And Now To Shepton Mallet

Shepton Mallet, Earlier Today. Maybe.

Well, in yet another Service Station Meet, I handed The Tickled Pink One over to Doug of Maltings Audio, so it is on the way to Shepton now, in the next leg of a meandering journey.

It is likely to get 'gigged' a couple of times before it travels on from there, but hopefully more on that later...

It is nice to see that the total is climbing - we are upto £470 in donations with another £110 on top in Gift Aid - so, err, £580 so far, and therefore so good.

I really haven't got a clue how much this thing will make, but I think that is good anyway.

And on we go...

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One Direction

Well, I collected The Tickled Pink from Simon in my usual spot in the local services, and will be passing it on to Doug either tomorrow or Tuesday, which means I get to strum the old girl like a banjo, which is all good.

And I'm pleased to say that it is standing up to les rigors de la rue quite nicely, thank-you-very-much, though it is early days of course.

Simon's take on the guitar was very positive, and the Mojo P90 continues to get a good response, which is cool. Though I think it was the pink strings that caught the eye of a couple of fellas in the service's Starbucks... All good stuff.

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From Maesteg With Love

Well, Rob has had The Tickled Pink One for a few days now, but the Welsh weather predictably kept the wee thing indoors..

Still, the company is obviously pretty good...and I should probably leave it to Rob to have his say...

"I've enjoyed my short time with "Pinky" this week and I hope she can say the same :)

Sadly work & the great Welsh weather have got in the way of any outings, but have certainly not diminished the sustain from that pickup (wow), so here are some pics of her making herself at home..."

 

Nice.

 

 

As for what's next, well the trip reverses over the next few days and should see Pinky back in Portishead at the weekend before disappearing until the new year.

 

All good stuff though...and I'm looking forward to a bit more pink time meself.

 

 

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Moving On to....Maesteg

Maesteg, Yesterday Lunchtime

Well, The Tickled Pink One trundles on... It was delivered to Cardiff what seems like just the other day, to Gareth, and now he has passed it on to Rob in Maesteg for a few days more.

Just to keep the hounds off our trail, the journey will then be reversed, with lots of running down brooks and over stiles, shoes and socks in hand to lose the scent, before it ends-up back in Bristol on Friday and to me over the weekend.

Maesteg - On the Bridge End of Life

After that, I'm meant to pass it on to somebody in Dorset I think, but have totally forgotten the details of that, so I may have it wrong.

As you can see it is a good job it isn't me that is doing the disorganisational bobbins as I really can't keep up.

As fotos of the guitars are thin on the ground, here is a nice foto of Maesteg I found so you can visualise...





Oh, and with the Gift Aid we are nearly upto £500, which isn't bad for a start...


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To Cardiff and Don't Shave The Horses

Well, young Simon has passed the Tickled Pink One across the water and over the pretty bridge to Gareth in Cardiff, for a few days culture and no doubt a wander around the Doctor Who Experience, which is all good. Can't think there is much else there to see.

Now that it has moved a couple of places on, it is starting to feel a bit more real, and when I look at  fotos of the guitar I seem a little detached, which too is no bad thing.

The foto is Pinky nestling among a small selection of Simon's guitars, catching a well earned nap. Unless his missus is reading this, in which case they are the complete set and even a couple of them are borrowed.

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Step 2: Local Papers and Motorway Services

Well, it'll be a busy day for The Tickled Pink One today, as this afternoon sees the guitar pitching-up at my kids school where it will be photographed and hopefully loved in the local paper.

It may seem a little self-indulgent, but as they helped build it at every stage it seems fair that they should be able to launch it among their friends.

This evening sees Pinky off on a first leg of it's journey, when in what I would imagine will become traditional, it will be handed over to Simon in a Motorway Services Cafe.

As fates have turned, it will pass through a few more hands before returning back in Portishead in a week or so , and then onwards for a lot longer.

I'm going to miss the old girl

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Step One: A Day Out In Portishead

Well, it seemed to make sense that we should start the procession of the Jook, so we took The Tickled Pink One out for the day in Portishead, it's spiritual home, as it were...

So it saw Black Nore lighthouse, some burned matches and Johnny Depp's Dingy (maybe)

To the Lighthouse

Black Nore Lighthouse

Couldn't be on tour without a back-of-the-van shot

Three Burned Matches and a Teeny Guitar

Johnny Depp's Boat - can you spot him?

Introducing The Tickled Pink One

Well, if you have followed the saga on the Jooky site, you'll know that there have been a few up and downs before we got to this point, but I'm pleased to be able to introduce you to a guitar we know as The Tickled Pink One.

In basic terms it is based on a Fender La Cabronita, and made in Portishead by The Jooky Guitar Emporium. You can find out more about the guitar Here

It has a hand stained and waxed, swamp ash body, with a delish pink ribboned top, a Mojo Pickups handwound P90 pickup and wiring loom made by the uber talented Marc Ransley specifically for this guitar, a maple/rosewood neck and is generally wicked cool and a little groovy.

What matters more is that it is to be auctioned for Breast Cancer Care in February 2013, but before that we are sending it out on a tour of the UK, being passed from one guitarist to the next, and raising more money every step of the way.

This little web site will follow the journey all the way to the auction, and we hope that you'll spread the word and help us raise a few bob as we go. If we can do that we will be, well, tickled pink.

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