Atkin 47 Aged Sunburst Baked Sitka Spruce - Mahogany #3660

The Forty Seven is one of Atkin's small-bodied slope-shoulder guitars, lightly built and X-braced with hand-scalloped bracing that brings out a stronger, more commanding bass than you would expect from an instrument this size. It is wonderful for fingerstyle playing yet has enough size and punch for flatpicking, and Atkin pairs the pre-war inspired body with its own comfortable C-shape neck rather than the baseball-bat necks of the originals. This example has a baked Sitka spruce top in an aged sunburst finish over mahogany back and sides, with a Santos rosewood fingerboard and bridge, cream binding and a tortoise pickguard. Built by hand in Canterbury, England, serial number 3660.