Atkin 'The Hop Picker' Acoustic Guitar

The Atkin Hop Picker is a beautifully considered dreadnought handcrafted in Canterbury, Kent - a guitar that wears its influences with pride while delivering something genuinely personal and distinctively English in both its aesthetic and its story. The hop-themed engraved pickguard is a direct nod to Kent's centuries-old hop-growing heritage, an agricultural tradition as deeply embedded in the county's identity as guitar making is in Atkin's, and it gives the Hop Picker an immediately recognisable visual character that sets it apart from every other vintage-inspired dreadnought on the market. The overall aesthetic draws knowingly from the great American square-shoulder tradition while remaining entirely its own instrument - the aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish, cream celluloid binding, nickel Kluson aged tuners, and mother-of-pearl split block fretboard inlays giving it the look and feel of a guitar that has already lived a full life before it arrives in your hands.

The baked Sitka spruce top - torrefied to replicate the cellular changes that occur in tonewoods over decades of natural ageing - pairs with solid mahogany back and sides and scalloped X-bracing for the warm, balanced, and naturally projecting dreadnought voice that suits strumming, fingerpicking, and flatpicking with equal ease. The one-piece mahogany neck with 24-7/8" scale length, Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, walnut headstock overlay with mother-of-pearl Atkin logo, and black/white/black rosette reflect the Hop Picker's consistent commitment to quality materials and vintage-correct appointments throughout. Ideal for players drawn to the warmth and character of a vintage-inspired all-mahogany dreadnought, admirers of British craftsmanship, and anyone who wants a genuinely individual guitar with a story worth telling.

Features

• Baked Sitka spruce top with solid mahogany back and sides and scalloped X-bracing delivers a warm, balanced, and naturally projecting dreadnought voice with the extra tonal depth and played-in sweetness that torrefaction uniquely provides from day one.
• Aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish gives the Hop Picker the look, feel, and resonant character of a well-loved vintage guitar - allowing the tonewoods to resonate freely and contributing to the natural, open acoustic response that only a properly thin nitro finish provides.
• Hop-themed engraved pickguard pays tribute to Kent's centuries-old hop-growing heritage, giving the Hop Picker a genuinely individual visual identity that is as meaningful and considered as it is visually striking.
• Mother-of-pearl split block fretboard inlays, cream celluloid binding, walnut headstock overlay with MOP Atkin logo, and nickel Kluson aged tuners reflect a vintage-correct appointment level throughout that suits the instrument's aged aesthetic perfectly.
• One-piece mahogany neck with 24-7/8" scale length, Indian rosewood fingerboard and bridge, bone nut and saddle, and double-action adjustable truss rod deliver a comfortable, responsive playing feel and long-term structural reliability.

• Body: Dreadnought
• Top: Baked Sitka spruce
• Back & sides: Solid mahogany
• Bracing: Scalloped X
• Neck: Mahogany, one-piece
• Fingerboard: Indian rosewood
• Bridge: Indian rosewood
• Rosette: Black/white/black
• Binding: Cream celluloid
• Headstock overlay: Walnut
• Logo: Mother of pearl Atkin
• Fingerboard inlays: Mother of pearl split blocks
• Nut: Bone, 1-11/16"
• Saddle: Bone
• Scale length: 24-7/8"
• Truss rod: Double-action adjustable
• Tuners: Nickel Kluson, aged
• Pickguard: Hop-themed engraved
• Finish: Nitrocellulose, aged
• Includes: Atkin hardshell case
• Made in: UK (Canterbury, Kent)