his charming wife Marian with coffee and cake. Jan told us about his one-man tour of the United States, which was so successful that he was invited to come over again the following year. Soon after, the real fun began; Jan began playing. First on a Korean made Maccafari guitar which had a great sound. Then he grabbed his custom made Lowden acoustic guitar with B-Bender transducer and played The Stars From Heaven. He kindly asked me to jam with him, but rather than risk embarrassment in front of the master of masters, I was content to show him my collection of vintage guitars and basses. Jan has a wonderful collection of his own, so it was pleasing that he was impressed with mine. Jan has very specific opinions about guitars and always played custom built instruments, starting in the sixties with a Framus Jan Akkerman, followed by an Anno Galama, a Wim Heins, a Catalist Jakkerman and a Marcus van Engelen. Also he has an impressive range of factory made instruments but no Strats because he had a general dislike of this model, until recently. For Hendrix music you just have to play a Strat model. This month Jan is to do a Jimi Hendrix tribute tour in Germany and Holland together with American guitar ace Steve Lukather from Toto. When Jan was tipped off about Langcaster, he checked out their website and sound page and decided he wanted to play one. Joh Lang of Langcaster, an Akkerman fanatic