JWJ guitars are hand-built, individually in a small workshop in rural Shropshire in the UK. Each high-quality piece of tonewood gets matched to each other by sound, look and feel to create truly unique instruments.

‘The Hog’ may be the entry level JWJ guitar, but there’s no expense spared when it comes to quality tonewoods. Honduras Mahogany makes up the top, back, sides and neck, complemented by Indian Rosewood fretboard, bridge and headstock veneer.

At only £1,695 these are some of the best value hand-built guitars around. Parlour, Orchestra or Slope Shoulder Dreadnought body styles AA grade torrefied Sitka Spruce top (Cedar for the Parlour)

The aim for JWJ Guitars is simply to produce professional, hand built guitars at a great price. By keeping the standard range simple with options for body wood and neck profile I can focus my efforts on getting the best possible tone and feel from each instrument.

The Select Series currently comprises two guitars, an Orchestra and a Slope Shoulder, in our favourite specs. Both guitars have Honduras Mahogany back and sides and feature ivory celluloid binding and herringbone detail.

We aim to keep a selection of guitars in stock to cover the various custom options and some of these are available to buy. Please call 07968 590718 or email [email protected] to find out what is currently available or make an appointment to try them out for yourself.

If you have a favourite guitar, bring it along to compare and to help us understand what works for you. From there, we can tweak the specs, tune the tone and tailor the look to suit your needs. View Thumbnails

Watch David Mead’s review of the JWJ Parlour and Orchestra models. The printed review can be found in Guitarist Magazine issue 499, July 2023. Listen to a Custom build Mahogany Orchestra with Sitka Spruce top, played by Mort Smith, produced by David Strang at Delta Sigma Music:

Sitka Spruce: The most commonly used wood for acoustic guitar tops and for good reason – it’s strong, close grained and tonally versatile. If you’re mostly a strummer, this is probably the best soundboard wood you can get, but it also serves well for flatpicking and finger picked styles.

As all of our necks are hand carved to order it’s still possible to make further adjustments to suit your needs. The older ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘V’ profiles are available on request and we can even try to copy the neck profile from your favourite guitar. STANDARD Nut width: 43.5mm String spacing: 36.5mm Depth at 1st fret: 22.5mm