Here’s a very pretty dreadnought from Brad Nickerson featuring a rare Bearclaw top with 3 dimensional figure. Combined with a Brazilian Bridge, brown pickguard and double abalone rosette, the look is very unique and sublime. The voice is excellent for singer/songwriter and accompaniament work. This is a dread you don’t have to hit hard to get a full voice. This is a ton of quality at a terrific price. Good woods, nice attention to detail, great for fingerstyle, strumming, or flat picking… how can you go wrong?

Smooth as butter and sweet as sin, this 2000 Custom Dreadnought from Roy Noble is a sight for sore eyes (and sore hands!). Adirondack Spruce top, paired with a three-piece Cocobolo-and-Quilted-Maple back, lends this Dread profound clarity, and an easy richness in the lower and middle registers.

With frets freshly leveled, crowned, and polished by our very own repair staff, this Noble neck has a silk-smooth setup, and can offer an impressive amount of projection, even by Dreadnought standards, without the need for an aggressive attack. Flatpicked Bluegrass tunes are rich and creamy, or if Blues is more to your liking the snappy bass strings have plenty of heft to fill out your arrangements. Over 15 years old, this Noble has opened up nicely, and is only going to get better with time–if you’re looking for that Dreadnought sound in a more easily playable package that can also handle delicate styles, this Noble Dread is just the thing.

Jorma Kaukonen, Doc Watson and Leo Kottke have all owned and recorded with Roy Noble guitars. He’s a player’s builder who is all about tone and this guitar has got tone. For this guitar Roy brings together punchy Cocobolo Rosewood with warm Cedar for a voice that is uniquely rich and powerful. The woods are absolutely stunning, the Cocobolo features sapwood down the center of the back and the Cedar is a very rare bearclaw piece. The colored rope style bindings create a beautiful look as well.

Here’s one to lose track of time with. Our latest OM from Italy’s Noemi Schembri is simply fantastic—well balanced and responsive, mixing a rich bottom end with bell-like trebles, plus a gorgeous aesthetic. Brazilian Rosewood back and sides pair up with Italian Spruce on top with Ebony bindings throughout, and a stunning burl wood rosette to set off the pale Spruce and modern angular cutaway. This one loves DADGAD as much as Standard, and has lots of dynamic range for playing softly as well as with a more aggressive attack. It’s got lots of gears, so to speak. And it’s ready for action!

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