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What we use....
Elizabeth....
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 Elizabeth’s
main guitar is a six-string dreadnought
made for her by Paul Standeven who lives near Barnsley.
Although not a guitarist himself, Paul has made some
fine
instruments based on the Martin D series.
Elizabeth also plays a Simon &
Patrick dreadnought,
an Ozark open-back 5-string banjo and an Ibanez
mandolin.
 
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Elizabeth’s Paul
Standeven & Simon & Patrick Dreadnoughts,
Ozark Banjo & Ibanez Mandolin
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Martin...
We
recently took delivery of a new cittern.
Hand built in Scotland by
Dave
Freshwater
it has a rich, warm tone and a lingering sustain,
even at this early stage.
We are looking forward to using it
in some of our
songs.
Freshwater Cittern
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We have also just acquired
an Eastman 504 mandolin .
It is beautifully
handcrafted, carved from solid timbers
and has a sweet, full sound.........
.......and a Paul Hathway
M1 Cedar and Mahogany flat-top folk mandolin.
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Martin mainly plays an Ayers ASM
six-string acoustic and uses a Fishman Rare
Earth soundhole pickup.
Both have jointly
purchased a Taylor 314ce to allow one guitar
to be permanently tuned up in DADGAD to save
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Taylor 314ce
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Here is our latest addition to the guitar fold!
Bought at a snip in the January sales 2007 it has a mellow tone and
a nice, wide fingerboard. A joy to fingerpick.
Larrivee
L03
Martin Browne Octave Mandola
Martin has just finished building an
octav e mandola in his garden shed.
It is handbuilt from walnut for the
back and sides, a spruce top and an
ebony fingerboard. (The mandola, that is, not the shed!)
[Click on photograph to see photographs
of its construction.]
Both....
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Both use mainly finger-picking styles, (just using nails and fingertips), but occasionally Martin uses a light pick.
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