Author: Marvin

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 →

Day 2695 Wednesday May 20th 2026 Southampton As I was walking to the ticket barrier in Southamton, an big American bloke came up and said ‘You on the ships? You playin’ on the ships?’ I said I wasn’t but I’d done a bit of that years ago. ‘Oh, I thought ’cause you got a guitar, you were playin’ on the… Read more →

Day 2694 Tuesday May 19th 2026 Southampton Here we go, the first session of my 64th year…and that’s one song I’m NOT going to do. My little arrangement was quite nice – even Duck Baker said so – but I can’t stand the sodding song and I’m not playing it. So, back to the big city, and I’ve just crossed… Read more →

Day 2693 Friday May 15th 2026 Winchester It was busy earlier on in the morning, with Slouching Kev, a young girl singer with a guitar and that penny whistle bloke opposite Sainsbury’s but they’ve all gone by 4 o’clock. I went in late due to the sporadic showers and set up at Nando’s with the fruit and veg bloke going… Read more →

Day 2692 Wednesday May 13th 2026 Winchester The Faith 12-string is out of service for the time being and being cared for by ace luthier Jimmy Cole. I had a go on three other 12-strings yesterday and decided the Rickenbacker would be best. My beloved Sigma – the one I bought when I was living with Lesley in Kilburn in… Read more →