Swannell Guitars

Fresh off the press. This is the very first IA to be acquainted with Fidelity Guitars relicing rock. Put together for a very special man. I'm very excited to hear what he does with it.

It'll be coming with me to FRET FEST in Norwich tomorrow.

Surprise! It's me with a Petite Bouche. I'm overwhelmingly pleased with how this turned out. A real collaboration between customer and luthier. An unconventional take on a classic. I designed this from the ground up, offset outline, traditional at its core with an updated iteration of my adjustable, floating neck concept. All inspired and made possible by the following, in no particular order:








Thanks!

This guitar will be on show at

As a kid, I poured over these pages, reading all the stories, reviews and tabs every month. Now, as a maker, my work is featured in these hallowed pages. I'm proud. There are days when you wonder whether it's all really worth it, but sometimes it feels like it very much is.

This particular guitar is a vessel for the magic imbued into the wonderful pickups by the ever excellent Stuart . I loved the Sunbirds (from a previous IA) so much, I put a third one in this guitar for good measure. "As close to a single coil as a humbucker can get", someone probably once said, so why not wire it up much like a Strat to dig out those in between tones.

Yes, it's for sale, but shhh, I might want to keep this one!

Thanks to for the feature. Hugely appreciated.

The last of the triplets. This time an OM12. 12 fret to the body join, ultra short 24.75" scale. Torrefied Sitka spruce top and Bog Oak everything else. This was another fun one with a really lovely strident voice that rings for days. I especially liked the short scale for my own little hands and the 12th fret body join pushed that bridge right down to the sweet spot in the lower bout.

Happy New Year to one and all! X

Especially to one gentleman in Germany who entrusted me to make him this 5 string Parlour guitar inspired by the conversation between and

Lots more to come about this little dreamer.