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.
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
Wow, very original guitars! They all sound great!! Cheers to Andy, his work and his shop!
The Moneymaker is still the most authentic woody 335 tone I have ever experienced. I suspect this comes from your hand picked tone aluminium. The Moneymaker is such a versatile guitar. I have no idea why people shy away from alternative construction materials in the guitar world. Andy has no fear in stepping outside the box when he builds these great guitars.
Andy, I just wanted to tell you what fantastic guitar my Mule is. It’s so lovely to play and feels and sounds dead right. It’s Amazing, Many Thanks,
Julian
You may be thinking it looks shabby. Damn right. The top is made from tiles from the old floor of Rock City, the very reason I wanted to come to Nottingham in the 90s when I was a spotty teenager obsessed with metal. If you ever went to rock city pre-2017 or whenever they took the floor up, you’ve probably walked on my guitar 😀
This amazing instrument was built by Andy at Nottingham City Guitars, who is a master craftsmen and a lovely bloke. He has lots of other models so if you’re in the market for something different.
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’ve been keeping a close eye on NCG since meeting their fine luthier at a guitar show. And falling rather hard for a Bayou. Love Barrie’s playing and very fascinated by the blue guitar with the single P90 pickup. Cool placement.
Superb shop – unpretentious and friendly. I bought my 335, a Cornell amp, a Mayson acoustic with Marshall amp and numerous pedals from Andy, who has a wealth of knowledge and is always helpful.
Jon
