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Kent Hamblin Guitars Kent Hamblin has had a wealth of experience in the business of making fine guitars, few sole luthiers have had such a wide range of hands-on practical training. Hailing from Salt lake City, Utah he started out at the famed Roberto-Venn School of Luthery in Phoenix, Arizona where he became an instructor and had a key role when the school was re-structured. Following stints with Taylor, the Phoenix Guitar Company in Scottsdale, Arizona - where he worked on many custom guitars - and Charles Fox he moved to Telluride Colorado, home of the legendary Bluegrass Festival (Kent’s guitars are not aimed at the Bluegrass player). Working alone Kent makes around fifteen guitars a year. Its all in shop, no farmed out parts and no CNC machines, but he does combine modern techniques with traditional practices, for instance using a bolt on neck with carbon-fibre reinforcements. Kent aims his work at fingerstylists, his ideal sound is very even with a sparkling quality. He concentrates his efforts on two models. The Grand Concert has a fifteen and a half inch lower bout, the Small Jumbo’s lower bout is sixteen inches. |
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Hamblin OO rosewood
£3,450.00In stockAnother fantastic OO from Kent. Its a very versatile guitar with warm bass, great balance and bright ringing trebles.
It came in at £3595. But I have reduced it to £3450 because there is a small blemish in the finish and a small scratch on the back of the headstock. Both are too small to photograph.
• European spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25” scale
• 1 3/4“ nut width
• 2 5/16” string spacing at saddle
• 14 5/16” lower bout
• Sapele neck
• No cutaway
• Black/maple top border
• Black bindings
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• No position markers (with side dots).
• Wood rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Honduran rosewood pyramid bridge
• Gotoh open tuners
• Nickel tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• No pickguard
• Superior case
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Hamblin Grand Concert Redwood/Flamed Walnut
£4,995.00In stockWe liked the redwood/walnut combination so much from Bruce Petros (another is on order) that we asked a few other makers to do the same. This is the first. Wow! Warmth/depth and clarity/separation and projection are often a trade-off in guitars by lesser luthiers. This incredible guitar has both in gargantuan quantities. Oooh .. looks great too.Please click to listen:
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- Redwood top
- Flamed Walnut back and sides
- 1 3/4"" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- 25.5 scale
- Sapele neck
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Koa body, neck and headstock bindings
- Koa back strip
- Manzanita burl rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony Bridge
- Ebony fretboard
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- No position markers
- No pickguard
- Ameritage climate controlled case
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Hamblin Grand Concert sitka/quilted maple
£4,995.00In stockSee the Acoustic Magazine review, this website, central menu, reviews.
OM sized body, in stunning quilted maple and sitka spruce. It has incredible warm and well defined bass with rich mids, clear trebles and great clarity and projection. It is a fantastic example of what a great luthier can do with maple. Machines can’t do this…
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- Sitka spruce top
- Quilted maple back and sides
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- 25.5” scale
- Ebony headstock veneer
- Bubinga bindings
- Black and white ebony and bubinga rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony Bridge
- Ebony fretboard
- Gotoh super 510 tuners with bloodwood buttons
- Bloodwood bridge pins
- No position markers
- No pickguard
- Ameritage climate controlled case
- Sitka spruce top
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Hamblin Grand Concert Italian spruce/Macassar ebony SOLD
SoldSee the Acoustic Magazine review, this website, central menu, reviews.
Our third amazing guitar from Kent. We asked him what he thought was the best top to go with Macassar ebony, his choice of Italian spruce was spot on. A beautifully balanced guitar that is lively and responsive.
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- Italian spruce top
- Macassar ebony back and sides
- Macassar ebony headstock veneer and back veneer
- 25.5" scale
- Cocobolo body, neck and headstock bindings
- Cocobolo back strip
- Custom spalted maple, ebony and cocobolo rosette
- 1 3/4"" nut width
- 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
- 15" lower bout
- Bone nut and saddle
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ameritage climate controlled case
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Hamblin Small Jumbo Adirondack/Ziricote
SoldSOLD.
Another stunning guitar from Kent. It's huge and powerful when you want it to be and subtle and sweet when required. A beautiful and versatile example of modern American luthiery.
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• Adirondack spruce top
• Ziricote back and sides
• 25.5” scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 5/16" string spacing at saddle
• 16" lower bout
• Ziricote headstock veneer
• Flamed maple bindings
• Flamed maple rear headstock veneer
• Ziricote rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• No position markers
• Gotoh 510 Gold tuners
• No pickguard
• Ameritage case
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Hamblin sitka/rosewood OO SOLD
SoldFantastic OO from Kent. And a fantastic price!
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• Sitka spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 14 frets to the body
• 25” scale
• 1 3/4“ nut width
• 2 5/16” string spacing at saddle
• 14 5/16” lower bout
• Mahogany neck
• No cutaway
• Black/maple top border
• Black bindings
• Ebony headstock veneer
• No position markers (with side dots).
• Abalone rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony pyramid bridge
• Gotoh open tuners
• Nickel tuner buttons
• Bone nut and saddle
• Bone bridge pins
• No pickguard
• Superior case
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Hamblin GC Cutaway German Spruce/Cocobolo - USED SOLD
SoldThis was the second Hamblin we had in, it was always the favourite of Ed, our technician and one of mine too. Kent’s unbelievable aesthetics with sweet and responsive tone. In excellent condition with original case.
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- German spruce top
- Cocobolo back and sides
- Soft cutaway
- 25 ½" scale
- 1 3/4" nut width
- 2 5/16" string spacing at saddle
- 15 1/4" lower bout
- Cocobolo headstock veneer
- Koa headstock binding
- Koa body and fretboard bindings
- Koa/ebony back strip
- Koa/ebony rosette
- Bone nut and saddle
- Ebony fretboard
- Ebony bridge
- No fretboard position markers
- Gotoh super 510 tuners
- Ebony tuner buttons
- No pickguard
- Ameritage climate control case
- German spruce top
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