Roger Williams Guitars

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Gordon Giltrap and his new Roger Williams 'Requinto'

Gordon recently took delivery of a new guitars that we jointly developed.  I call this guitar a Requinto because it is designed to be tuned to fairly high open or concert tunings.  It also features an innovative capo system that will allow Gordon to fully exploit the instruments capabilities.

See and hear more of this new guitar on Gordon's website here.

Xuefei Yang plays a Roger Williams Guitar

Recently I took two guitars along to show Fei, she played them for several hours and I was treated to a 'personal' concert by this supremely talented young guitarist.  I am delighted to say that she enjoyed playing both guitars and said...

"I played Roger's guitars for several hours, and have no hesitation in recommending them worthy of the concert stage."

Guitars, made in Britain, played the world over.

22nd November, 2008  - 18th January 2009

An exhibition of the art and craft of British guitar-making at "The Hub" - the National Centre for Craft & Design.

Go to the Hub website

Gordon Giltrap pictured on my stand at the Sept. 2007 Cheltenham Acoustic Guitar Show

Gordon gave an hour-long concert at the show using my guitar

Gordon tangles with the incredible "Mermaid" by Andy Manson.

In April 2007 I visited Spain and met with many guitar makers both in Granada and Madrid.  Pictured here in their workshop are (L to R) Jose Marin Plazuelo, Antonio Marin Montero and Jose Gonzalez Lopez- three of the finest makers both in Granada and Spain.

Gordon Giltrap and his Roger Williams guitar

Sample music tracks

Track 1 - A Christmas Carol - one of Gordon's all time favourite compositions. (Published by EMI)

Track 2 - Lazy Sunday - a new tune as yet un-published; this is the first recording!

Both tracks were recorded on the Roger Williams Finger-style Acoustic Guitar by Gordon Giltrap in his studio using a single AKG microphone, directly to DAT.  Samples are reproduced here by kind permission of Gordon Giltrap.

For further information on Gordon, his bio, gigs, discography and tips for guitarists go to:

Gordon Giltrap's Web Site