Grand Auditorium guitars are a beautiful hybrid between the well-known Dreadnought and the more compact Auditorium/Orchestra Model. With a narrower waist, it sits comfortably on the knee without compromising the sound too much thanks to the wider bottom end. This results in a guitar that has both the body and projection of a Dreadnought, while the articulation is closer to that of an Auditorium/Orchestra Model. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to set these guitars up properly. This ensures that these guitars offer excellent playability and a very respectable sound.

Mahogany top

Mahogany is often used for the back and sides of acoustic guitars, but it also works very well for the top of a guitar. It produces a warm, more subdued tone with plenty of bass and a strong low-midrange presence. Mahogany's treble is less pronounced but certainly very appealing in timbre.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Grand Auditorium guitars are a beautiful hybrid between the well-known Dreadnought and the more compact Auditorium/Orchestra Model. With a narrower waist, it sits comfortably on the knee without compromising the sound too much thanks to the wider bottom end. This results in a guitar that has both the body and projection of a Dreadnought, while the articulation is closer to that of an Auditorium/Orchestra Model. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to set these guitars up properly. This ensures that these guitars offer excellent playability and a very respectable sound.

Spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Grand Auditorium guitars are a beautiful hybrid between the well-known Dreadnought and the more compact Auditorium/Orchestra Model. With a narrower waist, it sits comfortably on the knee without compromising the sound too much thanks to the wider bottom end. This results in a guitar that has both the body and projection of a Dreadnought, while the articulation is closer to that of an Auditorium/Orchestra Model. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to set these guitars up properly. This ensures that these guitars offer excellent playability and a very respectable sound.

Spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Grand Auditorium guitars are a beautiful hybrid between the well-known Dreadnought and the more compact Auditorium/Orchestra Model. With a narrower waist, it sits comfortably on the knee without compromising the sound too much thanks to the wider bottom end. This results in a guitar that has both the body and projection of a Dreadnought, while the articulation is closer to that of an Auditorium/Orchestra Model. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to set these guitars up properly. This ensures that these guitars offer excellent playability and a very respectable sound.

Spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Grand Auditorium guitars are a beautiful hybrid between the well-known Dreadnought and the more compact Auditorium/Orchestra Model. With a narrower waist, it sits comfortably on the knee without compromising the sound too much thanks to the wider bottom end. This results in a guitar that has both the body and projection of a Dreadnought, while the articulation is closer to that of an Auditorium/Orchestra Model. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to set these guitars up properly. This ensures that these guitars offer excellent playability and a very respectable sound.

Spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Dreadnought guitars (named after a large, powerful battleship) have become the industry standard worldwide. The Brunswick BD200 is a dreadnought-style acoustic guitar with a traditional square-shoulder design. Its size and design ensure a powerful sound with excellent projection, ensuring you'll always be heard with beautiful tone and good balance. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to fine-tune these guitars. This ensures a smooth playability and a very respectable sound.

Spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Dreadnought guitars (named after a large, powerful battleship) have become the industry standard worldwide. The Brunswick BD200 is a dreadnought-style acoustic guitar with a traditional square-shoulder design. Its size and design ensure a powerful sound with excellent projection, ensuring you'll always be heard with beautiful tone and good balance. This series is ideal for beginners; the wood and build quality are excellent, allowing us to fine-tune these guitars. This ensures a smooth playability and a very respectable sound.

Spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

The Rathbone R3SKCE combines the larger dimensions of the Grand Auditorium with the breathtaking tonewood of koa for a spectacular result. A bright, open, and sparkling tone comes from the combination of solid Englemann spruce for the top and koa for the back and sides. This gives the guitar a powerful and linear sound, ideal for both the heavy strummer and the articulate fingerpicker.

A perfect all-rounder, the No. 3 has the same scale length as the Orchestra Model, but its body dimensions are closer to those of a dreadnought. The larger body naturally delivers a stronger bass tone without sacrificing clarity—that's the strength of a Grand Auditorium. However, the larger body doesn't mean this guitar is any less easy to play; quite the opposite is true. Its narrow waist allows the guitar to rest comfortably on the knee or hang easily over the shoulders.

Solid Sitka Spruce top

Sitka spruce is one of the most traditional woods used for guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. Thanks to these characteristics, Sitka spruce offers a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it exceptionally well-suited to both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Koa side and back

Koa is considered an exotic wood, and given its Hawaiian origins, it's easy to understand why. It's not only a sight to behold, but the tone easily matches its visual beauty. A guitar made with koa benefits greatly from being played. New koa can sometimes sound a bit harsh and stiff, but the more the guitar is played, the better it will sound. Once a koa guitar is sufficiently broken in, the tone opens up completely, becoming pleasant, rich, and clear with an abundance of resonance. The bass, in particular, becomes rich and full, while the overall sound truly comes alive.

