Alex Bishop
50 Great British Trees project
I have an exciting new project to announce! In 2014, I decided to begin a lifelong project to see all 50 of the Great British Trees, as...
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Alex Bishop
- Mar 13, 2017
- 1 min
New work
I'm excited to announce some images of my latest work. The 'Modèle traditionnel' will be available to try and buy at this year's upcoming...
Alex Bishop
- Jan 23, 2017
- 1 min
Guitarist (Presents Acoustic) featured article
I was very happy to be interviewed and photographed by Guitarist magazine for this season's Acoustic quarterly. We talked about tone...
Alex Bishop
- Sep 4, 2016
- 1 min
New look website!
I've had a very busy summer - making new guitars and playing lots with folk band Effra, as well as running a new monthly gypsy jazz jam...
Alex Bishop
- Jun 16, 2016
- 1 min
Latest work
I've enjoyed spending most of the last two months finishing work and then working on some new pieces. Here are a few sneak previews of...
Alex
- Jun 6, 2016
- 1 min
Top 10 Coolest Things - GQ Magazine
I found myself (or rather, my guitars) in a list of the 'Top 10 Coolest Things In The World This Week', as part of GQ Magazine. It's an...
Alex Bishop
- Apr 7, 2016
- 2 min
Shaping a neck
Earlier this week I shaped a neck for a new guitar model, my 'OM' size folk guitar. It mainly differs from my 'OOO' model in that it has...
Alex Bishop
- Jan 28, 2016
- 1 min
Artist In Residence
I'm very excited to announce that I have been awarded 'Artist In Residence' at the Pound Arts Centre in Corsham, near Bath. For those in...
Alex Bishop
- Dec 11, 2015
- 1 min
New video
This video is the last in the series of 'Workshop Sessions' that we filmed earlier this year as part of the Remi Harris workshop event. I...
Alex Bishop
- Oct 10, 2015
- 1 min
Design work
I thought it would be fun to post some of the 'behind the scenes' design work that becomes the inspiration for many of my guitar back...
Alex Bishop
- Feb 6, 2015
- 1 min
Short film
Here are some beautiful stills courtesy of Max Greenstein and John Ford at Contra. They are creating a short film about my work and...
Alex Bishop
- Oct 6, 2014
- 3 min
Multiple scale length instruments
I've wanted to introduce the idea of 'fanned frets' into my instruments for a long time, and as that time is finally upon me I thought...
Alex Bishop
- Sep 2, 2014
- 2 min
Mystery Guitar
Well, this is the first blog entry really. I wanted to start something to document some of the oddities that pass through my worksho, and...
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