The Team

Atkin Guitars has a highly skilled team with a wide range of expertise. The way we build guitars allows individual luthiers to concentrate on separate areas of the process. From wood selection, top and back jointing, bracing through to finish and setup.

As we’ve grown so has the team. This means that we can design and build every part of our guitars in house, enabling us to keep a close eye on the quality and consistency of each guitar as it moves down the line.

We love building guitars! We hope you love playing them!

Alister Atkin
Height 178cm
Tea Strength 6
Hair Length 4
Gain 4
Bass 6
Middle 5
Treble 5
Volume 8
Favourite ABBA Song The Winner Takes it All
Danny Martin
Height
Tea Strength 4
Hair Length 1
Gain 11
Bass 7
Middle 3
Treble 5
Volume 11
Favourite ABBA Song SOS
Laurence Lock
Height 190cm
Tea Strength 7
Hair Length 9
Gain 7
Bass 5
Middle 8
Treble 7
Volume 9
Favourite ABBA Song Mamma Mia
Tom Osborne
Height 168cm
Tea Strength 4
Hair Length 9
Gain 1
Bass 7
Middle 6
Treble 8
Volume 8
Favourite ABBA Song Knowing Me, Knowing You
Phil Meakins
Height 187cm
Tea Strength 5
Hair Length 5
Gain 11
Bass 7
Middle 5
Treble 6
Volume 8
Favourite ABBA Song Super Trouper
Greg Batchelor
Height 187cm
Tea Strength 7
Hair Length 2
Gain 2
Bass 7
Middle 5
Treble 6
Volume 6
Favourite ABBA Song Angeleyes
Mark Taylor
Height
Tea Strength 7
Hair Length 2
Gain 3
Bass 5
Middle 6
Treble 5
Volume 5
Favourite ABBA Song Chiquitita
Matt Barwick
Height 178cm
Tea Strength 5
Hair Length 4
Gain 2
Bass 6
Middle 5
Treble 5
Volume 5
Favourite ABBA Song Does Your Mother Know?
Andy Goodall
Height 176cm
Tea Strength 8
Hair Length 3
Gain 9
Bass 5
Middle 8
Treble 6
Volume 6
Favourite ABBA Song Summer Night City
Simon Hatcher
Height
Tea Strength 6
Hair Length 2
Gain 7
Bass 4
Middle 7
Treble 7
Volume 5
Favourite ABBA Song Dancing Queen
Jon Lilford
Height
Tea Strength 4
Hair Length 3
Gain 7
Bass 6
Middle 5
Treble 4
Volume 5
Favourite ABBA Song Voulez-Vous

Join The Team

Atkin guitars are always looking for skilled guitar makers or precision woodworkers to work at our Canterbury workshop.  Candidates should have experience in some of the following areas:

  • Timber preparation and machining
  • Guitar parts production
  • Sanding and spray finishing
  • Fretting and set-up
  • CNC programming

Unfortunately we can’t accept applications for those without woodworking experience at present.

Please send an introduction or cv to: info@atkinguitars.com