b'and Sullivan there - oh Ive got a little list, sorry. buyer of unusual guitars, but like Nick Drake, he When I was unwell, Tony often took me to see Garypassed me by and we never did meet. Ive done well Potter play in the back street pubs of Liverpool.in meeting lots and lots of contemporary idols, but Many years later, Garys manager contacted me toinevitably not all. I do wish that I had sold a guitar make him a guitar, and I based it on that Egyptianto John Lennon, but I cant complain. design. Moves within moves. By 1993 the Acoustic Guitar market had still Then I made another new guitar, different shape,not revived much, so we made a lot of Octavius different bracing, sunburst finish, engraved scratchmandolins and bouzoukis using some serious jigs plate and modern styling, designed specifically for aand production techniques. I have a photograph built-in pickup system, and it seemed to fit a wholesomewhere showing about seventy of them in new market, so I left the Shakespeare theme andthe later stages of production, this was a time called it Model 42.The name comes from anotherwhen there were only three or four of us in the masterpiece of the English brain, if not its languageworkshop. Working like that can be quite effective, - The Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy by Douglasits almost as quick to bend ten pairs of sides as it is Adams.to bend one if you take into account all the setting According to the supercomputer Deep Thought,up times, and the finishing process is far quicker which of course was run by white mice, 42 waswhen there are a reasonable number to work on. the answer to the ultimate question of life, theFresh Fyldes and fresh fieldsuniverse, and everything. That may have been the answer, but the actual question wasnt mentioned.After selling the snooker business, Jill (my second Also, I was 42 at the time. Unfortunately I was onlywife) and me decided to improve our quality of life 42 for one year and the guitar wasnt easy to make,by moving to the Lake District of Northern England. so I didnt make many. Also, I felt a bit bad aboutThe idea was to take things a little more easily, but abandoning Shakespeare. One of these guitars wasI still had unfinished business with guitar making. I bought by M People and featured in the Sundayinvested some of the snooker proceeds in a purpose Times. Douglas Adams was a keen guitarist andbuilt workshop and we found an idyllic spot to live.Clive Carroll Fylde tailpiecesClives live performance guitar is made by Ralph Bown, but he uses a standard KenLost wax castings in silicone bronze Nicol Fylde for much of his recording work. for the Touchstone mandolins. Before I made the patterns for these, we had to I often use Clive as a Target to focus my mind on what a guitar should be. Its ause cheap pressed metal tailpieces like useful idea - there is no one better at his job, he can play any style, alongside any othereverybody else,I followed them up with musician in the world. So, if I can make a guitar that he likes I must be on the rightcastings for the citterns and bouzoukis.I track.A few years ago there was a fire scare at Ullapool, and he dived in to rescue onewish I had done this twenty years before, particular guitar and hold it very close, so I know the plan is working. it was a huge step forward.77'