Barcelona friends we're pleased to announce Ant's trio debut very soon - come along to the Mas I Mas festival, listen/hang! See you there!

Stay tuned for more news on this - Ant will be in Estonia for the first time ever in February 2020!

AL: I've just got back home from another great Love Supreme fest, where we saw some great artists, hung out, and of course also played some music!

Here's the evidence click "Launch Related Site" to check out a video of a big guitar solo. I played with Tim Garland's band,...

AL: I just finished a 4-night run at Scott's with some amazing musicians from Brazil. Carlos Ezequiel put together a band with Vitor Alcantara (tenor sax) and Ronan Guilfoyle on acoustic bass guitar. We had an exciting 4 nights supporting Airto Moreira and hanging a little with Flora Purim too!...

Ronnie Scott's Nick & Alex invited Ant into the from Soho Radio studio to have a chat live on air, answer some quick fire questions and choose some tracks to play. Loads of great music here, have a listen!

Ant will be at "In Der Mitte" with the quartet on 12th October... Check the Concerts and Touring tab for full tour schedule.

The good folks at KS have included a track of Ant's on their very own curated "Kansas Smitty's and Friends" Spotify Playlist - Ant's in very good company here, have a listen...

We just got back from a trip to two fine lands - that of the Finns and that of the Poles. April Jazz Festival in Espoo (near Helsinki) and Krakow treated us well. Until next time...

We're back from a successful trip to Gothenburg, Sweden. It was great to play The Nefertiti Club for the first time. We'll have the video evidence very soon...

1 week today Ant will lead a masterclass which also features the mighty Mark Lettieri (of Snarky Puppy fame, but do check out his solo work) and Paris-residing Brazilian guitar hero Nelson Veras. There are a couple of spaces left...

Very excited to announce we'll be heading to Germany for some concerts towards the end of this year. We'll be in Kempen with the exact album 5tet lineup: Michael Chillingworth, Ivo Neame, Tom Farmer & James Maddren. Can't wait!

More dates announced very soon...

Ant has just returned from an intensive week in Scotland. HLK performed with Evelyn G at Aberdeen Jazz Festival (in the newly refurbished Aberdeen Music Hall) then headed to Edinburgh - the band's home. The trio rehearsed ALL week working on new pieces, finishing with a concert in Glasgow.

On...

"The pastoral flavoured Harvest stood out among the new songs, infusing Law’s remarkable technique with real feeling."

Jon Turney & Peter Slavid attended the concert and wrote this (and other nice things) about it for London Jazz News - have a read.

Ant is delighted to be bringing the Life I Know band (exactly as per the album) to this great festival in November. See you there Cambridgers & Cambridgettes!

Thanks Gerhard Strejcek for the article in Concerto, Österreichers check it out! The most important jazz-type mag there apparently.

You can now listen to Life I Know on all BA long haul flights - thanks everyone who has sent us images of them listening. Thanks BA!

We are delighted to be performing at this great festival. Ant will be accompanied by Michael Chillingworth, Ferg Ireland and Marc Michel, get tickets while you can - click "Launch Related Site" for...

"Ant Law deserves a lot of attention. He is not only a great guitarist who plays from a broad musical spectrum, he is also a strong composer who shows great growth with every album. Life I Know is highly recommended and Law the man who has to come to the...

"Depending on who you ask, music and science are poles apart, or peas in a pod. On the one hand, schools in the UK have traditionally specialised early, channelling students into ‘the arts’ or ‘the sciences’. On the other, people are often unsurprised to find that I work in both...

We're pleased to announce the quartet will play in Gothenburg on 18th April. This'll be the Swedish album launch, at a great club called Nefertiti - see you there Swedes!

Thanks Andrea Felber for playing some tracks from the album on his show on 19th Jan. We'll be in Austria soon moving air in person! Have a listen to the show...

Olaf Maikopf wrote some lovely Deutsche words about Life I Know - thanks Olaf!

Google Translate says: Born in Saudi Arabia in 1983, the British guitarist is described as an innovator and one of the "most original voices of the jazz guitar". The fact that these labels actually have their...

Thanks JW for adding "Credits" to the Dec 2018 - Jan 2019 playlist... In very good company here alongside my personal god John Coltrane! This is a HIGH-RES streaming site, for all the audiophiles out there.

