About a year back, I did a little series of posts about various bits of gear that I use. However, meet the latest addition to the toolkit:

Isn’t she a beauty? A Gretsch ‘New Yorker’ flatback mandolin; now I’ve fitted a strap button on the neck I think this instrument can do whatever I might need, from bluegrass strumming to picking out Irish reel tunes. I’m looking forward to blooding it in performance at an audition for Gifford’s Circus in a couple of weeks. (Seriously!)