My latest acquisition is a beautiful little parlour guitar based on a 1900 Martin "O" model, made for me by my good friend Ian Chisholm. The back and sides are cocobolo wood and the face is Englemann spruce. A mahogany and maple "skunk" neck is complemented by an ebony bridge and snakewood machine heads. I got this little beauty two days ago and it'll be interesting to see how it settles down and matures.

"Button Up Your Overcoat" is a little bit of fluff written by Ray Henderson in 1928 - played here in the key of C.