News

27th October 2022

Neville Marten reviews our Fifty-Two and Fifty-Four electric models for Guitarist Magazine

20th October 2022

Local YouTube and session guitarist Dan Leggatt popped by to check out some of our electric guitars recently. Here’s a little video he put together on that visit. We look forward to seeing more from him soon.

19th October 2022

We’re delighted to announce the release of our new Dust Bowl series of guitars. Based on the Depression-era guitars of the 1930’s, these acoustic instruments feature an all-mahogany construction for the body and neck, complemented by an Indian Rosewood fingerboard with a 16″ radius. Available in our O, OO, OOO and also Parlor styles, there’s […]

17th October 2019

Check out Luke’s new video.

15th October 2019

Alister Atkin visits Andertons in Guildford and spends a great afternoon talking to the Captain, Lee Anderton.

3rd October 2019

We started to develop our aged finish in 2010. It was the result of an accident with one of our Buddy Holly J45s. The guitar got a bad scratch during the build so we thought let’s age it to look like Buddy’s original guitar.

3rd October 2019

Carving a volute is an important part of making a neck, it plays a part in it’s strength and stability. It’s also an opportunity to give the guitar some character and show off the maker’s abilities.

25th September 2019

Brooks stopped by recently to give us his opinion on the work we do at Atkin Guitars. Check out what he had to say and hear some of his beautiful playing.

27th June 2017

“The guitar has a ‘vintage’ voicing but is more structurally stable, too – Atkin is no slave to the vintage aesthetic”

27th December 2015

“It’s Clear that Atkin makes great guitars. It’s also clear that he loves Martins, and in the Retrospective 28 Series has created amazing replicas of Nazareth’s best vintage models.”