George Lowden is an acoustic (steel and nylon strung) -and now electric as well - guitar maker, based in Northern Ireland. Lowden guitars are currently handcrafted in a small workshop under the direct supervision of George. They produce a great range of high-quality acoustics and, lately, electric guitars. They can also...
Beautiful handcrafted guitars made in the UK. Founded in 2010 by Leigh Dovey, PJD Guitars of York, are making a name for themselves with 9/10 reviews in Guitarist magazine (UK) for their Carey Elite, Carey Custom and Carey Standard. Originally Leigh started working with knowledge of wood work picked up...
An iconic guitar brand, Rickenbacker manufacture electric and bass guitars. Instantly recognisable as a 'Rickenbacker' their guitars come in iconic finishes too such as Fireglo and Jetglo. Their toaster top pickups are legendary and much copied. Today they have 46 models in the range across 6 and 12 string electrics, basses and...
High quality effects hand-made in London Fredric Effects, run by Tim Webster, are "passionate about building pedals that look and sound great, with hard-wearing professional finishes and the best components. They're high quality boutique effects without excessive boutique price-tags." Small and Fuss Free They are known for being small and as...
Victory make no-compromise valve guitar amplifiers and are making a name for themselves with a growing roster of artists and followers. Each of the 'families' in their range now include floor amps and pedals. Family Duchess FamilyPerfect for American styled cleans with British break up. The perfect pedal platform.Available as a V1...
The mission at ThorpyFX is to “produce the best sounding, most robust and most beautiful guitar effects available. This is achieved through great design, great engineering and holding true to our ethos of providing "Superior Fidelity Tone Machines" to discerning guitarists.” Seems they are achieving this with every pedal released, judging...
Originally established in Manchester in 1974, but now based in Northamptonshire since 2015 when they became part of the Auden Musical Instrument Company, Gordon Smith make handcrafted, custom built guitars. The team at Auden have taken over the production with the same level of skill and dedication as the original founders...