Our complimentary issue of the Spen Valley Guardian came yesterday (thank you!) with a little coverage of our evening with Diane Ponzio.

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What do you get if you cross the Czech Master Luthier, Frantisek Furch with the German guitarist and designer, Toni Goetz? How about a guitar that fuses the wonderful tone and feel of today’s modern design with the wonderful old values and practices of traditional craftsmanship.

Put simply, you get Stanford Guitars. Even more simply, you get a great guitar.

You get a guitar so great in fact, that guitarist, songwrite and winner of the BBC Radio 2 Folk Award Best Album category, Martin Simpson had this to say about them;

“We do indeed live in the Golden Age of guitar making - and it’s not just the super expensive instruments which tell us that. Stanford make a range of guitars which would suit all levels from earnest beginner to pro -player. The workmanship and attention to detail is excellent on all these instruments. I wish I’d had one 40 years ago - I’d be a better player now”

Could there be any finer endorsement?

Click here to download the review from Guitarist magazine (PDF)