Check out Jim Gilchrist's great (if sesquipedalian, and slightly grandiloquent) review of Life I Know! A minor correction to make - I am technically one quarter German, three quarters English. However, I lived in Edinburgh for six years and am incredibly fond of Scottish people, music and culture so I...

Jordan Quintero wrote one of the best Life I Know reviews yet, also taking care to summarise what many other journalists are saying...
"Without hesitation, this is another of the best albums, the best of...

Thanks Jos Demol for including LIK in his 2018 round up! And for the first ever description of my bandmates as "lawyers" which I most certainly will be using henceforth ;)
Happy New Year everyone!

Gerry Koster played the long piece "Aquilinus" (featuring the mighty Tim Garland on tenor sax alongside Mike Chillingworth on alto), on his radio show "Dizzy Atmosphere" in Melbourne - cheers Gerry! Have a listen to the program in full here...

Jempi Samyn is playing some full tracks from the album, most recently "Laurvin Glaslowe" AND the full introduction featuring the masterful Asaf Sirkis, on his station in Belgium! Have a listen to the full playlist...

Thanks Sergio Cabanillas for the continued spins of LIK in Spain...

Thanks to Dane Morten Buschmann for a great review in the Nov-Jan edition of Danish jazzmag Jazz Special...
"This British guitarist challenges his listeners. And he succeeds. The album is required listening for connoisseurs."

Thanks Berthold Klostermann for this extremely complimentary review in Fono Forum... "Launch Related Site" to read in full!

Ant sat down and had a very in-depth chat with fine gentlemen Dan Smith & David Beebee for episode 58 of this legendary poddy. Have a listen and catch you various 'Life I Know' Easter Eggs! Click "Launch Related Site" or you can see it in all the usual places,...

Thanks to the people at the Vienna Times (Wiener Zeitung!), for listing 'Life I Know' on their "best of 2018" list. It's been a while since Ant played in Austria so here's hoping to make it back there very soon!

Here's what google translate has to say:
"The jazz from the British isles has come a long way since they
most were known for traditional jazz in style with Chris Barber. In recent years, it feels like it is the company Edition Records, known for Dinosaur and Phronesis among others,...

Thanks to everyone at the beeb for including me in the Christmas Round-Up in the BBC Music Magazine!
“…unfurls like a tapestry full of individual incident but with a cohesive overall narrative."

"Credits" and "Pure Imagination" have been added to two key Spotify playlists: "State of Jazz" & "Jazz UK". Thanks to the curators there lots of people will hear the music which is great - this is the main reason we make the music, after all! "Credits" has 130000 streams already...

The Giant Steps 92.1FM radio program played a couple of tracks including the long-form piece "The Act Itself" - this is a first!

Thanks Manuel Ribeiro for broadcasting tracks over on the continent!

"The UK based guitarist Ant Law is one reason to get excited about when it comes to jazz guitar. Ant is a refreshing, exhilarating and innovative player"

whoah thank you kindly Jazz Online people! Click Launch Related Site to read the in depth Q & A...

You can now follow Ant on Spotify and get all the streamable audio treats as they splash into the interwebland. The entire album is there to stream! Let me know what your favourite tracks are and stick them on your own playlists.

Thanks to the team at Music Without Frontiers for playing music from the album down under.

Ant headed out of London to Justin Guitar\'s HQ and we had an in depth chat about jazz, the album, guitar, tuning in perfect fourths and more. Check it out and let us know what you think - guitar nerds there are even some excerpts from my perfect 4ths book...

Thanks LJN for this:
"The album naturally revolves around Law's writing. By turns intricate and complex or stripped-back and gentle, there is a warmth to his tunes and guitar work. The personal touch shines through it all....

We filmed this piece in the studio and the video is now live on YouTube. It features a solo from tenor titan Tim Garland augmenting the quintet. Check it out, like, subscribe, share etc!

'Life I Know' is out! Thanks everyone who made it happen, pre-ordered it, played on it (Mike, Ivo, Tom, James, Tim, Asaf), recorded it (George), mixed it (Fernando), mastered it (Peter), did the artwork (Oli) and Dave and everyone at Edition for the release. Launch Related Site to have a...

"Law is one of the UK’s most distinctive guitarists and this album will further enhance his reputation as both a musician and a composer."
Thanks Jazz Mann!

