NEWS & recent Tomkins sightings:

NASHVILLE SHOWCASES - JUNE 2008 - PHOTOS HERE

A new Tomkins guitar for GARY ALLAN...!

TAMWORTH PHOTOS...coming soon

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HORSESHOE BEND ROUNDUP, HEXHAM SHOWCASE - DEC 2007 - PHOTOS HERE

SYDNEY SHOWCASE - NOV 2007 - PHOTOS HERE

USA SHOWCASE PHOTOS
The previous TOMKINS GUITARS AUSTRALIAN SHOWCASE was a huge success at
the Sheraton Downtown Hotel, 623 Union Street, Nashville TN
from June 4 to June 10 inclusive, from 4.00pm to 8.00pm each day.
If you missed it, look out for their return in 2008!

Carol Sturzel, Beccy Cole, Allan Tomkins at the Sheraton Downtown Hotel

(left) Allan Tomkins, Jody Maphis, (right) Travis Collins
Beccy Cole, Allan Tomkins

Listen HERE to DALE WATSON talk about his Tomkins guitar with Johnno on ABC Radio's Saturday Night Country...

The TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE was held in
the Big Backyard at West Tamworth League Club
on Thursday 25th January 2007 at 1.30pm.

**NEW** Watch the TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE video podcast from the 2007 Tamworth Country Music Festival in Windows Media Player (Dial-up connections should download and then play from their hard drive) N.B. This podcast is an excerpt from the Cowboys In Cyberspace video podcast.

Sydney TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE 9th November 2006 - Photos and video...

Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton with Allan Tomkins at Vindaloo Studios 2006

Dale Watson hamming it up with Allan at Blanco's Bar & Grill - Houston, Texas 2006

TAMWORTH 2006 SHOWCASE & CLINIC Photos...CLICK HERE

April 2004: REDD VOLKAERT live at the Continental Club in Austin, Texas "...just lovin' that guitar!" with Kevin Smith (bass) & Cindy Cashdollar (steel).

Check out the April issue of the USA BASS PLAYER magazine featuring Aerosmith's Tom Hamilton on the cover with his Tomkins Kimberly 1 bass! CLICK HERE for more...

Since the release of the video clip for Gary Allan's "The Best I Ever Had" that features his green Tomkins guitar, there has been huge interest in this unique instrument. Click on the image below to enlarge the photo... The song has now been nominated for Single of the Year at the 41st Academy Of Country Music Awards.

Now open - Smoky's Bar and Grill at Wests' Diggers in Tamworth NSW, featuring
the Tomkins Guitars of Adam Harvey, Gary Allan and Beccy Cole!
(Photo by Terry Phillpot - Eyeball Photographic Services)

Sydney TOMKINS GUITAR SHOWCASE October 13th 2005 - Photos...

During September and October the Country Music Channel aired their Tomkins Guitars mini-documentary on high rotation and one lucky viewer won a custom CMC/Gary Allan Tomkins Guitar! Pictured Left: Allan Tomkins presents the guitar to Tim Parry who was delighted when his wife Louise won the prize for him!

2005 - TOMKINS PLAYERS ON TOUR IN AUSTRALIA...
Allied Artists and Country Music Channel proudly announced the long awaited return of GARY ALLAN. With over four million records sold and a slew of top ten hits, Gary Allan is one of country music's biggest names. "We've all been working hard to make this trip back to Australia happen. I'm bringing my full band so we're looking forward to the fun on and off stage. Being on tour in Australia is a different adventure for us and there should even be some time to enjoy some of your famous beaches" said Allan.
Steve Forde and The Flange were the special guests for the entire tour.
Watch for Gary's video clip "The Best I Ever Had" that features a green Tomkins guitar!

Rose Lee Maphis and Emmylou Harris admiring a
Tomkins Diamondtina Chambered Piezzo model guitar!

2005 TAMWORTH PHOTOS NOW ON-LINE...

January 15th: Congratulations to JEDD HUGHES for winning the Golden Guitar for New Talent of the Year at the 33rd Toyota Golden Guitar Awards with his song High Lonesome ...

Special Feature: CLICK HERE to view a photo slideshow of Joe Travers' guitar being built, stage by stage!

	The latest album by AEROSMITH, Honkin' On Bobo is out now and features 11 Blues and Roots classics and a new Aerosmith original. Look in the booklet (right) and on the back cover to see TOM HAMILTON, (below left) sporting a TOMKINS bass!

A selection of TOMKINS Guitars and Basses
are available from:

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  Mobile: 0419 602 333
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