I was very sad to hear of the passing of Michael Chapdelaine. Michael was a truly beautiful musician and a true gentleman. 

I share some happy memories of hanging out and playing together in this video. 

Thank you Michael

I’ve had a lot of requests to look at some of my approach to harmonics - thank you to everyone who has been in touch. 

The reward for your patience is this new video where I look at the harmonic…

Archtop and flat top guitars - what are the sonic differences? I get this question a lot and what better way to answer it than with two instruments by one of the world’s finest luthiers - Kim Walker. 

There is…

Early 20th century Gibson acoustics with dead strings? I know many players have found timbral nirvana with the combination of a guitar that is around 100 years old and uncoated strings that were last changed during the Reagan administration. This…

It’s a little bit Nick Drake, a little bit John Martyn but mostly Michael Watts - this is a run through of a new original piece -  it may not be the definitive version but I like it and I…

The latest episode of Life On The Fretboard - my podcast for Fretboard Journal - is now life and my guest is the inimitable Wizz Jones - a lynchpin of the British finger style guitar scene since the early 1960s…

I first saw a picture of the new Fender Highway Series Dreadnought a few months prior to its recent release and I have to admit that the aesthetics left me feeling cold and alone. 

It is not a pretty thing…

I’ve had several requests to upload the theme music to Life On The Fretboard - my podcast for Fretboard Journal. I wrote this music one afternoon as I was editing on of the first interviews and I liked it…

Look at that, two very alluring Heritage guitars that I had in for review recently! 

Both feature P-90 pickups, the Pelham Blue number is from the custom range 

while the VERY SHINY black beauty is a standard. 

You can hear…

I was extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Al Petteway. I am grateful to have had the chance to hang out with him and he will be sorely missed. My thoughts are with those he loved and who…

The latest instalment of my podcast for Fretboard Journal is now live. In this episode of Life On The Fretboard my guest is the wonderful Italian singer songwriter Emma Tricca!  

I have loved Emma's work for years and it was…

It’s an old discussion - what are the sonic differences between two of the most popular acoustic guitar styles - the venerable Dreadnought and the silky Orchestra Model. Don’t they look good?

Now, I recently had two guitars here to…