Strings and Wood

The Musical Instruments Series

All well played and loved, this series is dedicated to the craftspeople who make these delightful instruments and to the passionate musicians who create such wonderful sounds using them.

Oud

Grain Fed Beat, Gibson Arch Top Guitar

Oud Detail, instrument made by Nazih Ghadban Lebanon

The Parker Fly Trio

Carbon fibre wonders,instruments courtesy of Len,Ben and Peter

Telecaster Dreaming, Klien Epic Pups, Callahan Bridge,it rocks

Side view Martin Custom Shop 00-42, Cocobolo Fret board,Cocobolo back and sides

Dobro 1936, ageing just right. Made by the Dopyera brothers, LA California USA

Paisley Red, Fender Telecaster 1969. ”Paisley Red pulsates with every beat and swirls in a blinding carousel of color forms and tones. Fender shines again” Fender advertisment 1968

Russian Bass Balalaika manufactured by Doff

Mid Sixties Fender Sunburst Stratocaster

Gibson Arch Top Guitar , made in Kalamazoo, Michigan USA

First Maton Electric Guitar 1946, Melbourne Australia

Maton produced this guitar in 1946 for American musician Jack Wilson

Custom Fender Telecaster, Figured Maple Timber

National Trojan Guitar

Stratocaster Headstock, Fifty years young

Maton Ibis 1963, just a tiny bit steampunk

Mandocello Gallatin model built by the Weber Company in the Gibson Style

Hand made classical guitar, Luthier Ian Kneipp, Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, Western Red Cedar sound board designed by Smallman. Guitar Courtesy of John Handel