The Atkin OM37 is for many players a “desert island” guitar – if they had to pick just one, this is the one that can do it all!
Relic: Featuring a cracked finish top, light staining and ageing on the binding, and a vintage patina, Alister’s relic finishes are totally unique in the acoustic guitar world – warm to the touch and still responsive.
Model: OM37
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!
MATERIAL
TOP : Torrified Sitka Spruce
BACK AND SIDES : East Indian Rosewood
NECK :Mahogany
FINGERBOARD : Ebony
FRETS :20
BINDING : Grained Ivoroid with Herringbone Purfling
NUT : Bone
SADDLE :Bone
ROSETTE :Black / White Black
INLAY : Diamond Mother Of Pearl
BRIDGE :Ebony
BRIDGE PINS :Ivoroid with Mother Of Pearl Dots
MACHINE HEADS : Kluson Deluxe
PICKUPS : None
PICKGUARD : Tortoise
FINISH : Aged Nitrocellulose
STRINGS : Elixir 12-53 Phosphor Bronze
CASE : Hardcase
STRAP BUTTON : Lower only
SPECS
OVERALL LENGTH : 1000mm
BODY LENGTH : 485mm
LOWER BOUT : 390mm
WAIST : 280mm
DEPTH : 101mm
SCALE LENGTH : 650mm
NUT WIDTH : 43.12mm
STRING SPACING NUT : 36.97mm
AVERAGE STRING SPACING NUT : 7.1mm
STRING SPACING SADDLE : 55.73mm
AVERAGE STRING SPACING SADDLE : 11.15mm
FINGERBOARD RADIUS : 18“
NECK THICKNESS @1ST FRET : 22.5mm
NECK THICKNESS @ 10TH FRET : 23.9mm
SOUNDHOLE DIAMETER : 95.5mm