Hand-crafted in Canterbury, Kent by Alister Atkin and his small team of talented luthiers, this beautiful OM37 features a torrefied Sitka spruce top and Indian rosewood body.
The Atkin OM is for many players a “desert island” guitar – if they had to pick just one, this is the one that can do it all!
About the Atkin OM37-Aged
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 the smaller, more ergonomic body, and our hand-scalloped bracing and torrified select Sitka top allows us to make this a reality.
Our OM is popular with fingerstyle guitar players, but in truth it’s a great all-rounder and suits singer-songwriters and folk artists as well.
We’ve 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 isn’t a historical reproduction, but a modern British-made guitar with heaps of mojo!
Specifications:
- Top: Torrefied Sitka Spruce
- Back & Sides: East Indian rosewood
- Backstrip: Zipper Style
- Neck: Mahogany
- Headstock overlay: East Indian Rosewood
- Logo: Atkin Decal
- Truss Rod: Adjustable double action
- Scale: 25.4"
- Fretboard: Ebony
- Nut width: 1 11/16"
- Bridge: Ebony
- Rosette: Black/White/Black
- Purfling: Herringbone
- Binding: Grained ivoroid
- Bracing: Pre-war scalloped bracing
- Lacquer: Nitrocellulose Aged finish
- Nut & Saddle: Bone
- Tuners: Nickel Gotoh Aged
- Side Dots Fret Markers: White Celluloid
- Fret Markers: Mother of Pearl
- Case: Atkin TKL Hardshell
***PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL GUITAR IN STOCK***