"Life I Know consolidates the talented Law's career and signposts seriously great things to come"
thanks AAJ peeps!

Check out the new single, there's a video on Youtube and it's also on Spotify to stream, don't forget to follow Ant there to get all the new stuff as it comes out! This is a spacious version of this beloved song from Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory -...

Ant sat down yesterday and had an in depth chat with Rob Cope - esteemed host of The Jazz Podcast - about all things jazzy, formic, and relating to 'Life I Know' new album - there are even a few short musical excerpts to hear! Listen, subscribe and enjoy!

The first single from 'Life I Know' is out now and you can stream it on Spotify. It has been added to two playlists at the time of writing and has over 60,000 plays which is nice - we really hope you like it!

JazzHalo Belgium have reviewed the album - have a read!

Ant is featured in a list of "Impossibly talented players changing the game" at Music Radar news site, Launch Related Site to read the full article. If you want to scroll through the video to the guitar solo it starts at 4:25, this was a very enjoyable gig in Brighton...

YLE (Finland), Polish Jazz Radio & Jazz FM (UK) have begun some pre-release broadcasting of 'Life I Know' and Spotify have put the first single "Credits" on two playlists - State Of Jazz and Jazz UK. Have listen! (click Launch Related Site to head over to Spotify!...

The new album, my 3rd quintet album as a leader is now available for pre-order over at AntLaw.bandcamp.com! The name of the album is 'Life I Know'. This title is taken from the lyric to Pure Imagination, a song which appears on the album. We have released the...

Ant will be making an appearance at the International Guitar Research Centre, Guildford on this Saturday in October - more details to follow...

Ant was invited to join the Royal Holloway Choir for Gabriel Jackson's gorgeous composition "Ave, Regina Caelorum" at Presteigne festival this bank holiday monday. This seldom used instrumentation produces incredible results - stay tuned for any future performances! Thanks to everyone at Presteigne for a very enjoyable trip. There are...

Thanks everyone who came along - this one was sold out WAAAY in advance, so our apologies to anyone who couldn't get a ticket - we do hope to come back soon (and hopefully stay longer too)...

Huge thanks to everyone who came out to our concert last night in Petworth, it was amazing to play in such a beautiful church, and in the round, and to have it sold out. Thanks to all the folks who bought so much merch too, we really appreciate the support!

Tune in to "In Tune" on BBC Radio 3 tomorrow at 5pm to hear our live session...

I am really pleased to finally announce I will be releasing my next album in November on Edition Records. I'm delighted to be joining such highly esteemed players on their roster. The release date is Nov 9th, click the "Contact & Mailing List" tab above and enter your email address...

Pleased to release the live studio vid - our arrangement/derangement/recomposition/demolishment of Chick's "Spain". We call it "painS" - hope you like it! Playing this + much MUCH more @ Pizza Express (London) July 11th. Cut & paste for tix: https://www.pizzaexpresslive....

In the August issue of Guitarist Magazine (available from July), Ant is listed in fine company as one of "Ten Astounding Guitar Virtuosos". Get a copy from your local newsagent!

Thanks to Rochester City Newspaper for this great review of the festival gig, saying Ant "stole the show"... Ant has promised to give it back soon. Launch Related Site to read the full...

Delighted to receive such a nice mention in this fine mag, loads of great quotes such as:
"by far the most eclectic and accomplished performance",
"marks them out as true innovators",
"a truly remarkable album", grab your copy now!

We had an absolute blast in Canada at this great festival - thanks to everyone who came out to listen, watch, buy CDs etc. We hope to return soon!

It's here! What a journey it's been since I first met Rich "H" on new years day 2015. We have vinyl/CDs/copies signed by H, me, K, Evelyn & Steve so head to https://triohlk.bandcamp.com/ to pick up your copy!
Click "Launch Related Site" and enjoy! Londoners do join us...

We now have a full itinerary! We are adding dates on a daily basis so keep checking back. Click "Launch Related Site"...

Standard Time is now available for pre-order! We have vinyl, signed copies, lots of treats, head to our bandcamp and get stuck in!

We had a great time at Colston Hall, thanks everyone who came out. The concert was reviewed too, click "Launch Related Site" to read...

