Happy birthday Anniversary Strat the acclaimed book on Fender guitars and Custom Shop master builders

I'm just back from cruising the Caribbean Islands, and thought I would spread the news that there are only 200 or so copies of the signed limited first editi...

I'm thrilled and proud to announce that my highly acclaimed book ANNIVERSARY STRAT has been shortlisted in the Self-Published category for the British Book D...

I recently enjoyed speaking with Lars Mullen and being filmed by Mike Berry for a Britain's Rare Guitars programme. I'm also attending the Britain's Rare Gui...

A one-hour interactive multimedia presentation focusing on the highly acclaimed book ANNIVERSARY STRAT. A couple of Fender Stratocaster elec

OK it could be the ideal birthday gift for 'her' too of course, if she is interested in guitars, or likes to read stories about talented craftspeople and art...

It's now a month since ANNIVERSARY STRAT was released, and in that time limited edition copies of the book have shipped literally all over the world. About 1...

I'm delighted to report that ANNIVERSARY STRAT is out and based on what everyone is saying, including these legendary guitar builders, it was well worth the w...

I'm delighted to report that after almost five years work it's all down to the printer now. The files are ready for printing after all those years of researc...

Nearly there! Collected the proof of the cover from the printer today. They can't proof the gold foil for the title, so that will have to wait until the book...

The ANNIVERSARY STRAT book cover is complete thanks to a very special designer! The actual cover will have the title on the front and on the spine highlighte...

I'm tying up a few loose ends while the book is being proofread. At the moment I'm experimenting with the copy for the text panel that will appear on the bac...

I'm delighted to report that after more than 4 years in the making, all 45 chapters are finally ready to be sent to the proofreader. I'm currently color mana...

Another giant step as all forty-five chapters are now in the DTP software. I have a few sections to edit and I'm waiting for some more photos, but the light ...

What a productive week that was. Five more chapters have found their way into the publishing software, and I've enjoyed writing them all. The last chapter to...

The DTP side of things is moving along nicely, and I'm enjoying the process. Plus there are now only 13 of the 45 chapters to go! It has been a pleasure meet...

I'm happy to report that twenty chapters are now safely set into the publishing software. So that's Part 1 on the guitars all done. Now I'm adding Part 2, wh...

I'm delighted to report that the ANNIVERSARY STRAT book cover is finally taking shape. This is a rough draft of the front cover, which should give some indic...

Abbey Road Studios in London yesterday morning. Did you know a project involving the creation of a certain Fender Anniversary Stratocaster model was set in m...