Article : Réserve naturelle SMJ

SMJ Nature Reserve - Richards Guitars Of Stratford Upon Avon

25 sept. 2019Conservation

Réserve naturelle SMJ

Depuis 20 ans, mes parents restaurent un tronçon de voie ferrée désaffectée d'un peu plus d'un kilomètre, transformant une zone sombre et envahie d'aubépines en un écosystème florissant pour la faune de toutes sortes, de toutes formes et de toutes tailles !

Cette photo montre le dégagement massif d'un remblai exposé au sud. Ces dernières années, des bénévoles de l'organisme de conservation des papillons ont permis à mes parents d'intensifier le travail qui peut être accompli. Ce dégagement en est un parfait exemple. L'orientation sud est très importante car c'est un parfait piège à soleil que les insectes, en particulier les papillons, ADORENT ! Imaginez qu'à un moment donné, c'était un tapis d'aubépine sans rien qui pousse sous la canopée ombragée - puis mon père l'a dégagé - réensemencé et maintenant ça ressemble à l'image ci-dessus !

Dans ce cas, j'ai été bien aidé par le GENTIL VOISIN et ami de mes parents, Ben, qui leur a donné un coup de main avec sa mini-pelle ! Encore une fois, la zone, complètement envahie et masquée par des aubépines hors de contrôle, a été dégagée et déblayée...

.....et maintenant ça ressemble à ça !

Découvrez nos sangles de guitare SMJ Reserve !

£1 de chaque sangle est reversé à la conservation des papillons

Écrit par Richard Cholerton

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Worth the wait!!!

Although it took a little while to get the guitar in (not Richards Guitars fault - it was an importer problem), it was worth the wait.
I was able to book a showroom slot, the guitar had been set up for me according to my playing requirements, and I had a very pleasant hour or so trying the guitar - finger picking, strumming, different tunings, slide. No interruptions by staff - up to me when I had played enough. I was also given the option to play other guitars on display (I daren’t, otherwise I would have been there all day, and much poorer!).

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Extremely good service and helpful team throughout the process

Extremely good service and helpful team throughout the process. Thanks to Jon and Jake for answering all my queries.

One happy guitar player……

The staff at Richards Guitars gave me great service and Eastman make very good guitars.
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I had my E10 OM as a working guitar for five years or so and was very pleased with it, but came to realise I prefer the sound of rosewood guitars to mahogany - neither is better or worse, it’s just personal taste. But this E20 is in another league - I don’t know if it’s the Madagascar rosewood or the torrefied Adironak top or something else, but it seems to have all the best features of rosewood and mahogany. It plays like a dream too. I have a forty year old Martin M36 and a 30 year old Gibson Advanced Jumbo and I can assure you this brand new Eastman is already playing in the same league.

The perfect guitar for songwriters

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Well the answer is in the guitar itself - for pleasure; it is such an intimate instrument, having a huge presence and such a direct, focused tone, without being too midrangey like so many all-Mahogany guitars tend to be.
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