Description
Description
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.
The Essential OM offers 100% Atkin tone – stripped down to the bare essentials! Each Essential OM sports a North American Sitka spruce top and braced with pre-war scalloped bracing, all of which is baked in house here at Atkin. Mahogany back and sides are complimented by a lightweight mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard.
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 smaller, more ergonomic body, and our hand-scalloped bracing and torrified select Sitka top allows us to make this a reality.
This isn’t a slavish vintage copy though: 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!
The Essential OM offers 100% Atkin tone – stripped down to the bare essentials! Each Essential OM sports a North American Sitka spruce top and braced with pre-war scalloped bracing, all of which is baked in house here at Atkin. Mahogany back and sides are complimented by a lightweight mahogany neck with an ebony fingerboard.
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 smaller, more ergonomic body, and our hand-scalloped bracing and torrified select Sitka top allows us to make this a reality.
This isn’t a slavish vintage copy though: 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!
Specs
Specs
General
| Country of Manufacture: | Made in the UK |
| Serial Number: | 2857 |
| Product Color: | Natural |
| Relic/Aging Level: | Aged |
| Case Type: | Hardshell Case Included |
| Factory Setup: | E Standard (E-A-D-G-B-E) |
Body
| Body Shape: | Orchestra Model |
| Body Material: | Mahogany |
| Body Finish: | Aged Thin Gloss Nitrocellulose |
| Top Material: | Baked Adirondack |
| Bracing Pattern: | Pre-War Scalloped X-Brace |
| Body Binding: | Tortoise Shell |
| Rosette: | Black/White/Black |
Neck
| Neck Material: | Mahogany |
| Neck Finish: | Aged Thin Gloss Nitrocellulose |
| Neck Tint/Color: | Natural |
| Fingerboard Material: | Ebony |
| Headstock Veneer: | Santos Rosewood |
| Nut Material: | Bone |
| Nut Width: | 1.6875" |
| Fingerboard Radius: | 16" |
| Scale Length: | 25.4" |
| Number of Frets: | 20 Frets |
| Neck Joint: | Set Neck |
| Fingerboard Inlay: | Dots |
| Inlay Shape: | Dots |
| Side Marker Inlay: | Silver Dots |
| Headstock Inlay/Decal: | Atkin Decal |
Hardware
| Hardware Color: | Nickel |
| Bridge: | Ebony |
| Tuning Machines: | Gotoh Nickel |
| Saddle: | Bone |
| Pickguard: | Tortoise |