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British Guitarist Jason Carter has toured in more than 70 countries and recorded 14 CDs. He has received Music Awards from the Crown Prince of Bahrain and the Government of North Korea for 'Building Bridges Through Music'. Jason tours mostly as a solo guitarist but also collaborates with musicians from Asia and the Middle East on a regular basis. He has played with people such as Michael Manring, Phil Keaggy, Nigel Kennedy, Clannad, and has been featured on compilation albums with John Paul Jones, Joe Satriani, Steve Morse, Allan Holdsworth, John Scofield, Jeff Beck, Larry Coryell, Hariprasad Chaurasia and Trilok Gurtu. |
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This harp guitar was made for Belgium multi instrumentalist Paul Oorts. Paul now lives in America and also teaches as part of... www.musicaltraditions.com Paul performs at concerts and festivals both in the USA and in Europe. His wife is hammered dulcimer player Karen Ashbrook. This instrument can be heard on Karen's album 'Spring Will Comes' and also on Jody Marshall's Carol Of The Bells. Paul's harp guitar is based on Joe Morgan's instrument. It also has a Sitka spruce soundboard but without the bearclaw. Honduras Mahognay back and sides, which were stained a darker brown. |
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Joe Morgan made an album with hammered dulcimer player David Moran. 'I Wish They Hadn't Done That'. Their second album 'On Their Best Behavior' features this harp guitar on 5 tracks. Joe also organised the The Winter Festival of Acoustic Music which is held in Irving, Texas, USA in February each year. This Sitka spruce sound board has beautiful 'bearclaw' figure. It also features a cutaway and ebony trim. The standard model wouldn't feature the bearclaw or the cutaway. The Hounduras Mahogany back and sides have beautiful straight grain, you could put a ruler next to it. It also has 19 frets on the treble side. The bass head and guitar heads are joined. It has a Nitrocellulose lacquer. Joe later installed a 'Pick-up-the-World' pickup. |
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This harp guitar was commissioned by producer/recording engineer/singer/songwriter Kim Person. Her and Lana Puckett had a great review in Performing Songwriter's December issue for their Wistaria Studio, which is a division of Cimirron/Rainbird Recording. For solo acoustic guitar recordings, Kim has recorded/co-produce all of Stephen Bennett's recordings. Also recorded Larry B's CD 'Reflect On' which featured several harp guitar pieces and she has recorded/produced a number of Tommy Emmanuel's CDs. For singer/songwriters in the acoustic realm, she has recorded/co-produced grammy nominated songwriter, Pam Rose's CD "Morpheus", Michael Lille's CD "Middle Child". Michael works for Gore and is the artist liason representing Elixir strings. Kim Person & Lana Puckett, have their own CDs "At Christmas the Heart Goes Home" and "Windows of Life" |
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