Hailing from Scotland's Orkney Islands, Richard has some of the most creative designs I've ever seen. Here are six of them: the Mandanglin', the Licentiate, the Charlie Jones, the Lady Showerin', the Odd Knob, and the Puppeteerin'. Each is a solidbody 8-string with a Kent Armstrong pickup. He has made plenty of other custom instruments, and he's also in a group called the Smoking Stone Band. For more information, check out his Web site. Or write or call:

Richard Levens
The Old Schoolhouse
Garth, South Ronaldsay
Orkney KW17 2TJ
TEL: 01856 831592