b'If only I had known, I should havethat I made my first guitar long before my first pint become a watchmaker. of beer, first girlfriend or first beard. Not before my first cigarette though. I needed to warn my lungs That quote of course, was Albert Einstein chastisingabout all the dust that was to come.himself for the consequences of his work whichI had a bench in dads workshop, and another in my led to the development of the atomic bomb, butbedroom. I was keen on woodwork, metalwork and recently, while reading about the watchmakerelectrical devices at a time when it was considered George Daniels, the words struck a chord withOK for young boys to have interesting scars. Despite me. I have spent the last 40 years or so makingthe early start, the guitar making did not seriously about 9,000 guitars, 100,000 snooker cues, dozenstake hold until my teens, more or less alongside of complicated machines and countless othermy interest in playing. I couldnt find a guitar, so I things, while George Daniels became world famousmade one. I got better at playing - I made a better and a multimillionaire by making about 30 veryguitar. Simple really. expensive watches. Doesnt that strike you as a little unfair? In my teens I lusted after a Gibson 335 for a while, I might have become BB Bucknall. I think I was saved I had a watchmakers lathe when I was about 14, soby the influence of my sisters boyfriends, who all just where did I go wrong? seemed to play acoustic guitar. I managed to learn Here I am, in my study, in our strange house hiddenDavy Grahams Anji so my sisters could show me in trees by the side of a river in the Lake District,off and gain brownie points with the chap they working on this second edition. I am trying towere after. They were both usually after the same remember back about 56 years to when I madechap, so he had to listen to me twice. Davy was a my first guitar. It was made from hardboardlifelong influence on many others and me, and I did and plywood, had fishing line for strings andeventually become friends with him shortly before matchsticks for frets. I painted it pink, and put onhe died. As I was writing the first edition, I was some butterfly transfers. I was nine years old.Iasked to contribute to a film about him, and as I am couldnt actually play guitar, but at least I can saywriting the second edition, I can see it on youtube, which is rather nice.Shakespeare Caliban and Egyptian models. Here the two sections of curtain wings are very clear, and I can see where Calibans chains are The photographs here are from a series taken by Keithsupported on the set by a cardboard bracket, but its nice to Beardmore around 1993. It was a massive project, withleave it in so you can understand how it has all been done. The stage sets purpose built and painted in perspective for eachdetail and hard work that went into these pictures has caused photograph. Above are the Model 42 and the 42 M guitars; therelots of misunderstandings.are several clues about the origin of the name in the mouse, and the radio. The shadow of the radio is deceptive because it is made from thin board.22'