Author: Marvin

Day 2701 Tuesday June 9th 2026 Southampton Back to the big city. The good thing is there’s nobody else playing. The bad thing is it pours down the minute, no, the SECOND I start up with La Vie En Rose. I’m in front of the mall entrance in the middle of the street. Like an idiot I was determined to… Read more →

Day 2700 Sunday June 7th 2026 Winchester Late in due to waiting for a young bloke driving from Slough to pick up the white Squier Strat which he won on eBay for £121. I wasn’t playing it and well, it might as well go to someone who WILL. It turns out it’s his first guitar – I hope he likes… Read more →

Day 2699 Sunday May 31st 2026 Winchester Out a bit late today. I got to The Square after 4 o’clock and dinner is at 6 so it’s just an hour’s set – all the hits! I’d just plopped the cases down and was about to open the amp one when I heard the sound of a guitar. Very quiet but… Read more →

Day 2698 Saturday May 30th 2026 Winchester Once again I get in the shade in The Square. It’s 25 degrees and too hot to be not in the shade, especially as there is no forgiving breeze. I’m not the only one putting on a performance. There are four blokes dressed in 17th century garb. Civil war ere? Anyway, they’re milling… Read more →

Day 2697 Friday May 29th 2026 Winchester A hot day of around 25 degrees…I’ve got my stone suit from Next (without the waistcoat) and a yellow linen Reiss shirt – very posh, and with the red Rickenbacker guitar I look like a bloody blancmange! Which reminds me I must contact Jimmy to see if he’s done any work on the… Read more →

Day 2696 Sunday May 24th 2026 Winchester The first day of the heat wave and it’s 28 degrees but thankfully there’s some shade in The Square. I still haven’t heard from luthier Jimmy about the Faith 12-string so I’m out again with the Rickenbacker, this time with a new set of Infeld flatwound strings -made in Vienna and “designed for… Read more →