Bone saddles

Bone saddles and/or nut are much denser and therefore retain better tonal qualities. A bone saddle or nut produces a brighter sound with more resonance and a better attack. A bone saddle and/or nut truly brings a guitar to life.

The Rathbone R3CESB combines solid Englemann spruce with beautiful Bocote, resulting in a spectacular-looking guitar. Similar to the tonal character of a maple guitar, this guitar delivers a powerful tone with excellent projection, filling a room with ease, whether strumming or fingerpicking.

A perfect all-rounder, the No. 3 has the same scale length as the Orchestra Model, but its body dimensions are closer to those of a dreadnought. The larger body naturally delivers a stronger bass tone without sacrificing clarity—that's the strength of a Grand Auditorium. However, the larger body doesn't mean this guitar is any less easy to play; quite the opposite is true. Its narrow waist allows the guitar to rest comfortably on the knee or hang easily over the shoulders.

Solid Sitka Spruce top

Sitka spruce is one of the most traditional woods used for guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. Thanks to these characteristics, Sitka spruce offers a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it exceptionally well-suited to both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Bocote side and back

Bocote is considered an exotic wood and has both the tonal character and the appearance to deserve this name. It's a wood with high density and stability, good sustain, and excellent resonance. All this creates a warm and powerful tonal character. It's a beautiful wood for the back and sides of an acoustic guitar, and not just for its looks.

Bone saddles

Bone saddles and/or nut are much denser and therefore retain better tonal qualities. A bone saddle or nut produces a brighter sound with more resonance and a better attack. A bone saddle and/or nut truly brings a guitar to life.

The Rathbone R2SB orchestra model (OM) acoustic guitar is a true powerhouse. With its solid Englemann spruce top and beautiful Bocote back and sides, this guitar has a beautifully clear and open tone. The tonal characteristics of Bocote are similar to those of maple, exceptionally linear in projection and clarity.

Given the situation for which it was originally designed, the OM model does not have a large sound box. In fact, none of the early "modern" guitar models are large by today's standards. Despite its smaller sound box, the Rathbone No. 2 OM model guitar plays like a modern guitar, because the neck meets the sound box at the 14th fret, rather than the usual 12th fret for an OM model guitar. When this "long" scale was first used, it was considered to produce a disproportionately powerful and dynamic sound. The strings are under higher tension on this scale, which provides better response and more punch.

Solid Sitka Spruce top

Sitka spruce is one of the most traditional woods used for guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. Thanks to these characteristics, Sitka spruce offers a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it exceptionally well-suited to both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Bocote side and back

Bocote is considered an exotic wood and has both the tonal character and the appearance to deserve this name. It's a wood with high density and stability, good sustain, and excellent resonance. All this creates a warm and powerful tonal character. It's a beautiful wood for the back and sides of an acoustic guitar, and not just for its looks.

Bone saddles

Bone saddles and/or nut are much denser and therefore retain better tonal qualities. A bone saddle or nut produces a brighter sound with more resonance and a better attack. A bone saddle and/or nut truly brings a guitar to life.

The Rathbone R5SM, also known as the No. 5, is built with the classic wood combination of a solid Sitka spruce top and mahogany back and sides. The top features a double-top construction, consisting of two outer layers of solid Sitka spruce with a layer of woven carbon fiber in between. This stiffens the top while also making it more flexible, resulting in a more resonant and responsive playing experience.

The No. 5, with its dreadnought-style body, delivers a truly big sound. Its large body allows it to naturally produce deep, full bass without the need for amplification. It's a versatile guitar that can be used in a wide variety of situations thanks to its balance of volume, size, and playability.

double top

The top of the Rathbone No. 5 is constructed as a double-layered top. This means the top of this guitar consists of three layers: the outer two layers are made of solid Sitka spruce with a layer of woven carbon fiber in between. This results in a top that is both stiffer and more flexible, making it easier to move and resonate freely. This benefits both the playing comfort and the sound of the guitar.

Solid spruce top

Spruce is one of the most traditional woods used to make guitar tops. This is due to its stiffness and ideal strength-to-weight ratio. These characteristics give spruce a very dynamic sensitivity and a rich tone with many harmonic overtones. This makes it excellent for both powerful strumming and delicate fingerpicking.

Mahogany sides and back

Mahogany has long been a highly sought-after wood for the back and sides of acoustic guitars. Its warm, rounded bass tone provides a foundation for any musical style to reach the listener. The midrange is very strong and full-bodied, while the treble is delicate and very pleasant.

Bone saddles

Bone saddles and/or nut are much denser and therefore retain better tonal qualities. A bone saddle or nut produces a brighter sound with more resonance and a better attack. A bone saddle and/or nut truly brings a guitar to life.