Rob writes: "I've been a hobby builder for a couple of years now, knocking out everything from biscuit-tin banjos to full-size electric guitars. I'm based in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire in the UK and I've sold 5 or 6 instruments locally to date.

"The 8-string in the photos has a meranti body and a scarf-jointed sapele neck; the 4-string is a sapele body, capped with bookmatched English ash and a through-neck in maple."

If you like what you see, drop an to Rob or visit his Web site.