Excellent condition 612 from 1990.

Was £1395, dusty corner price £1195.

• Spruce top
• Flamed maple back and sides
• 25.5” scale
• 1 11/16" nut width
• 2 1/8" string spacing at saddle
• 15" lower bout
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Ivoroid bindings
• Triple line back strip
• B/W/B rosette
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• MoP position markers
• Schaller tuners
• Tortoise pickguard
• Original hard case

An unusual Martin D28p electro from 1990. The “p” stands for the low profile neck which is very comfortable. Some playing wear on the neck and a couple of tiny dings but generally very good condition.


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· Sitka Spruce top
· Indian Rosewood back and sides
· “Low profile” mahogany neck
· 25.5” scale
· 1 11/16" nut width
· 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
· 15 ½" lower bout
· Rosewood headstock veneer
· Ivoroid plastic bindings
· Marquetry back strip
· B/W circles rosette
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Decal logo
· Pearl dot position markers
· Nickel Martin tuners
· Original Martin “Thinline 332” pickup system with Volume, Bass, Treble controls
· Plastic bridge pins
· Black plastic pickguard
· Original Martin hard case

Good condition 1979 D-18, with original case. No issues.


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· Sitka Spruce top
· Mahogany back and sides
· Mahogany neck
· 25.5” scale
· 1 11/16" nut width
· 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
· 15 ½" lower bout
· Rosewood headstock veneer
· Black plastic bindings
· B/W circles rosette
· Bone nut and saddle
· Rosewood fretboard
· Rosewood bridge
· Decal logo
· Pearl dot position markers
· Nickel Martin tuners
· Black pickguard
· Original Martin hard case

Beautiful 2006 Custom Tamar with cutaway at a great price. In excellent condition.

· Sitka Spruce top
· Red gum back and sides
· Sharp cutaway
· 14 fret Mahogany neck
· 25.5” scale
· 1 11/16" nut width
· 15 5/8" lower bout
· Mahogany headstock veneer
· Rosewood bindings
· Mahogany rosette
· Mahogany purfling
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Pearl dot position markers
· Nickel Gotoh tuners
· Hiscox case

Two thousand and eight small jumbo from local luthier Richard Osborne, great condition with a few small binding dings. Baggs (pu included) of volume and projection. Great for strumming but responds well to fingerstyle too. This is one of the most beautiful pieces of sitka spruce I've seen, it's three dimensional.

• Sitka spruce top
• Mahogany back and sides
• Baggs active undersaddle pickup with soundhole volume control.
• 25.5” scale
• 1 23/32" nut width
• 2 1/8" string spacing at saddle
• 16 1/8" lower bout
• Mahogany headstock veneer
• Rosewood bindings
• Wood inlay rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Mother of pearl inlaid logo
• Mother of pearl tiny dot position markers
• Gotoh tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Clear pickguard
• Hiscox case


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Excellent condition O32c, some minor top and back marks, nothing through the finish and no issues. With Fishman Matrix active pickup.


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• Sitka spruce top
  
• Indian rosewood back and sides
  
• 25 1/2" scale
  
• 1 3/4" nut width
  
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
  
• 15 1/2" lower bout
  
• Rosewood headstock veneer
  
• Maple bindings
  
• Abalone rosette
  
• Bone nut and saddle
  
• Ebony fretboard
  
• Ebony bridge
  
• Abalone inlaid logo
  
• No position markers
  
• Gotoh super tuners
  
• Toffee button tuner buttons
  
• Clear pickguard
  
• Fishman Matrix Pickup
  
• Original Hiscox/Lowden case
  

A fine example of the work of renowned local luthier Nick Benjamin from 1999. Lots of playing marks on the top, otherwise in great condition. No issues.

• Cedar top
  
• Mahogany back and sides
  
• 25 1/2" scale
  
• Undersaddle pickup
  
• 14 frets to the body
  
• 1 11/16" nut width
  
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
  
• 15" lower bout
  
• Rosewood headstock veneer
  
• Maple body bindings
  
• Wood concentric circles rosette
  
• Bone nut and saddle
  
• Ebony fretboard
  
• Ebony bridge
  
• Silver inlaid logo
  
• Gotoh tuners
  
• MoP dot position markers
  
• Clear pickguard
  
• TKL case
  

Collings OM1 in new condition.

