Don’t worry if you’ve never heard of Shergold. No, we’re not talking about that race horse that went missing, but a minor-league brand, headed by Jack Golder, that built guitars in the UK from 1975 to 1982. At the time they were well-liked and famous users include Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook.
PERFORMS ABOVE ITS PRICE POINT IN SOUNDS AND STYLE
Fast-forward to 2017 and UK distributor Barnes & Mullins – the company behind Faith acoustics – re-launched Shergold with the new Masquerader designed by top UK-guitar maker Patrick James Eggle. Another more mainstream design dropped in 2019, the