UK about the European situation prompted me to write the saddest set of lyrics ever for a new song “No more street parties” Even by my standards this is a…
I was thinking today about the difference between what’s “good” and what’s “great” and the importance of paying attention to detail. It doesn’t matter if we are talking about cooking, building instruments, creating music or…
New York is one of my absolute favorite cities in the world, bursting with all kinds of creative possibilities! I always find lots to do while I am here and have a list of great restaurants,…
A couple of years ago on one of my visits to Martin Simpson I spotted what I thought was an unusual instrument. I could see it wasn’t a standard mandolin, but what was it? I…
Here are some more low G explorations to highlight the differences adding this string