• Select Sitka spruce
• Honduran mahogany back & sides
• Lower bout: 15"
• Scale length: 25 1/2"
• Nut width: 1 11/16"
• Tortoise-style binding
• Simple walnut backstrip
• Pre-war scalloped bracing
• Black/white wood nitrate strip rosette
• Tortoise-style pickguard
• High gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Honduran Mahogany Neck
• Ebony fingerboard and bridge
• Ebony peghead overlay
• Mother-of-pearl Collings logo
• Pearl dot fingerboard markers
• Fully adjustable truss rod
• Bone nut and drop-in saddle
• Ebony bridge pins and end pin
• Nickel Waverly tuners
• Collings hard case


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Used in excellent condition. James's standard is a variation on the Dreadnought with a slightly more rounded body shape. A more versatile guitar could not be imagined, its got enough bass to satisfy the hardest driving flat-picker but with well defined middles and trebles, fantastic clarity, separation and balance and enough volume to be heard in any situation but play it gently and the response is there. Its a beauty too, take a look at those curly Koa bindings.

• Sitka spruce top
• Mahogany back and sides
• 25 1/2 " scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 16" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Koa bindings
• Koa back strip
• Abalone rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Abalone inlaid logo
• Abalone slotted diamond position markers
• Gotoh super 510 tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Ebony bridge pins
• Clear pickguard
• TKL case

As new condition (with the exception of a small headstock ding) Huss and Dalton Custom DS-12. Fantastic volume and warmth, classic dark rosewood tone.


• Sitka spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 24.9” scale
• 1 13/16" nut width
• 2 3/16" string spacing at saddle
• 16" lower bout
• Flamed maple bindings
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Abalone position markers
• Nickel Waverly tuners
• Bone nut and saddle
• Two strap buttons
• Tortoise pickguard
• Huss and Dalton custom case

Excellent condition OM from Charles fox. A great fingerstyle guitar that strums well too with great projection and clarity.


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• Sitka spruce top
• Indian rosewood back and sides
• 25 1/2" scale
• 1 3/4"" nut width
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
• 14 3/4" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Ivoroid body bindings
• Turquoise/abalone/turquoise top, fretboard and headstock bibdings
• Turquoise/abalone/turquoise rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Schaller tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Ameritage leather case

Excellent condition jumbo twelve string. The sound is huge, a classic big twelve balladeer.


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• Sitka spruce top
• Quilted maple back and sides
• 25 1/2" scale
• 1 7/8"" nut width
• 2 1/2" string spacing at saddle
• 17" lower bout
• Ebony headstock veneer
• Flamed maple with red coach lines bindings
• Abalone with red lines rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Schaller tuners
• Ebony tuner buttons
• Ameritage leather case
• Workshop-installed B-Band pickup

Beautiful custom OMC from Dana with abalone rosette and maple body binding upgrades, with original case. Guitars don’t come much more versatile than this. Fantastic playability right up to the top with amazing definition and projection with the rich and complex tones of a bourgeois OM.

• Englemann spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 25.5” scale
• 1 3/4" nut width
• 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
• 15" lower bout
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Flamed maple body bindings
• Marquetry back strip
• Abalone rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• Abalone inlaid logo
• Slotted diamond position markers
• Gold Waverly tuners
• Tortoise pickguard
• TKL case

Gorgeous grand concert (aka OM) from James in as new condition. James is the koa expert and this is a truly fine example of koa at its best. Lively and responsive with sparkling trebles and great balance and separation.

• Master grade sitka spruce top
  
• AAA koa back and sides
  
• 25 1/2" scale
  
• 1 3/4 "" nut width
  
• 2 1/4 " string spacing at saddle
  
• 15 " lower bout
  
• Ebony headstock veneer
  
• Flamed maple body and headstock bindings
  
• Flamed maple back strip
  
• Abalone rosette
  
• Bone nut and saddle
  
• Gotoh super 510 tuners
  
• Ebony tuner buttons
  
• TKL case
  

A very traditional guitar for lovers of everything old fashioned… That may be how it's viewed in a couple of hundred years, some folks don’t like change but we haven’t forced anybody to buy a Batson yet… The Batsons' ‘church organ’ sound is here again.. in excellent condition with some very minor neck marking other scuffs.

