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Liverpool Makefest 2025

20 Jul 2025 - liverpool, makefest

A look back at this year's Liverpool Makefest, which celebrated its tenth birthday, in which I presented a retrospective look over a similar amount of time building guitars.

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A photo of a busy library of people, with various other makers and their tables in the background, and my table with 5 guitars stood on it in the foreground. I'm stood chatting to a lady who is gesturing to one of the instruments.

A Month Out the Shop

21 Jul 2024 - älgen, delfinen, emf, liverpool, makefest, sweden, verkstaden

A summer summary: I've presented at two major events where I showed off the guitars, I went on holiday and bumped into some interesting guitars, and I went to a non-guitar event where I made some design observations I can apply to guitars!

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A photo of me stood in a library behind a table with several guitars, including one where the body is 3D printed.

A Week in the Shop

4 Jun 2023 - finishing, hästen, makefest, neck, staining, vertstaden, yellow

More progress, setbacks, and progress this week as I push on with the neck I'm building, and I make the most wonderful yellow guitar top.

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A guitar body sits on the workbench. It has a maple cap, and is stained a deep yellow colour.

A week in and out the shop: Liverpool Makefest edition

4 Jul 2022 - älgen, makefest

The race against the clock to get Älgen ready for Liverpool Makefest, and some notes from what was a great show.

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A week in the shop

19 Jun 2022 - älgen, delfinen, makefest

Pondering what I want to communicate at Liverpool Makefest; getting Älgens fretboard ready for fretting; and I award myself a B for my first binding effort.

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A week in the shop and in Liverpool

2 Jul 2018 - blues deluxe, makefest, pheonix offset

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