A luthier since 1975, Martyn Booth worked for Gibson guitars in the UK before moving onto Yamaha UK throughout the 1980s as their guitar specialist. During this time he designed and developed the MSG/Image guitar which became something of a cult classic.

In 1991 he set up his own repair business in the Suffolk countryside to offer his uncompromising skill and standard of workmanship to everyone and in the mid 1990's was also a reviewer and columnist for Guitarist and Guitar Techniques magazines.

In 2002 he decided to start building his own hand crafted guitars using tried and tested traditional construction techniques to the same “no compromise”standards which have been the hallmark of his career. The Martyn Booth Classic was the first of such instruments, quickly followed by the Martyn Booth Signature.

Customers have the opportunity to specify just about every detail in the top of the range Classic and Signature Guitars.Choose your own figured or plain maple top, ebony or rosewood fingerboard, pickups, hardware, finish and unique personalised headstock inlay. You can even specify your own neck dimensions and fretwire!