Martin Douglas Guitars

13/02/2026

SALE! I'm offering these two beautiful unique, hand-crafted classical guitars for sale at £1850 each (about 45% off original price). They're both stock , ex-demo instruments - for show /demo at exhibitions and festivals. They are spruce-topped. One has back and sides in Madagascan rosewood, the other uses figured bubinga. Both are in perfect condition and have been played for no more than an hour each in total. They come with a high-quality hard case and will have new strings. They will both carry a year's warranty. I'm happy to travel a reasonable distance to deliver. Please contact me at [email protected] for more information about either or both guitars.

14/10/2025

I've just become a member of the Cornwall Crafts Association and so have a display in the beautiful National Trust gallery at Trelissick. This current exhibition runs until January - definitely worth going along to have a look at all the work - some very lovely things there!

06/03/2025

This should be a great weekend event! We're bringing together the best instrument-makers in Cornwall. See their current work, maybe try it out and listen to some brilliant musicians in the gallery at the superb Tremenheere Sculpture Gardens, near Penzance. Hope to see you there!

24/01/2025

24/01/2025

Really looking forward to these upcoming concerts!

07/12/2023

I took this little Torres copy to a couple of events last week - classical guitar groups in Rickmansworth and Bexhill. They were organised by Kianush Robeson, brilliant guitarist (and organiser!). He played (and loved) this little guitar. I love it, too! It is for sale with custom case, made by me. Many thanks to Kia for a great weekend. Please contact me if you would like further details of the guitar.

12/05/2023

"Quaver" - my take on a 1888 instrument by Torres. It's a beautiful little guitar - scale length 604mm - with spruce top, Madagascan rosewood B+S and custom-made authentic Peghed tuners. It's finished apart from being French Polished over the next few weeks and will be for sale shortly after that. Please let me know if you are interested and would like further details. M.

20/03/2023

This is "Rowenna" - shortly to be on her way to Dayton, Ohio. Red Cedar top - the English walnut back and sides are really amazing!

27/10/2022

I'm very excited to have been commissioned to make a classical guitar for a customer in the US! Lots of details still to be sorted out but the top is going to be Western Red Cedar and the back and sides walnut. This is the Eastern European Walnut that I'm using for back and sides. What a gorgeous piece of wood. It should look superb when it's polished!

05/09/2022

I'm working on a near-copy of a 19th Century guitar by Antonio Torres - just a few details (rosette, headstock shape/profile - to make the string geometry cleaner) are my own but I'm sticking to Torres' dimensions and internal bracing pattern. It has a European spruce top and beautiful Madagascan rosewood back and sides. Some custom-made tuning-pegs are on their way from Pegheds in the US. They'll be very close indeed to the original aesthetic but will have internal gears to make them very smooth and reliable to use. Who knows when they'll arrive?!! I'll keep you posted. M

09/11/2013

Just a record of progress. It's not a complete record as I'm keeping some bits secret!