My Hill 1a Guitars are hand built by myself alone. They carry the full personality conceived by my hands, and are the outcome of 30 years of painstaking experience. The guitars are dated, signed, numbered and often have names given to them as each guitar is an individual creation.

I use the best timbers, selected for their acoustic and visual qualities. Currently I am phasing out Brazilian Rio Rosewood as this is becoming increasingly hard to find, very expensive and troublesome in the exporting. I use now Indian, Ziricote, Madagascan , Amazon and other hard rosewoods,  as well as sustainably produced (FSC) cedar (cedrela odorata) for necks and African Ebony fingerboards.

I offer the traditional fan strutted ‘Granada’ Model using European Spruce or Canadian Cedar and rosewood, and the ‘Lattice’ braced Concert Model (Cedar and rosewood)  Both models give beauty, power and projection with the Lattice model giving slightly more volume.

I traditionally french polish the guitars to perfection by hand, using pumice, shellac and alcohol.

We also offer a limited production of Hill 2a Guitars built by one of my apprentices under my guidance apprentice giving a top quality Hill guitar at a lesser price.