New Reluctants Poster version 3

New Reluctants poster version 2

Version two, with a different distribution of blue. Something weird's happened to the whites, will sort out.

New Reluctants Poster:

Edited gonzo-style poster up for discussion.

Four String Guitar

My four-string box guitar styled after Bo Diddley. Made this around Christmas 2012.  It started life as a kit, but I abandoned most of that. The most challenging part was shaping the neck and putting in the frets. The strap is my late Grandad's tooled leather western belt so I hope he would approve. I play it tuned to an open D chord and it has a Keith Richardsy kind of sound. It has a better action and intonation than any of my other guitars! I'm going to upgrade it at some point; I've got a single-coil pickup to put on and I might re-paint it a glittery emerald green, having just discovered Deusenberg guitars.

Reluctants at The Fishbowl

From our gig with The Sinners on Saturday April 12th. A good night out, thanks for having us.

Here's some music:

There are two recordings which I can't work out how to embed separately, so you have to listen to the first to get to the second:
Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood: This is me in the kitchen at home singing the Animals song accompanied by me on the guitar.
Roadrunner: This is a recording of The Reluctants in rehearsal, just the lead sax part missing and a few mistakes.
 

I have more and better recordings which I'll post soon.

Reluctants Poster

My poster design for our band 'The Reluctants'

It's a work in progress. 2014