I'm having a steel-strung parlour (parlor to some of you) guitar made by my luthier friend and fellow band member Ian Chisholm - he who made my classical and tenor guitars and mandolin. This will be made from a stock of Brazilian rosewood which he's had for many years in his workshop. The wood is incredibly dark - almost black in places - and the previous parlour guitar he made from this stock sounded superb. (Went to a customer in Montreal last year). The guitar model is a Martin 00-28, of which he has an early 1900s (nylon-strung) specimen in his collection. So I'm looking forward to May 2010...