BRITAIN’S BEST AMATEUR GUITAR BUILDER 2021
Earlier this year, Guitarist launched its first-ever competition to find Britain’s Best Amateur Guitar Builder. To keep the brief simple, the competition was open to electric guitar builds only and, as the name suggests, professional luthiers were not eligible to enter – just talented enthusiasts making guitars for the love of it.
A home-build should possess great craft, purposeful design, aesthetic flair and technical ingenuity
Backing us in this worthy quest were the good folk at StewMac, global suppliers of specialist tools and materials for guitar makers. The American-based company kindly put up the top prize of $500 worth of equipment from their extensive catalogue, plus a runner-up prize of $250 of lutherie kit. With that incentive to whet entrants’ appetites, plus the glory of winning the competition, we received a full mailbag of incredible entries to the
