by Andy Tobin | Jun 6, 2024 | News
Annie and I finally managed to get over to see Daoirí Farrell play in Tenbury Wells back in April. We missed him last year — there was torrential rain, the River Teme flooded, the gig was cancelled. The two concerts before that, Covid got in the way!! Anyway, what a...
by Andy Tobin | May 29, 2024 | News
After a long 35 years, I’ve finally got round to starting and finishing my own bouzouki! This instrument has been a long time in the planning – just never got round to doing it though, as the old saying goes, “The cobbler’s kids are the poorest shod”!! It’s an...
by Andy Tobin | Aug 25, 2022 | News
Mike McNelly must like the instruments I build – he’s recently taken delivery of his third, a Mandolin. Mike hails from California and first got in touch back in June 2013 to enquire about a large body bouzouki. This instrument was delivered mid 2014. Then a few years...
by Andy Tobin | May 3, 2022 | News
Seánie got in touch at the beginning of last year with a few ideas about a new instrument. I’ve worked with Seánie many times over the years, most recently a couple of years ago servicing an old Tobin SBB that he managed to re-acquire. For one reason or another at the...
by Andy Tobin | Jan 10, 2022 | News
A few years ago I built a prototype SBB which included a number of new construction methods. This instrument became the forerunner of the Black Edition range of instruments which ultimately became the basis for the specification of the instruments I’m currently...
