Yamaha

Yamaha make the best low to mid price acoustic guitars in the world, no one has matched them over the last 25 years for quality, value and durability.

Simon & Patrick

Canadian made Simon & Patrick Guitars are great value, and some of the best sellers in our shops. Art & Lutherie is a more economically priced range from same supplier, but the guitars sound really good. There are some models we usually have in stock, but we can order you any model in the range.

Takamine Guitars

Takamine Guitars are preferred by performers the world over. All except the G series come complete with case, and feature the Palathatic pickup system and an Accuracoustic pre-amp.

Blue Moon

Blue Moon guitars are built in China, and combine fantastic value with a big sound and a high quality finish.

Ashbury

Ashbury is a leading make of high quality acoustics mainly from Korea. This range has been designed with the folk guitarist firmly in mind, and includes backpackers, resonators, basses and some very good electro acoustics. The Ashbury solids have tahoma bodies and solid spruce tops. The mahogany models are new to the range, and are already among our top sellers.

Gitane

Made famous by Django Reinhardt, the Gypsy Jazz guitar is making a big comeback. The amazing new Gitane models have been causing a big stir in the music press: "The Gitane D250M is just an all round great guitar, not even considering the price" - John Jorgenson. "Satisfying recreation of a 1932 big mouth Selmer Maccaferri. Huge warm sound and excellent playability" - DG500 reviewed in Guitar Player Magazine.

Blueridge

Blueridge has established itself as the leading guitar brand in the USA after Martin and Taylor with this amazing new range of guitars. The reviews say it all: "A great deal of dreadnought for modest sums.. the quality of materials is remarkable at this price and the same goes for the overall attention to detail...a real boomer" Guitar Buyer. "Plays like a dream" Guitar Player. "Tonally the Blueridge was very impressive as well" Acoustic Guitar

Taylor Guitars

Over the last 30 years, Taylor Guitars have become one of the most sought after acoustic instruments in the world, and represent a unique blend of hand-crafting and state of the art manufacturing techniques, which ensure instruments of superb quality and unrivalled performance.

Other Makes

Other brands we offer include Fylde and Ovation, but we don't try to stock the range. We offer handmade guitars by Paul Hathway and Tom Waghorn, various designs are available. Other makers sometimes have guitars on show in our shops, and there are always secondhand guitars too.