Tuesday, January 1st, 2019
Thank you everyone for your support in 2018! It was a big year for us and we built some of our favourite guitar to date. We’re looking forward to new projects this year as well as some ripper guitar making courses. Many of our guitars finished last year haven’t been put up on the website […]
Friday, December 30th, 2016
2016 has been a year of strong dedication to our craft. Hancock Guitars has progressed both in a practical sense and in a creative sense during the year. We’ve built some of our best instruments ever in 2016 and the style of our guitars has evolved throughout the year. Innovation remains important and we’ve focussed […]
Thursday, June 2nd, 2016
The first instrument to be finished will be a James Sherlock model in a natural gloss finish. It is a classic instrument with black ebony fittings and elegant pearl inlay. Following shortly after will be a unique instrument based on our traditional 17″ archtop guitars with ‘S’ hole soundports. Many elements of this guitar will […]
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
We are currently preparing our 2016 collection of archtop guitars. There are some exciting instruments amongst them. We will be building a mix of traditional and modern models. Most of the carving of the top and back plates is finished, with Kim Hancock carefully sculpting each plate. Now we can start to make decisions about […]
Thursday, December 3rd, 2015
We have built a few electric guitars this year, but right now electrics have taken over the workshop, with three under construction. They all share the same shape but they are very different instrument. One is a flat top model with a Queensland Maple body, a tremolo and two humbucker pickups. The other two are […]