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 isnt a slavish vintage copy though: Weve 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 isnt a historical reproduction, but a modern British-made guitar with heaps of mojo!
Serial #: 1706
Weight: 4lbs 0.2oz
Top:Baked Sitka Spruce
Back & Sides:Mahogany
Neck:Mahogany
Backstrip:Ebony
Headstock Overlay:Santos Rosewood
Logo:Atkin Decal
Truss Rod:Dual Action
Fretboard:Ebony
Bridge:Ebony
Rosette:Black/White/Black
Purfling:Black/White/Black
Binding:Tortoiseshell
Bracing:Pre-war scalloped
Lacquer Finish:Aged Thin Gloss Nitrocellulose
Nut & Saddle:Bone
Tuners:Nickel Gotoh
Side Dot Fretboard Markers:Silver
Fret Markers:MOP – Dots
Case:Atkin Hard Shell
Body Length:20″
Body Depth:4 7/8″
Lower Bout Width:15 5/8″
Total Length:40 1/4″
Scale Length:25.4″
Nut Width:1 11/16″
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