Bodhran by Roddy Turner / Guitar by Rob Armstrong
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Bodhran by Roddy Turner
18½” (47 cm) skin, 6 tuners and tuning key, with case, collection of beaters, dubbin and water sprayer.
This instrument is in excellent condition, well looked-after and the skin regularly treated.
£160
Guitar by Rob Armstrong
Acoustic guitar by master luthier Rob Armstrong, with K&K pickup.
Rob Armstrong has made instruments for Gordon Giltrap, George Harrison, Dave Swarbrick, Dave Pegg of Fairport Convention, Keith Donnelly and many more musicians at the top of their game. His instruments are always characterised by clarity of sound and ease of playing. Always inventive, Rob is always looking to experiment.
This guitar is labelled 709/1003 – that’s instrument 709, his 10th in 2003. The woods are: spruce soundboard; ash back and sides; holly edging; mahogany neck; walnut fingerboard; ebony bridge.
I have been the sole owner, recording and gigging with it. I had it fitted with a K&K Trinity System under-saddle pickup and internal microphone, by far the best pickup combination on the market, in my experience. The internal mic and under-saddle pickup can be altered at will to your preferred mix. New, this system currently sells for £329-£345. As an instrument that is 22 years old, it has matured and developed its sound, and has the the odd bump and nick if one looks closely (as one would expect on a guitar of this age), while overall being in very good condition, as you can see in the photographs.
The guitar comes with a Hiscox case which I painted, to distinguish it from the pile of cases sometimes found at gigs.
£1,950
Rob Armstrong guitar 709/1003.
The case and K&K pick-up system for the Armstrong guitar.
This guitar can be heard in the soundfile below, consisting of extracts from:
Morning Call (Ian Pittaway)
Valley Waltz (Ian Pittaway)
The Trees They Do Grow High (trad., arr. Ian Pittaway)
The Present Moment (Ian Pittaway)
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