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Thread #50043   Message #1120949
Posted By: John Robinson (aka Cittern)
22-Feb-04 - 05:46 AM
Thread Name: Underappreciated luthiers & instruments
Subject: RE: Underappreciated luthiers and instrument
Andy Manson - simply superb instruments. He has built two for Julie, including a very unusual instrument which opens up the neck high up.

You can find a photo at:

http://www.AndyManson.co.uk/ellison.htm

Notice where the neck joins the body! Also this instrument has no heel - so the neck is really accessible.

Last time we visited the workshop he was building a mermaid, complete with a guitar which you play by putting your arms around the mermaid - she also has sound hole in the side of her head so that the results of the performance are directed into the player's right ear. Difficult to describe or imagine I guess, but a stunning piece of craftsmansship when you see it in the "flesh", as it were.

All the best
John Robinson
http://www.JulieEllison.co.uk