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...
by Andy Tobin | Sep 1, 2020 | News
I’m currently building an instrument for John Ryan in Dublin. John is a real gent and a great player and has had a number of my instruments over the years. About a year ago he bought the prototype Black Edition SBB I built as part of a development project. This new...
