For acoustic fingerstyle blues
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Al is a Martin or a Yamaha player, On the left hand side is Blondie his trusty workhorse Martin.
When Blondie is not being used, here is a picture of his other favourite Martin.
Here is a 0015 model, purchased from Little Toby Walker in 2012.
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For slide
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Al is a resonator fanatic
Here is a picture of his Michael Messer Blues 28. And his 1935 National Trojan.
Al is a big fan of Michael Messer resonators. He owns 6 of them.
The Trojan is always in open G or G6th.
The Michael Messer Blues 28 is always in open D or minor key tunings.
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/149365/5d1d578ef3072ba2de1816fa36ec4db12b336034/original/img-1299.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sicmVzaXplIixbMjAwLG51bGwseyJ3aXRob3V0RW5sYXJnZW1lbnQiOnRydWUsImZpdCI6Im91dHNpZGUifV1dXQ%3D%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)
For electric blues
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What we have here is a red Telecaster from 2007,
This Guitar is set up for solo and for use as a multipurpose guitar.
This is Al's go to guitar for sessions, gigs with other people.
Then we have a black strat that has been a road and session instrument for quite some years
![](http://d10j3mvrs1suex.cloudfront.net/s:bzglfiles/u/149365/6249efe3891822629877d9e76bbb48f36c65a7ca/original/strat.jpg/!!/b%3AW1sicmVzaXplIiwzMzBdLFsibWF4Il0sWyJ3ZSJdXQ%3D%3D/meta%3AeyJzcmNCdWNrZXQiOiJiemdsZmlsZXMifQ%3D%3D.jpg)