• Sitka spruce top
  
• Marbled walnut back and sides
  
• Baggs element pickup
  
• 25 1/2" scale
  
• 1 3/4" nut width
  
• 2 1/4" string spacing at saddle
  
• 15" lower bout
  
• Burled walnut headstock veneer
  
• Flamed maple bindings
  
• Bone nut and saddle
  
• Ebony fretboard
  
• Ebony bridge
  
• Abalone inlaid logo
  
• No position markers
  
• Gotoh super 510 tuners
  
• Clear pickguard
  
• Cedar Creek case
  

Beautiful custom dread personally built by Richard Hoover. It has great power and balance as well as looking like the dog's roller skates. The tone is incredibly rich making it a very responsive and versatile guitar. It flatpicks with the very best but responds equally well to a light touch and fingerstyle.

With all these custom options the new price would be about £7000.


· Adirondack Spruce top
· Master grade Koa back and sides
· 14 fret Mahogany neck
· 25.5” scale
· 1 11/16" nut width
· 15 5/8" lower bout
· Ebony headstock veneer
· Abalone torch inlay
· Tortoise pickguard
· Ebony bindings
· Abalone rosette
· Abalone purfling
· Bone nut and saddle
· Ebony fretboard
· Ebony bridge
· Pearl snowflake position markers
· Pearl SCGC logo at the 12th fret
· Gold Waverly style tuners
· Fishman prefix pro pickup
· Hard case

With Madagascar rosewood ( 'the new Brazilian' see Bourgeois pages) back and sides and Western red cedar top this is another beauty with spalted maple rosette and accents and ebony bindings, with striped ebony tuner buttons on Gotoh 510s and gold Evo fret wire. Characteristic cedar warmth across the range, rich, woody and deep bass, complex, round and vibrant mids with clear, mellow trebles. With a 15 1/4" lower bout it has Mike's standard phenomenal playability, it is very responsive with great balance, definition and projection. In fantastic condition, new price would be over six thousand pounds. With Ameritage case with humidity control.

Another stunning guitar from Mike with a 16" lower bout this is a very versatile guitar. Mike has moved the treble side waist slightly forward so it sits on the knee very comfortably. It features Sitka spruce, Beeswing Mahogany, Beeswing Mahogany rosette, Rosewood binding with birdseye maple accents, Rosewood tuner buttons and a pinless bridge. It responds brilliantly to being driven hard by the flatpicker but responds equally well to a gentle touch with a very complex and well defined tone, the skilled player can make this guitar do his or her bidding, it looks incredible too. Comes with Cedar Creek case.


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Plays like a dream, sounds Sobell…wow! Stefan checked this one out on his recent visit. He was happy to see an old friend and give it the thumbs up.



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• Spruce top
• Rosewood back and sides
• 25 5/8” scale
• 1 ¾" nut width
• 2 ¼" string spacing at saddle
• 16 1/4" lower bout
• Rosewood headstock veneer
• Rosewood bindings
• Herringbone purflings
• Rosewood back strip
• Herringbone rosette
• Bone nut and saddle
• Ebony fretboard
• Ebony bridge
• MoP position markers
• Grover tuners
• No pickguard
• Lightweight case

This 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.

• 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

I'm going to chicken out of trying to describe the tone of this Olson (again). Those of you who have played one will understand why, those who haven't should, we now have two to chose from. This excellent condition 2001 SJ in cedar and rosewood, it has many upgrades, abalone top and headstock borders, mother of pearl fretboard inlays and rosette and abalone back stripe. With original case and Baggs undersaddle pickup (fitted by James).

Very rare 1a 'butterfly' from Stephan Sobell. European spruce top, herringbone purfling and rosette, buffalo horn tuners, rosewood bindings. We have a copy of an email from Stephan from 2004 saying he remembers building it and that it first sold to a Scotsman in California. Some pick wear around the treble side rosette, shown, otherwise excellent condition. Incredible balance with amazing response and clarity but with great volume and projection, like no other we've heard. If I could write and describe sound like this. With immaculate Calton Case.

Another masterpiece from Ralph in spruce and stunning ziricote. This amazing J (small jumbo 16" lower bout) has a depth of tone that is incredible, the bass is very deep but not overpowering, the mids are warm and complex, trebles sweet and clear. Its most remarkable feature is the balance and response, reputations like Ralph's are hard won and well deserved. There is a short split in the back, that was repaired and cleated by Ralph when it was a few months old. With undersaddle pickup and Calton case.

A really beautiful OM from York's Ralph Bown, #60 1988. All Koa with abalone inlays and slotted headstock it has a very complex tone with great clarity and separation. A stunning guitar, with case.

This beauty was born in the same year as me, tho' it sounds and looks considerably better for its 21 years (?) than I do. In good condition with original case it has non original Waverly tuners but no issues. It has that much sought after vintage Martin sound in bucket loads...