April 2025
Danny and Jacob came down to pick up the latest Torridge for Intersound.
We recently managed to buy a decent quantity of very nice old stock Honduran mahogany, here’s Andy re-sawing into more usable sizes,
Storage is at a premium so these boards are going to have to stay on the stairs for a while.
Ken should be down before too long to pick up his new Abbey,
It’s nylon strung with English walnut back and sides and a Sitka top.
Steve Tilston’s latest album, is over half a century on from his first and on a par with his finest. “With the empathetic accompaniment of good friends and long-term musical collaborators, Steve looks both back and ahead as he traverses the musical spectrum from social and political comment to rustic reflection, from autobiography to eternal geographical history, across blues, traditional folk, poetry and even a hint of jazz.”
You can see Steve playing tracks from the album on his Calder and being interviewed here.
Bob, from Hitchin, sent us this photo of his Brook collection, from left to right: his Tamar, Otter, Torridge and Creedy.
Here’s Eliza playing her Lamorna at the White Horse in the Eden Valley.
Christian debuted his lefty nylon strung Weaver recently, He was invited to open for the sax quartet Alright Jack!
The little Ian Anderson model we made for Rich Madow many years ago still seems to be getting a lot of attention from his fellow dentists!
December 20th, 1941 – April 1st, 2025
We say goodbye to two of my favourite musicians – firstly the incomparable Michael Hurley, I met him many times when he was touring over here, some years ago we made a Bovey travel guitar for him and he used it on his album Ida Con Snock!
Wizz Jones
April 25th, 1939 – April 27th, 2025
I went to see Wizz at every opportunity. It was obvious why he was an influence on both a young Eric Clapton and Keith Richards, as well as his blues repertoire he wrote one of the finest contemporary folk songs I know of – Burma Star, search it out. He came over and played a set at one of our guitar weekends at Brook Guitars and we were always really pleased to be trusted to work on his beloved Epiphone Texan!
