The GAL

[TimS]

Well guys I have a few shots that may be of interest to you. Although I bought a new camera and a 8 GIG memory card I ddin't spend a lot of time taking pictures. So of what I did shoot at here they are.

Mike Doolin and Nancy Conescu and guitars








Tarik and Julia Banzi Flamenco & Oud





Neil Anderson- Jazz & Surf



James Buckland 19 Century Classical guitar



More images tomorrow night.

[sebastiaan56]

Bring em on Tim! Highlights?

Sebastiaan

[graham mcdonald]

Drinking all the beer at the little cafe/bar/bookshop up the road

And meeting up with Tim and Alan Warbarton from Albany

Of especial interest were the early 19th century style guitars of Jim Buckland. Very tasty building and an awesome player. What was really interesting is that he positions the frets using the old 'rule of 18' (rather that 17.817), which means that the scale is self compensating. I thought this could not possibly work, but it does, and his guitars play just as in tune as any other, even well up past the octave, and with gut strings.

Some food for thought in that one. It might be an interesting experiment to see what happens with steel strings...

cheers

graham