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 isn’t a slavish vintage copy though: 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!
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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