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Left Handed Guitars
USED Guitars (Updated 31 January)
USED Guitars (Updated 31 January)
Breedlove Guitars
Breedlove Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Poiints: £500 -£1000

My personal recommendations from Breedlove.

Contact me for more details on any other guitars in the range.
Burny Guitars
Burny Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Poiints: £450-£650

Burny by Fernandes do it the way it should be. Solid slab maple tops and Mahogany bodies, awesome build quality and a cheaky logo to boot! Brilliant, brilliant, brillant. Be individual and buy quality over brand image. Go with a Burny!
Crafter Guitars
Crafter Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Poiints: £200-£450

Crafter produce wonderful acoustic guitars. One of the few brands at this price point who have their own factory, the most up to date technology and years of expertise.

Korean made, Crafter produce the most stunning acoustic guitars money can buy and these days they come fitted with LR Baggs electronics - awesome. If you want something cosmetically beautiful, incredibly well made with the finest electronics - Crafter should be your first choice.
Cort Guitars
Cort Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Poiints: £200-£450

Few people know that Cort produce or have produced guitars for most of the leading brand names in the World today. They produce many of the Ibanez guitars, schecter, Fender, Avalon and Tanglewood have all benefited from Cort production.

If you want the most guitar money can buy then choose a Cort whether it be electric, acoustic or bass.
Faith Guitars
Faith Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Points: £500 - £700

Exquisite acoustic and electro acoustics, designed, developed and overseen by none other than Patrick Eggle (legendary acoustic and electric guitar builder based in the UK).

Faith, like every brand that forms my personal collection are benchmark guitars at the price.

Godin Guitars
Godin Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Points: £700 - £1500

As one of the UKs longest standing ambassadors for Godin guitars, my reputation for knowledge and passion for their products goes before me. In the past 7 years I have been responsible for assisting with more Godin purchases than any other guitar store in the UK.
The concept behind Richards Guitars is to help me focus purely on the instruments I love - hence the fact Godin guitars are one of the few brands I have selected to dedicate my time to.

2010 is set to be a very exciting year for the Godin brand with the forthcoming arrival of the Kingpin CWII and the awesome Godin Progression guitar - ready to knock the socks of Fender Strats!

More information will follow as time allows but do feel free to pop in to our showrooms where you will find the very best of the Godin range on display and remember I provide total assurance when buying online and deliver Godin guitars throughout the World - and just £15 for deliveries around Europe.

Gordon Smith Guitars
Gordon Smith Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Poiints: £550-£950

As you will know I have been so fond of the best kept secret in British guitar building since the day I received one in part exchange against one of my first ever stock guitars about 13 years ago. It only had one pickup so the customer obviously didn't think it was much (a young lad). I didn't know who they were at the time so I took it in and gave him a few quid against another guitar. The guitar just FELT great so I was happy to have it - and the brass nut gave me the immediate indicator this instrument was worthy of further investigation. I plugged it in and WOW - the tone was immense. Later I was to find that this was a GS1, hand made in England with custom hand wound pickup - retailing at under £500. The model shown below has twin custom hand wound pickups with coil tap for just £560. It doesn't get any better than this I promise you!

I will update the catalogue asap and new stock will be arriving during the Autumn. If you have any short term enquiries let me know as I can juggle my plans around your needs.
G&L Guitars
G&L Guitars
G&L’s founder, Leo Fender, spent the last decade of his life lavishing all the knowledge and wisdom he had acquired over the years on the creation of his beloved G&L instruments. He considered the G&L guitars and basses the masterpieces of his lifetime of creativity. Leo worked in his private laboratory at the G&L factory in Fullerton, California, until the very last day of his life and he would not have wanted it any other way. While G&L’s unique and highly desirable instruments continue to be meticulously crafted in the historic Fender Avenue factory, they are not accessible to many musicians.

