This project has significant historic value with the intention of Restoring Robbie Basho's 12 string to a Stable and Playable condition. Robbie used this unique 'Mexican' Handmade 12 string on most of the albums throughout his career. It is featured prominently on the covers of 'The Falconer's Arm II (1967) and 'Art of the Acoustic Steel String Guitar 6 & 12' (1979). The guitar was previously owned by my dear friend Steffen Basho-Junghans. Steffen and I had both been searching for this guitar for decades and it was finally found by Liam Barker in California in 2014. Steffen was given the guitar shortly after. Steffen and I often talked about how best to go about restoring the guitar, and after years of discussion we were making preparations when the Pandemic put an abrupt halt to our passionate endeavour. Being a guitar maker for many years, I also had the idea to make a replica of the instrument...Steffen loved the idea. Unfortunately Steffen passed away last December and with the help of his Brother and Best Friend made sure that the guitar went into my possession. I am beyond honoured to care for this instrument and make sure that it gets the work it needs to be stabilised structurally...and hopefully made to properly play again, so that in the future I will invite select musicians to make some new recordings with the guitar. I believe instruments should be cared for and respected but they need to be played and they need music to flow through their bodies. This 12 string has a unique sound...deep and warm, yet delicate and shimmery. I recently recorded two improvisations for the Tribute I made for Steffen, with the help of a lot of great guitarists from around the world. At the moment, it's only possible to only play a few notes in the first several frets, pluck open strings and play slide, because the heel of the neck has slipped and the neck has pitched forward...making the action extremely high. At some point the guitar, to a degree, imploded and you can see the top near the fretboard caved in which also broke the rosette. The stability of the guitar has been further challenged by the fact that at some point in the guitar's history, someone carved most of the neck block away leaving a sliver of a post. Anyway, the idea is to make a modest restoration without compromising it's originality. If the restoration is successful I will start the Robbie Basho Guitar  Project titled '27 Apples' where I will invite select players to play the guitar and I will record them. Once that project is finished a digital download of the album will be included with this bundle.I will also be writing some articles for the Fretboard Journal and other magazines, and  I intend to do some future lectures with the guitar and after these endeavours are finished I have the intention to bring the guitar to the Smithsonian 'National Museum of American History' in Washington, DC. To do the restoration will require time and I will need to raise funds to get the work done by a luthier who is skilled in restoring historic guitars. To accomplish this I am offering art and music bundles. There are three categories of bundles. The first is a larger painting set (Limited to 5 Bundles) for 475.00 that includes: one original signed and dated 50cm x 70cm watercolour painting by me, one original signed and dated 48.26cm x 35.56 cm watercolour made by Steffen Basho-Junghans, a signed Vinyl of Robbie Basho Live in Forli 1982, one unique recorded track using the Basho 12 string (once restored), and a digital download of 'Solstice: A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans'. ++++ The second batch of bundles (Limited to 15 Bundles) is a smaller painting set for 300.00 that includes: one original signed and dated 24cm x 18cm or 32cm x 24cm painting by me, one original signed and dated 31.75cm x 24.13cm by Steffen Basho-Junghans, one unique recorded track using the Basho 12 string (once restored), and a digital download of the 'Solstice: A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans'. ++++ The last batch of bundles (Limited to 8) are for 100.00 and include: one original painting made on basic paper measuring 41cm x 29cm, signed and dated by Steffen Basho, one original 24cm x 18cm watercolour painting signed and dated by me, and a digital download of the 'Solstice: A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans'.
Sincere Thanks for any support made towards this historic project.
- Buck Curran
*Photos are samples of the available bundles. Additional funds raised past what is needed for the restoration will be donated to the Estate of Steffen Basho-Junghans.

Includes unlimited streaming of Solstice: A Tribute to Steffen Basho-Junghans via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.