GavTar guitars

13/09/2026

Had a productive weekend.
Got 2 cigar box guitars finished and a 2 string bass guitar.
Getting ready for the Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival in October.

GavTar no45 “AusBass” 2 string bass guitar with pbass pickup
GavTar no46 “Monty” 3 string cbg with humbucker
GavTar no47 “Romeo” 3 string slide cbg with piezo pickup

30/08/2026

I’ll be down at the Festival in October with a stall for GavTar Guitars! Come down for a play and get your own!

KANGAROO VALLEY FOLK FESTIVAL
16–18 October 2026 | Kangaroo Valley
Please spread the words and invite your people to join us!

Music. Dance. Poetry & MORE!

Three glorious days of music, storytelling, dancing, poetry, workshops, kids’ activities and all the wonderful things that make Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival so special.

And just look at this lineup! 😍

🌟 Tuck Shop Ladies
🌟 Mal Webb & Kylie Morrigan
🌟 Monique Clare
🌟 Tim Scanlan & Mana Okubo
🌟 Bobby Alu
🌟 Luke O’Shea
🌟 Andrea Kirwin
🌟 Lucy Gallant
🌟 The Royal High Jinx
🌟 Pirritu
🌟 The Sako Dimension
🌟 Milk Crate Circus
🌟 Glenn Skuthorpe
🌟 Rheinberger & Wilson
🌟 Horse Drawn Cadillac
🌟 The Water Runners
🌟 InspeKtor Gadje

…and that’s only the beginning!

With dozens more incredible artists, bands, choirs, dancers, poets and performers, including Mudjingaal Yangamba, The Bard Band, The Dempsey Brothers, The Cicada Club, Kangaroo Valley Bush Orchestra, Food of Love Choir, Sapphire Tribal, Tai Chi, Strumalong, Singalong, Playalong for Ukes & Others and SO much more!

Plus…
👧 Heaps of kids’ activities
🎻 Loads of workshops
💃 Dance
🪕 Folk music from near and far
🎭 Performance & storytelling
🌿 And that beautiful Kangaroo Valley magic!

So, if you’ve been thinking “Should we go?”…

YES. YES YOU SHOULD! 😂

📅 16–18 October 2026
📍 Kangaroo Valley
🎟️ Get your tickets now!

Come for the music.
Stay for the magic.
Leave with a song in your heart. ❤️🎶

👉 kangaroovalleyfolkfestival.com.au

29/08/2026

23/08/2026

Fresh off the bench. GavTar no43 “Sobremesa”

23/08/2026

Fresh off the bench - GavTar no43. “Sobremesa”
Better photos to come tomorrow after some fine tuning.

3 string guitar using a genuine Cuban Sobremesa cigar box with a lipstick pickup, hardtail bridge and volume control.

22/08/2026

A bit of Dad Rock on the “DadTar”

20/08/2026

GavTar no44 “the DadTar”
Available for Fathers Day
Contact me if your dad would love it!

12/08/2026

GavTar no44 Fathers Day

12/08/2026

Here is GavTar no44, a special build for Fathers Day

If your Dad has ever had dreams of being a rock star here is the guitar for that special day

(or for those Dads who want to choose their own gift)

It has an oak neck and fretboard with a pine body and tin top with a piezo pickup so he can plug into an amp and rock out