Bonhams London are auctioning the Martin Guitar that Eric Clapton wrote Wonderful Tonight on. I know! It was a pleasure to catch up with Claire Tole- Moir Head of Popular Culture at Bonhams and learn more about this delicate electronic…
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May 18 2024
The Sound of The 1960s British Folk Revival - A 1969 Epiphone Texan?
I have always been fascinated by the British Folk Revival of the 1960s spearheaded by guitarists such as Davey Graham, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy and many others from the Les Cousins scene.
Image from Tradfolk.co
It occured to…
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May 11 2024
BATTLE OF THE SIGNATURE MODELS - 000 VS OM ACOUSTIC GUITARS!
Having spent some time with an Eric Clapton signature model - the 000 28 EC - recently, I've been keen to explore more artist models by The Martin Guitar Company.
I was very happy to hear that my friends…
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May 4 2024
WHAT I LEARNED FROM AL DI MEOLA
Through a truly extraordinary set of circumstances I once found myself hanging out with legendary jazz fusion flamenco guitarist Al Di Meola in studio 3 at Abbey Road.
Hanging out with an 1830s Martin Stauffer guitar. I know right? Massively…
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Apr 24 2024
ARE LUTHIER MADE MODERN GUITARS JUST FOR FINGERSTYLE?
These hyper-responsive modern luthier made guitars are all very well - but are they just for fingerstyle players in drop tunings?
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately which I see as a good sign that more flat pickers…
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Apr 23 2024
THE MOST IMPORTANT GUITAR OF THE 1990s - MARTIN 000 28 EC
In the 1990s something wonderful happened that led directly to a resurgence of interest in acoustic music and the acoustic guitar in particular. MTV Unplugged!
Perhaps the most important of these “acoustic” concerts was performed by Eric Clapton and his…
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Apr 22 2024
USING STANDARD TUNING LIKE AN OPEN... TUNING?
I was feeling inspired this week - there was something happening - I grabbed my guitar and found it in standard tuning. That’s unusual for for me - I’m usually in DADGAD.
I didn’t want to interrupt the flow however…
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Apr 12 2024
WHAT I LEARNED FROM WATCHING JOHN MAYER SOLO IN LONDON
A couple of weeks ago I was invited to join one of my favourite internet friends Adam Levy (Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman) to watch John Mayer in solo concert supported by Madi Cunningham.
It was an absolute joy to…
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Apr 5 2024
DID I MAKE A MISTAKE?
I've been thinking this over - but I believe I may have a solution
Until next time, stay tuned
Michael
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Mar 29 2024
CARBON FIBER GUITARS - I HAVE QUESTIONS AND I BET YOU DO TOO - EMERALD GUITARS
I find the idea of alternative approaches to acoustic guitar design and construction methods to be absolutely fascinating. While most of my experience over the years comes in the form of alternative woods
and cool designs
The idea of a…
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Mar 26 2024
EMERALD GUITARS X20 - NO TALKING DEMO
It’s been fascinating to get some quality time with an Emerald Guitars X20 model - AND here is a no-talking demo for you to enjoy. The track is Between Streets and it's all one take.
As always there is no…
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