Toon Guitars / Charlton / High Gloss / Guitar
"Charlton" parlour size guitar.
I was always being asked to build a small parlour guitar and, after finding some nice sets of spruce which were too small for classical guitars, decided the time had come and the "Charlton" was born. The Charlton is a 12 fret to the body parlour size guitar with an X braced top and a slotted headstock. The guitar is designed for use with light gauge strings and is optimised for fingerstyle playing although it is used by musicians for all playing styles. This instrument is particularly suited to small rooms and also is a wonderful guitar for recording, having exactly the right balance between bass and treble. I have also designed a version of this guitar with a lattice bracing specifically optimised for nylon strings, the Prestbury-Parlour guitar.
Specifications
- selected spruce front
- Indian Rosewood back and sides
- Swiss pear binding
- real Abalone rosette
- high gloss finish
- Macasser ebony fingerboard and bridge
- Macasser ebony headplate with inlaid MOP logo
- bi-directional truss rod
- bone nut and saddle
- slotted head with nickel "Grover Sta-Tite tuners"
- nut width 46mm
- string spread at saddle 58mm
- scale length 24.5"
- hard case
- RRP €2157
Price: £1895,- / Approx. €2157,
Toon Guitars, UK 
Welcome to the Toon Guitars website here on VintageandRare featuring hand-made guitars by Steve Toon.
For some 25 years I have been building Classical guitars and more recently Jazz and Steel String guitars alongside a career as a consultant and project engineer in the woodworking industry. In 2006 I decided to concentrate on building guitars as my full time career.
I was first attracted to the guitar by its versatile sound and its simple beauty. The guitar's sound is also capable of being extremely aggressive and strong, powerful and passionate or light and tender. My mission is to produce the finestguitars combining the best musicality with pleasing aesthetics, constructed by hand from the highest quality materials.
"A perfect piece of art"
Guitars
I build acoustic guitars by hand using the finest quality materials which have aged in my wood store for many years. Mostly I build Nylon string guitars but in recent years have added to the portfolio of products with Acoustic Jazz guitars, and small size Steel String guitars.
I apply the same thought and construction ethos to all my guitars.
I want to achieve an instrument which has a clear, focussed sound with a wide palette of tone colour. My preference is for natural materials and clean lines. I aim for the highest standards of workmanship and attention to detail.
I believe that it is important for the person owning one of my guitars to be able to sense the workmanship and passion that I put into each guitar and to know that each instrument is also as special to me as I hope it is to them.
Steven Toon
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