History

NEWMAN Legacy Models. The story of 11 guitars.

NEWMAN Legacy Models. The story of 11 guitars.

The NEWMAN shop had 10 unfinished Flamed Cherry NeckThru bodies when Ted passed away in 2016.  Ted had coveted these bodies.  Jacob Harper and I had completed the prototype and I took...

NEWMAN Legacy Models. The story of 11 guitars.

The NEWMAN shop had 10 unfinished Flamed Cherry NeckThru bodies when Ted passed away in 2016.  Ted had coveted these bodies.  Jacob Harper and I had completed the prototype and I took...

History of an Artist by Danny O'Brien

I left school in 1960 and began an apprenticeship as an engraver at James Purdey and Sons Gun and Rifle makers in London, under the tutelage of master engraver Ken...

History of an Artist by Danny O'Brien

I left school in 1960 and began an apprenticeship as an engraver at James Purdey and Sons Gun and Rifle makers in London, under the tutelage of master engraver Ken...

Ted Newman Jones memoirs from Nellcote

The house was named & Nellcote; built by a retired Navy Admiral in the 1800’s. I believe he was English. The Stones were in France avoiding English taxes which took...

Ted Newman Jones memoirs from Nellcote

The house was named & Nellcote; built by a retired Navy Admiral in the 1800’s. I believe he was English. The Stones were in France avoiding English taxes which took...

5 String Guitar? Can Keith Richards be wrong?

5 String Guitar? Can Keith Richards be wrong?

“Ted made the five-string because I’d gotten into this tuning which is basically, you tune to open G using 5 strings in GDGBD.”  Keith Richards.  In 1972, Ted Newman Jones...

5 String Guitar? Can Keith Richards be wrong?

“Ted made the five-string because I’d gotten into this tuning which is basically, you tune to open G using 5 strings in GDGBD.”  Keith Richards.  In 1972, Ted Newman Jones...