The first Trio HLK dates of the year have been announced. The trio will share the bill with Chris Potter at Ronnie Scott's in London. These are the first dates of an extensive 2018 tour in support of the new album "Standard Time" featuring Steve Lehman & Dame Evelyn Glennie....

We'll shortly have the full Trio HLK press release, but for now this announcement of our first date will have to suffice! Our debut album provocatively entitled "Standard Time" will be released later this year, it features Steve Lehman & Dame Evelyn Glennie, with whom we have MANY performances this...

Our first jazz of the year! Sat 13th Jan @ lovely Toulouse Lautrec (Kennington), this unusual instrumentation sees Ant joined by Adam Kovacs (percussion), Matt Ridley (bass) & Jamie Murray (drums). "Launch Related Site" for tickets! We are excited about this! AND They serve delicious French food! See you there...

Any day now we will be announcing our album release date & 2018 tour dates inc. loads of jazz fests & international arts fests, many of which see us perform with Evelyn Glennie, who features on the album. Follow us on twitter/instagram using @TrioHLK or like the FB page: https://www....

Not long till Ant joins these masters at King's Place for a variety of music including Tango, Garland compositions and more. Get tickets while you can....

It's official and they've even made a page for it: http://serious.org.uk/artists/ant-law
thanks to everyone involved!

Ant was honoured to be chosen for the next edition of artist development scheme Take Five, by the team at Serious. Looking forward to working with them over the next 12 months!

Thanks to everyone who came along last night to Cadogan Hall, it was a huge pleasure to play to such a warm audience. Lots of exciting 2018 news for this band, head over to Partikel.co.uk for more...

Huge thanks to all those who came along to our two nights at Pizza Dean Street. It was great to play the music before recording the album

We recorded multi-track audio from these gigs & video footage too, stay tuned, we'll get it online asap. Next stop is Eastcote studio...

Ant, Mike, Ivo, Tom & James play a 2-night stand, this is a 2017 exclusive (the only performances for the group this year!). The band will play entirely new music from the forthcoming album, right before the studio sessions. Click "Launch Related Site" for tickets.

We are fully crowdfunded and then some :) thanks to 267 generous pledges we hit the 120% mark with about a week left! The campaign is now closed. We are so grateful for all the support and cannot wait to get into the studio at the end of this year....

Last chance to get involved in The Third Offering (our imaginatively titled 3rd album)! Buy it now, then we'll make it. Click "Launch Related Site" to make us happy...

The campaign is LIVE!!! click "Launch Related Site" below and get pledging! You can be a part of the album - let's make it happen :)
We're nearly halfway there...

BIG NEWS - My next album is now available for pre-order! Click "Launch Related Site" below.

Or cut and paste https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/antlawquintet

It will feature the significant talent of ultra-heavy Brit jazz heroes Michael Chillingworth​ (technically Australian), Ivo​ "Phronesis" Neame, Tom​ Walter Farmer MMXVII Esq and The Right...

Delighted to say you can now buy tickets for two night of the Quintet at Pizza Express in October! See you there :) Ant will be joined by megastars Michael Chillingworth, Ivo Neame, Tom Farmer and James Maddren. Click "Launch Related Site" below to buy tickets or cut & paste:...

This means you can check out playlists made by Ant and stream Zero Sum World. Cut & Paste this link https://open.spotify.com/artist/6kdsDfFQZGJBwb9IvjnIL0 then click FOLLOW to stay tuned, or head to this playlist featuring loads of Ant's playing: https://open.spotify.com/user/antlaw/playlist/1L4J3cezwHfNr4kFjFlhEe
thanks for listening! We'll be posting much more...

Asaf Sirkis, Matt Ridley and I will be joined by Tenor Titan Duncan Eagles for this double bill with heavyweights Dice Factory (Challenger/Nicholls/Farmer/Scott). I am really excited about it as I don't play my music with Tenor players very often! And I've never heard these new pieces with Tenor at...

Happy to announce we're getting the band back together! We toured extensively in 2016, but this will be our first gig of 2017. AOR Trio brings Ant together with highly respected Asaf Sirkis:
“who has earned a reputation as one of the world's premier drummers" All About Jazz
and Matt...

This monster of an album is out now in all the usual spots - as always, buy direct from the artists if you can: https://partikeltrio.bandcamp.com/album/counteraction
and come and hear this band unleash: http://www.partikel.co.uk/concerts/
This is Ant's first collaboration with old friends Duncan, Max and Eric,...

