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2022 Crosby Festival Elite Multiscale (Engelmann spruce / Claro walnut), aka 'The Longwing'. Photos by Russel Crosby.
2010 Lowden O23c, Cedar / Claro Walnut.
Constant Traffic Studio, aka my lonely writer's garret. The 2018 Mac Mini has been replaced by a 2022 Mac Studio. The 'close-at-hand' guitar is the Tacoma ECM38c.
1990 Larrivée J09, Sitka spruce / East Indian rosewood. Tuned CGCFGC.
2019 Emerald X30 Jumbo Baritone Multiscale, Carbon Fibre. Tuned AEADEA.
Recording <i>Gratiarum Actio Redux</i> (opening track on <i>One Size Does Not Fit All </i>) at Stonehouse Sound in 2018. Photo by John D.S. Adams.
2001 Tacoma ECM38c, Ancient cedar / Honduran mahogany.
Artwork by Colin Dorgan from the cover of 2018's 'Sociable Butterflies' by Papilio. I added the AiR label because, for awhile there we were all AiR.
2020 Emerald X20 Multiscale, Carbon Fibre. Photos of my actual guitar (!) from the Emerald website.
Playing the Crosby bouzar (sadly no longer with us) with Papilio at Halifax Celtic Festival, 2019
2021 Emerald Amicus, Carbon Fibre. The Amicus is a small unison-strung 12-string mando-guitar-like thingy. Photo from the Emerald website.
Posed, bright-eyed and bushy-tailed (you'll just have to trust me on this), in the woods, 2019. Photo by Robert Calnen.
2006 Fylde Touchstone Octave Mandola (aka Octave Mandolin), spruce / mahogany. Photos from the Fylde website.
2020 Rainsong 'Nashville' Jumbo, N-JM1100N2, fused spruce-CF top / Carbon Fibre.
In Concert (with Papilio), at the Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville, NS. Photo by Stevn Kennard.
2019 Timberline T30HGc Harp Guitar (all mahogany) with custom DIY sharping Levers.