Nadim's Hare and Adrian's pair!

I recently completed Nadim’s guitar and yesterday he drove down from Yorkshire to collect it. It’s always a treat to meet the player, with whom, over many months, you have built-up a rapport. I meet, in person, surprisingly few of my clients and often have to entrust delivery of our precious instrument to a courier company and although, touch wood, there has never been a problem, personal collection has got to be better all-round. Anyway below is Nadim’s first encounter with his new Hare signature model.

And here’s a little video......

................if you want hear what these guitars sound like, check out Phil's videos on YouTube.

The hardwood bindings have gone on to Adrian’s instruments; the bindings always define the shape of the instrument. What I do like (if I say so myself) is this fine black line which defines the joint between the maple bindings and the spruce soundboard. This line is only 0.12mm thick so it’s quite surprising how well it shows up. I think that I’ll coin a new luthiery term: micro-purfling!

And a few more choice photos for you............