We are pleased to announce that Ant's quintet has a two-night stand booked at Pizza Express, Dean Street. Mike Chillingworth, Ivo Neame, Tom Farmer, James Maddren and Ant will play brand new music which will be recorded and filmed. Then they will spend the following three days in the studio...

All the best for 2017! Hope to see you at a gig soon - check the gigs page for more info, there is LOTS going on and Ant will soon be heading into the studio to record album #3! In the meantime we've uploaded another video "Prototype" to YouTube of...

We've finally managed to get some footage edited from the Art Of Rhythm Tour earlier this year. It was a real pleasure playing such a great deal with Matt (Ridley - bass) and Asaf (Sirkis - drums & konnakol), and I'm pleased to finally publish these two live videos from...

Last gig before Christmas - Come and say hi at the early show at Ronnie's, it's a quintet gig and will feature ZERO christmas songs!

Our dates in Germany were a big success, stay tuned for some images and other media. The new album "Counteraction" comes out next year...

In one week Liv Fernandes will chat to Ant about how he started out learning music, how he came to jazz, and some notable gigs...

Listen to the interview here: https://soundcloud.com/ant-law/croydon-radio-interview

Or the full show here: http://croydonradio.com/podcast/show.php?HistoryID=90c1cdd0-ae35-7cfb-b5fe-1f22ec244829

Tim's most recent album (featuring Ant on 6/8/12 string...

Tim's band went out on the road last for a string of UK gigs taking us to Sheffield, Manchester, London, Bristol, Newcastle. We had the great pleasure of being joined by the masterful Thomas Gould and Hossam Ramzay, check out the photo gallery for some images...

Now it's back to...

Check out Alam's new project - it's three volumes of quartet music, the third of which features Ant alongside Will Glaser and Mick Coady. Click on the discography to hear a track or head to Alam's bandcamp page.

Things may appear quiet BUT it's been busy behind the scenes with practice, writing, rehearsing, editing and recording going on. In the meantime, check out this excerpt from a gig with Tim Garland's band @Turner Sims Concert Hall, Southampton:
https://soundcloud.com/ant-law/solo-from-tim-garlands-prototype
We'll have a transcription of this to download very...

Yesterday we finished all the tracking for our debut album. We spent the day at Evelyn Glennie's studio recording with her, featuring some amazing Marimba and Vibraphone solos and other parts composed especially for her by Rich Harrold. More on the band and mailing list here:
http://www.triohlk....

Big thanks to everyone who came along to this gig, we had a blast and we have video evidence to prove it! Stay tuned! Next stop Norwich Jazz Festival! For now, here's an older video featuring lots of konnakol:

Big thanks to Steve Cropper for the...

Thanks to everyone involved with MJF, we had a great time and managed to see some excellent other bands!

We had a great time at Swanage - sadly next year might be the last year for the festival so get down and check it out, support, etc. Next stop is Jazz In The Round July 25th! Info and tickets here: http://www.thecockpit.org....

Love Supreme festival was amazing - it was great to play to such a large and enthusiastic audience - thanks to everyone who came along and to all the organisers. It was great to see Mehldau, Giuiana and Scofield, as well as Jacob Collier, Stanley Clarke and others and hang...

Check out this video that the good gentlemen at IGRC have put together:

It's an introduction to the amazing annual conference that they organise and features Ant's Art Of Rhythm Trio with Matt Ridley and Asaf Sirkis. Blink and you'll miss it...

Tim Garland was interviewed at this concert on the release day of his new album "One", check it out here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03yfgnn
and here is Tim's piece "Colours of Night" performed in full at the soundcheck: http://www.bbc.co....

Recording is underway with Trio HLK for the debut album - the band has been awarded funding from Creative Scotland and PRS, enabling us to feature some amazing guests, and to develop music specifically for them. Sign up to the mailing list to stay tuned, or check out the band...

John Wilpers and the lovely people from Global Rhythms came along to the Vortex and wrote some nice words about the gig. They took some video footage and asked us some interview type questions, check it out: https://globalrhythms....

Ant will play The Club Room, OPEN with Ivo Neame, Tom Farmer, James Maddren and Julian Siegel for the festival. Doors 3:30pm, music 4pm. See you there!

