Making Musical Instruments From Recycled Materials

Hello, I'm Colin Webb. My YouTube summary describes me as an obsessional builder of stringed instruments, a rubbish guitarist and a professional daydreamer; and that about sums me up.
Although I do make comventional/"proper" instruments, these days I much prefer to experiment using recycled/scrap/found materials to build guitars, ukuleles,mandolins etc. It's surprising how much fun you can get from building a working instrument, especially when you know a)it has cost virtually nothing b)it hasn't contributed significantly to the further depletion of natural resources c)it hasn't been made by underpaid workers in Indonesia/Korea/China etc. d)it still sounds pretty good.
You can see other demos of me playing (badly) other instruments I've made and sold by following the link http://www.youtube.com/user/homegrownguitars and also see other examples of my work on my website at http://freespace.virgin.net/cewebb.52/
I'm also hoping to run some simple instrument building workshops on behalf of Riversmeet and in some local Junior Schools later in the year.