Atkin Guitars
L-36 Kingfisher, L-00, Sitka Spruce, Maple - NEW
Listed at Acoustic Music Works · Pittsburgh, PA
Tracked on Tonewood Atlas — view the full listing at Acoustic Music Works’ site.
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Specs
- Top
- Sitka Spruce
- Back / Sides
- Maple
- Neck
- Mahogany
- Fingerboard
- Ebony
- Body shape
- L
- Scale length
- 24.875"
- Nut width
- 1 11/16"
- Frets to body
- 14
- Strings
- 6
- Condition
- New
About Atkin Guitars
Atkin Guitars are built in Canterbury, England, founded by Alister Atkin in 1995. What started as a one-man bench has grown into one of the UK's leading boutique acoustic builders — a sixteen-person shop making roughly 750 guitars a year, every one of them hand-built. Their reputation is anchored in pre-war Martin and Gibson replicas (the slope-shouldered "Nineteen" is a flagship), but the catalog spans original designs, an electric line that joined the family in 2020, and a custom shop that builds whatever a player can dream up. The signature finish is an aged nitrocellulose lacquer developed over thirty years — soft, light, designed to check and patina naturally rather than stay perfect, mirroring how a lightly-used vintage instrument ages. Tops have been baked since 2011 for stability and the kind of resin-crystallized character usually associated with old wood. The player roster reads like a UK songwriters' room: Richard Hawley, Robert Plant, Graham Coxon, Kris Drever, Eddi Reader, Elbow.
About Acoustic Music Works
Acoustic Music Works is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shop with a deep new-and-used boutique acoustic catalog. Their inventory leans heavily on Collings — Hill Country, Brazilian rosewood, and pre-war-spec builds at the high end — alongside Huss & Dalton and Bourgeois. They also host in-store concerts by touring artists.
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