Sorry (but also happy) to say that tonight's gig is sold out. But fear not - we should have some video footage online very soon.

We're delighted to announce Ant's trio (with Asaf Sirkis/Matt Ridley) will headline JITR (held at the Cockpit Theatre, Marylebone) on July 25th - this will be broadcast on the radio so come down and shout or join in with the Konnakol!

But first... the Art Of Rhythm Tour Continues in...

Ant was tagged in a tweet with a very good review of Monday's performance at Oxford Contemporary Music. Check it out here:
http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/pages/live-jazz-music-reviews/14164-ant-law-trio-executes-dazzling-oxford-edict

Tour is well underway! This is just a mid-tour note to say thank to everyone who has come out to hear the music so far - it's been a real treat playing for you all. We're getting really stuck-in and trying some new stuff, which is wicked!
Cheers,...

The band are now on the road! Thanks to everyone who's come out to listen so far! Here's an image from the great Rob Blackham from the International Guitar Research Centre gig - and there are more in the Photo Gallery... It's London tonight, Southampton on Sunday, and so on!

We are delighted to have been awarded funding by Arts Council England for our tour which begins tomorrow! It would be really really difficult for us to tour without their support. It helps us pay for petrol, accommodation and stuff like that. So we are really really grateful - THANKS...

C, Bb, Eb parts and scores for all the music from 'Entanglement' and 'Zero Sum World' are now available to buy, as well as backing tracks to play along with!

To get hold of these goodies, use the "Contact & Mailing List" tab above, send us a message saying what...

The new album ‘One’ featuring Jason Rebello, Asaf Sirkis and Ant Law will be released on 6th May 2016 – stay tuned for more info coming soon.

2016 Tour Dates:

Wednesday 16th March 2016: Brighton Dome, Brighton
Friday 8th April 2016: Clitheroe Castle
Thursday 14th April 2016: The Foundry, Sheffield...

Ant is hitting the road in Trio format this year for the first time! Matt Ridley is a the bass chair for nearly all the gigs and the drum chair is split between monstrous Dave Hamblett and beastly Asaf Sirkis. Some new pieces will feature alongside some standards, but there'll...

We're really pleased to announce Ant will be performing at Ronnie Scott's on March 23rd with Jason's new quartet, featuring Daniel Casimir and Ben Brown. This band has a number of other gigs throughout the year, check out the "gigs and tours" tab for full details.

We've set up a brand new FB page for Ant for all things musical and guitarry! Head to http://www.facebook.com/AntLawGuitar for some exclusive stuff including a new live video from tour this year.

Ant is severely modding his 8-string for the Trio HLK project. The lower horn has been completely removed to facilitate some larger intervallic stuff up in the higher register. Check it out!

Ant is making an appearance with Ollie Howell's band at Jazz In The Round - stay tuned for news on Ollie's album (which features Ant!!) recorded earlier this year, due for release next year!

Ant was invited by the Simians to record on their self-titled album for Coffee and Apple Records, alongside Lorenzo Bassignani, Andy Davies, Saleem Raman, Luca Boscagin, Sam Leak, Benet Mclean, Ivo Neame and Polly Gibbons. Check it out on Spotify now: https://play.spotify.com/album/6f2u3ntlmA9ILBJJKPxWjs?play=true&utm_source=open.spotify....

The lovely people at Whirlwind Recordings have put together a page compiling some of the most recent reviews of the album, check it out - all foreign language ones have conveniently been translated into English.

Ant will be having a chat with monstrous Jake Willson about all things guitar and music, live at 8pm!

The good cats at Jazzwise interviewed Ant for a feature "The Player" in their August issue, click on the "Press Cuttings" tab to check it out!

Ant was interviewed for the first in a new series of articles called "Jazz Conversations" in the August 2015 edition of Guitarist Magazine. Pick up a copy at your local newsagents!

Thanks to everyone who came to this concert and made it sell out! We recorded the gig so will have audio and video clips very soon.

Check out this great review of last night's gig in Brighton!

See the gigs page for details, it's The Spice of Life on Aug 6th and Hideaway on September...

Tim, Jason, Asaf and I are looking forward to trying out some new stuff at the 6 on this date. I'll be playing 8-string, come along if you fancy it!