Individually built electric guitars, handmade in the UK.
No myths. No magic. Just handmade electric guitars that feel right.
Unique electric guitars – built by hand from premium and reclaimed materials. Original hardware, sourced in UK where possible. These guitars are the closest to 100% UK built that you are likely to find.
Nottingham City Guitars is primarily an instrument workshop, specialising in hand-building original NCG Guitars.
NCG Guitars are individual designs, based on a common bespoke footprint and 25.5” scale length. Each NCG guitar is unique, being hand-carved, sanded and machined. No two are ever exactly the same.
Hello Andy,
Charlie
Just to let you know, the guitar is an absolute gem. Im so happy with it - you have a real talent sir.
I like it so much it's got me considering putting a tone pot on it, so i can use it more - any thoughts on that would be most welcome.
I'm chuffed to bits. Thankyou.
Cheers
The guitar arrived early on Monday morning. I have now had a chance to play it, I am absolutely blown away with the way it sounds, nothing like anything I have played before. I am very happy with it.
Simon
I have been exploring your website after a fair amount of time. The guitar creations are fascinating, seemingly evolving creatively from your particularly chosen or evolved ‘components’ with a great deal of design flair, appreciation of hardware, and technical knowhow.
John
Wow, very original guitars! They all sound great!! Cheers to Andy, his work and his shop!
Had cobbled together a bunch of parts to build a guitar but didn’t have the tools or knowledge to put it all together into a great guitar. Andy was great, and much faster than I had expected, and now I have a new fave Strat! Excellent service, would recommend.
Seb
The Bayou is superb – fantastic – even better than I remember – and I remember an absolutely terrific guitar! She plays beautifully and sounds great even with my little pedal board amp. Looking forward to getting it out to rehearsals and an open mic we have soon! Thanks again. I will be watching your new builds with great interest!
Richard
After a week of playing the Mule I have to say that you have done a fantastic job. It looks, plays and sounds superb. In fact it is so good that that I would like to buy it 😎
Gav
Andy at NCG is such a nice guy. He did an fret dress and set-up on my Les Paul and it really improved the instrument.
I’m small-handed, and usually prefer the Gibson scale length, (obviously I knew prior to buying that the Apostles are 25.5inch) but these guitars have just an absolute tonne of “mojo” – for want of a better word – so I don’t even notice the stretch.
James
Both guitars sounding amazing through a Dr Z Wreck Jr combo with just a Xotic BB pre-amp overdrive + a Vahlbruch delay pedal. Proper players’ guitars these – addictively so – and tough too – so I’ll probably lend them (briefly) to a couple of local semi-professional guitarists – word will soon spread!
Thank you once again for making these very very fine guitars.
