Nicholas Scott Guitars

About my guitars.

Classical guitars utilizing the revolutionary Smallman principles of construction. Looking quite conventional on the outside, with the red cedar soundboards married to rosewood or other tropical hardwood bodies.

In November 1994 I heard Craig Ogden in concert. He later let me play his Smallman guitar. I've never been the same since.

Rigid and heavy back, sides and neck minimize energy from the strings being 'lost' out of the system. A light (but very strong) lattice network allows what energy has been preserved to excite the lightweight soundboard in a more efficient manner.

There is sometimes a small waiting list - lattice braced guitars take three times as long to build as a conventional guitar. I try to keep a demonstration instrument for people to play in the UK.