I really like the combolins. Most impressive instruments. Here's a rundown on them:   CLICKY #1. But apparently, they're one-of-a-kind (they're different from each other). They're using them to accompany Jock o'Hazeldean and The Loch Tay Boat Song that I linked to in the first post. Picture on one of their album covers:    CLICKY #2

There's an instrument I first heard on a CD I picked up recently:   an 11-string guitar. The CD is "Eleven-String Baroque," with Göran Söllscher, classic guitarist. The 11-string guitar is set up like a baroque lute, but it has the sound of a modern classic guitar. When Söllscher dips down into the bass, that sucker really rumbles!

This isn't Söllscher, but this is what the instrument looks like:    CLICKY #3.   Here is the guitar in action:   CLICKY #4. This is Göran Söllscher.

In addition to playing some heavy-duty classical stuff on one of these, you could also do some dandy accompaniment work. I am overcome with lust. I covet! Severe GAS attack!

But these guitars were built by Georg Bolin of Sweden. Unfortunately, the late Georg Bolin.

Don Firth