©Press Eye Ltd Northern Ireland -21st June 2012 Mandatory Credit - Picture by Darren Kidd/Presseye.com Bushmills Live is a landmark festival of handcrafted whiskey and music - the first of its kind to take place at an Irish Whiskey Distillery. It features performances from international artists such as Snow Patrol, DJ Wooden Wisdom, Foy Vance, Iain Archer, The Staves, Benjamin Francis Leftwich, Marcus Foster, General Fiasco and David C Clements. Drink Responsibly www.drinkaware.co.uk Over 18s Only ENDS The BUSHMILLS words, 1608, the Pot Still device and associated logos are trade marks. The ‘Old Bushmills’ Distillery Co. Limited 2012. For further information contact:?E: selina.mcelwee@smarts.co.uk?T: +44-772 447 7087??E: neil.brittain@smarts.co.uk?T: +44-7779 789 639
Let’s get this out of the way first: we have no idea what a guitar made with whiskey barrels will sound like. That said, Bushmills Irish Whiskey and George Lowden Guitars teamed up to create three custom guitars made from old whiskey barrels.
The process took three months, mainly because each barrel stave had to be sanded and then glued to other staves in order to have a piece of wood large enough.
The resulting three guitars were then given to singer-songwriter Foy Vance and other artists for their participation at a Bushmills event.
Hopefully, this isn’t the last time Bushmills repurposes their barrels for something cool; after all, we here at DailyXY are big fans of things made from whisky barrels, like these bespoke Muskoka chairs.
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