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Tom Sands builds some of the most responsive custom acoustic guitars available in the world today.

13/04/2026

Work sucks, but not always... Follow the link the bio.

06/04/2026

Signature touches, everywhere. Those small moments that reveal broader intention - considered, deliberate, unmistakably ours.

03/04/2026

A few neck related details for you. The neck itself is made from some rather lovely English Walnut, just the most perfect wood to work with, unless of course you recently decided to switch to eco cat litter made from walnut shells in which case working with walnut now reminds you of cat s**t.
Anyway, what’s nice about this neck is it’s finished with oil, which feels just amazing under the hands, the left one specifically. What’s also cool is that you can hear the neck, not in a pretentious way that it’s imparting a tonal profile, no sir, you can just hear your hand gliding across the wood. Nice.
Isn’t that Tassie Blackwood something special? Yes.
Don’t tell everyone else who’s bought a guitar over the years and I’ve said theirs is my favourite because I actually think this is my favourite guitar of all time.
Okay, thanks.

01/04/2026

I wanted to share a look at “Billie,” a unique project recently completed in the workshop. This guitar was crafted using woods that hold deep personal meaning for our client.
The back and sides are made from Australian Blackwood from Victoria, near the client’s home in Melbourne. The neck features English Walnut from County Durham, his birthplace, while the purfling is crafted from English Apple from Somerset—the birthplace of both his mother and the guitar’s namesake. Finally, the soundboard is Swiss Spruce, a sister set to the top of a Model M that originally inspired this commission during a workshop visit.

14/03/2026

Name a more technically perfect guitarist. I will wait.

11/03/2026

A feast of the finest. Sometimes you’ve just got to accept that your pudding tummy isn’t full. 🍫 rosewood

10/03/2026

Beautiful Brazilian Rosewood 😍😍😍

08/03/2026

‘Calida’ - German Spruce, Brazilian Rosewood Model S. An absolute corker presented for you here by .
A couple of years ago, what I can only describe as a ‘once in a lifetime’ stash of outrageous Brazilian rosewood came into my life, comprising of 9 or 10 sequential sets of the most astonishing Rio. I’ll never forget laying the sets out on the workshop shop floor with Our Ted, completely gob smacked by the beauty and on the verge of weeping. 2 sets are gone now, 4 more spoken for, all with papers enabling me to ship worldwide. ‘Calida’ now lives in Hong Kong 🇭🇰.

02/03/2026

Things I’ve seen this past week.
and at Will McNicol’s Guitar Getaway in The Purbecks - Katie is playing her signature Model M in and Royal Fenland Oak.
and playing .ripon - Ellie is playing her Native guitar in spalted sycamore and cherry.
Getting out of the workshop and seeing music being played on the guitars me and Our Ted have built never gets old. It’s mad really.

25/02/2026

A snippet from our latest shop session with Ellie Gowers. Ellie is playing her Native guitar, ‘Mossy’ made entirely from English hardwoods. The back and sides are spalted sycamore and the neck is wild cherry rescued from a bonfire over 20 years ago. Head over to YouTube for the full session, it’s a dream.

23/02/2026

Ellie’s guitar ‘Mossy’ - The first of a new ‘Native Range’ of guitars. Made completely from English hardwoods. Our take on a Martin 0-15 and specifically inspired by the ones played by John Frusciante, even more specifically the one he shreds on during a performance of ‘Venice Queen’ live at Slaine Castle. IYKYK.
This guitar is made from some rather lovely spalted sycamore and some cherry I rescued from a bonfire about 20 years ago. Finished in hardwax oil. Simple.

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