Custom Lakewood M-18 acoustic guitar (always open-tuned)

Old Antoria classical guitar

100+ year old French "parlour guitar" (for slide only)

Handmade custom electronics electric guitar (given me as a parting present by its maker leaving for more tropical climes)

Chris Eccleshall A.5 "Pearly" mandolin

Terry Docherty octave mandola

Lyon and Healy 1925 short-scale tenor banjo

Roland Meinl and Supercussion congas and bongos

Numerous and various un-named Indian and African drums and other percussion items

Chieftain D whistle

(I also own a piano and Roland synth but claim even less competence on these than the other instruments!)

I play, in almost equal proportions: traditional Irish and other "Celtic" (ducking!) music, folk (some traditional but mainly contemporary), blues, some jazz "standards", Latin (mainly salsa), acoustic "rock" (if one can define such a genre!) and Bonzo Dog Doo Da Band type "goodtime" rock. I also teach Irish traditional, guitar and mandolin.

In my spare time I work as science director of a medical association!

All the best

moo