G&L Tribute Series sets a dramatic new standard in the popular price range by bringing unique G&L features and standardized CNC quality together in a surprisingly affordable line of guitars and basses. With genuine original equipment G&L pickups and bridges supplied by the Fender Avenue factory, Tribute Series instruments are equipped with unmistakable tone, sustain and playability that surpasses more expensive instruments.

With unbeatable value and performance in a high quality instrument, once you play a G&L Tribute Series, you’ll never look back.
Stonebridge Guitars
Stonebridge Guitars

Richard Recommends Price Poiints: £650-£1500

I still remember the day I played my first Stonebridge guitar. The UK Distributor was thinking about taking on distribution in the UK and had asked me to try out 6 guitars and give them a report on my findiings.

The rest is history as they say! Taylor & Martin sales took a dive whilst I focused on my new love and I have never looked back since.

Please do feel free to ask me any qustions about this World Class acoustic guitar brand.
Guitar Setups, Repairs & Modifications
Guitar Setups, Repairs & Modifications
My reputation for first class playing instruments goes before me and this is not exclusive to people who order new guitars from the shop or online.

Richards Guitars serves guitarists around Stratford Upon Avon, Leamington Spa, Warwick and the surrounding towns throughout Warwickshire with quality, affordable guitar workshop services.

We have recently moved to Stratford Upon Avon at 5 Tiddington Road and look forward to helping guitarists in my home town where I was born and live to this day!

Please email richard@richardsguitars.co.uk, providing a full description of what you require and a contact number so that either I or the technician can get straight back to you.
RVS Custom Guitars
RVS Custom Guitars

Truly personalised, customised, hand finished guitars to your personal specification from £179
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About Our Facebook
I use Facebook to bring together a number of resources that keep you updated such as my Twitter posts, forum topics, guitar blog and used guitar sales from my classifieds site guitars.co.uk as well as general posts that I think may interest you.

Its well worth becoming a friend if you are interested in guitars or what my business is up to lately!
0% In Store Credit
0% In Store Credit

If you can make it to my showrooms at 5 Tiddington Road, Stratford Upon Avon, you can take advantage of 12 months interest free credit.

A 25% deposit is required

Best Selling Items

Stonebridge 23 SF (GS,OMS,SS, DS)

Stonebridge 23 SF (GS,OMS,SS, DS)

£1,399.00(Euro 1,586.47)

Why have I never tried the SF range before? Utterly exquisite and possibly a new favourite ?- certainly appeals equally to me to the GS23 CR which I have been raving about for years.

I just love this guitar and know that anyone who loves Stonebridge tone will fall in love too.

You can also chose from body body shapes D, G & OM
top (solid) sitka cedar
soundhole decoration abalone ring + b-w lines
back & sides flamed maple (solid)
binding tortoise imitation
fingerboard, bridge ebony
fingerboard inlays Abalone flower inlay
endpins tortoise imitation
neck mahogany
tuning machines Schaller Gold/tortoise pins
strings Elixir Ph-Br Nanoweb 012-53
wide of nut 45 mm
No.of frets 20
scale 650 mm
finish high gloss
pickguard transparent,anti scratch
case arched-top, hard case
cutaway optional
12-string version optional
lefthand version optional
slotted paghead optional
electronic optional

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Cort M 600 Electric Guitar (Over £100 Added Value FREE)

Cort M 600 Electric Guitar (Over £100 Added Value FREE)

£399.00(Euro 452.47)

From the producer of Ibanez, Schecter, G&L & other leding guitar brands is the M600. A true benchmark example of why so many guitar brands use Cort manfucturing.

Bottom line is you will not find a nicer example of this genre of guitar at the money. Forget PRS SE!
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Gordon-Smith Gypsy Honey Burst

Gordon-Smith Gypsy Honey Burst

£650.00(Euro 737.10)

A stunning example of the Gordon Smith Gypsy.

The Gyspy has a thicker body than the GS2 and features an adjustable bridge as standard along with a nicely polished lacquered gloss top.

Twin hand wound pickups, both coil tapped is also standard.

