Decorative headstock overlays on a few new cigar box guitar necks.

Custom guitar case just finished.

Going to the ballet…Black Sabbath!!!

Newly restored Record no. 7 plane ready to go, a beautiful tool for getting long pieces of timber straight and true.

Preparing baulks of Black Walnut for fretboards and bridges. Planed by hand to get a decent straight edge, then off to the bandsaw for rough re-sawing to thickness.

At Deershed Festival in Yorkshire…and the weather has been kind so far.

Evangeline Gentle at Maverick Festival…did a bit of fixing up on her guitar this afternoon

Jason Thompson at Maverick Festival…last time we met was in Bremen at a Van Thom Weekender some years ago.

Carving a few cigar box guitar necks with “spear point” back straps.

Black Deer Festival…and it’s cooling down a little bit at last…it’s been hard work and very hot.

Lambowankerini with wanker plates blocking the pavement and pedestrian crossings. Full marks all round.

Taking a little break from visiting my mum in Barnsley hospital, blowing away the cobwebs on the Snake Pass.

Brand new guitars necks, hot off the branding iron!

A new batch of fretslotting boxes in preparation

Sometimes you need exactly the right tool…Stanley cross pein hammers in different weights

I’ve just been doing a bit of fettling on my resophonic guitar, sorting the action and a couple of high frets.

Another batch of Workshop Series guitars ready

And another batch, lots more on the workbench

A batch of Workshop Series guitars just finished

Custom Workshop guitars in progress