Toon Guitars / Prestbury - Parlour Guitar / Rosette / Guitar
The Prestbury is a new guitar. The guitar is based on my steel string parlour guitar the "Charlton" but has been completely re-designed for nylon strings. The guitar has a very responsive sound-board utilising a wooden lattice system of my own design. The guitar has been described as "a superb recording guitar due to its clarity and note separation" with a very defined treble and bass which has volume without distortion.
Specifications
- elected lattice braced AAA spruce top
- Best quality AAA Indian Rosewood back and sides
- Rosette form Madrone Burr
- Honduras Cedar neck with carbon fibre reinforcement
- macasser ebony fingerboard with side dots
- Bindings rosewood
- Sloane bronze leaf tuners 16:1 ratio
- bone nut and saddle
- 640mm scale length
- Choice of nut width 46mm, 48mm, 50mm
- hard case
- RRP £2300
Price: £2300,- / Approx. €2618,
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
Please call or email me regarding ordering, shipping, payment etc.