This won't be around long so get your order in if you want to save a 3 month wait for production!
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Faith FNHG Neptune Hi Gloss Acoustic Guitar

Faith FNHG Neptune Hi Gloss Acoustic Guitar

£608.00(Euro 689.47)

The Faith Neptune is possibly my favourite of all Faith guitars. The body is deep enough to provide enough volume and bass response which I personally love in an acoustic. As you will see from the pictures the build quality and general asthetic beauty is second to none.

As with all Faith guitars the Neptune comes with fitted hardcase and if you want your guitar to look as good as it sounds you will not find a better guitar on the market.

Trust me!
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Godin Summit (Over £100 Added Value FREE)

Godin Summit (Over £100 Added Value FREE)

£779.00(Euro 883.39)


The most exquisite, highly specified electric guitar money can buy under £1000

Specs
Mahogany neck
Ebony Fingerboard
16" fingerboard radius
24 3/4 " Scale
1 11/16" nut width
Solid Mahogany body
Highly figured carved flame maple solid top
2 x Seymour Duncan humbuckers
(Alnico 2 neck / '59 bridge)
Controls: 5-way switch, 1 x Volume,
1 x Tone, 1 x Godin High-Definition Revoicer

Colors: Natural Flame, Sunburst Flame & Trans Black Flame

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PRS McCarty A1 Condition with Hardcase

PRS McCarty A1 Condition with Hardcase

£1,150.00(Euro 1,304.10)


A1 condition. Set up to your personal specification. A true investment opportunity and stunning guitar.
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Unique & Exclusive Added Value with Every Guitar (worth over £100)
When you buy a guitar from Richards guitars the first thing to take into account is that I (Richard) overseas the entire process beginning to end. The only aspect not handled by myself is the setup itself. I even personally pack the guitar after I have tested the guitar post setup.

Quality Control & Setup (worth £55)

Your guitar will be meticulously setup to the very highest of standards - even to your personal specification if you have one. This only occurs once the guitar has been inspected visually for any cosmetic flaws that occur in production instruments. Nobody in the industry cares more about the quality and playability of their guitars - guaranteed.

6 Month & 12 Month Checkup/Reset (worth £25 a visit)

Every day my workshop is responsible for checking guitars that have been brought back for their 6 and 12 month checks. During this process my technicians will check the setup, make any adjustments necessary and give the guitar a general overhaul bringing it back to its former glory. This healthcheck sets my service apart from all other retailers in the UK. I believe this service to be unique and am extremely proud to offer it to every customer if they wish to take advantage.
Showroom Opening Hours

10am to 5pm, Tuesday to Saturday. Closed 1pm to 2pm for lunch

For Showroom Visitors...

I offer a bespoke service and deal with every sale personally. I follow the progress of each sale from beginning to end, personally book deliveries for dispatch and wrap and pack the guitars. I do this to provide a consistent, meticulous level of detail, giving myself the peace of mind that the beautifully setup guitars we generate do not get spoilt in transit. 1 guitar damaged in 3 years of delivering guitars around the World (around 10 a week) is testiment to the quality of my packing (Sad as it sounds I could bore you to death on how to deliver a guitar sucessfully!). This all takes up my time of course. For this reason I DO NOT promote the sale of accessories. My showroom opening hours enable customers to try and test my personal collection of recommended new and used guitars - whilst allowing me time to handle the various aspects of my customer enquiries (in store and online) - and of course deal with customers requiring guitar workshop repairs.

I DO NOT sell 3/4 size guitars. It is impossible to provide any level of taylored service at this price point and would feel nervous about supporting these guitars under warranty as they are built to a price. However, I will always be available to offer help and advice. I am here if you want some honest, professional direction.

I warmly welcome all guitar enthusiasts to visit me any time!
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Formerly 2 Regent Street, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, CV32 5HW, TEL:(01789) 26 33 33, EMAIL: richard@richardsguitars.co.uk

Richards Guitars new home is at 5 Tiddington Road, Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 7AE)

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