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Founded in Canterbury, England, in 1995, Atkin Guitars uses a combination of traditional techniques and a little modern technology to handcraft around 350 guitars a year, imbued with the indefinable qualities that delight, surprise, and inspire us even after decades as players.

Founder Alister Atkin and his team of six seek to bring out the instrument's very soul in each Atkin model, focusing on what makes an acoustic what it is and what keeps it from being everything that it can be.

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Atkin OM37 Aged Baked Sitka/Rosewood Natural Acoustic Guitars / OM and Auditorium

Atkin OM37 Aged Baked Sitka/Rosewood Natural

£3,206.00

Founded in Canterbury, England, in 1995, Atkin Guitars' uses a combination of traditional techniques and a little modern technology to handcraft around 350 guitars a year, all emanating the indefinable qualities that delight, surprise, and inspire us even after decades as players.

From Atkin:

The OM, or “Orchestra Model” combines a full scale length with a slightly scaled down body – it is narrower and shallower than a “D” style guitar like our White Rice or Essential D. The challenge for all OM builders is to allow for a rich, commanding bass in spite of the the smaller, more ergonomic body, and our hand-scalloped bracing and torrified select Sitka top allows us to make this a reality.

Our OM is popular with fingerstyle guitar players, but in truth it’s a great all-rounder and suits singer-songwriters and folk artists as well.

We’ve departed in several ways from the classic pre-war style: A larger top dome, our lifetime-guaranteed neck/body joint, and a two-way truss rod are among the changes, so this isn’t a historical reproduction, but a modern British-made guitar with heaps of mojo!

Serial #: 1661
Weight: 3lbs 14.4oz

Top: Torrified Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides: East Indian Rosewood
Backstrip: Zipper Style
Neck: Mahogany
Truss Rod: Two-Way (Soundhole Adjust)
Headstock Overlay: East Indian Rosewood
Logo: Atkin Decal
Fretboard: Ebony
Bridge: Ebony
Rosette: Black/White/Black
Purfling: Herringbone
Binding: Grained Ivoroid
Bracing: Pre-war scalloped
Lacquer Finish: Age Toned Relic Gloss Nitrocellulose
Nut & Saddle: Bone
Tuners: Nickel Gotoh
Side Dot Fretboard Markers: White Celluloid
Fret Markers: Mother of Pearl
Case: Atkin Oxblood

Body Length: 19 1/4"
Body Depth: 4 1/8"
Lower Bout Width: 15"
Total Length: 39 1/2"
Scale Length: 25.4"
Fingerboard Radius: 16"
Nut Width: 1 11/16"

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English Acoustics With Soul

Atkin Guitars' aim is simple: build the best.

Atkin OM37 Aged Baked Sitka/Rosewood Natural