b'Four Bog Oak InstrumentsWe made these four instruments as a set and I wantedThe idea was to display them at the Ullapool Guitar to include a mandolin to make it look like a family. I knewFestival in October, along with a number of other specially they would make a wonderful picture. Was I right? built instruments, but the festival was postponed, so I Yes, I was, thank you. put them on sale. They are amongst the most expensive Bog Oak back and sides, Sinker Redwood soundboards,instruments we have ever made, and we sold them all Snakewood bindings with red borders. Ebonywithin two days.fingerboards with Abalone diamond inlays. Bog Oak is reclaimed from the fenlands of East Anglia, Gotoh 510 tuners. All of the necks are made fromwhere an Oak forest died and became buried about one board of very old Brazilian Mahogany with centre5,000 years ago. The timber is being recovered, dried sections from another similar board and red and blackand sawn by a very small number of experts. Its lines to match and complement the bodies. exceptional material, quite different in some ways to The mandolin was made from the offcuts of the threemodern Oak, and I think is Englands most valuable guitars. Each side is two tapered sections, and the backtimber and treasure. is four sections, all divided by thin red lines. A child with three parents.Stunning instruments. Once again Mike English cursed the dark woods (well, he cursed me really) but produced wonderful pictures anyway.224'