Atkin Essential D
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Atkin Essential D

The Atkin Essential Series takes its name from the simplified appointments and tonewoods of the guitars that comprise it. The Essential D is something A-kin to a Pre-War D-18, complete with scalloped, forward shifted X bracing, tortoise bindings, ebony fretboard and bridge, but built with a baked Sitka spruce top rather than red spruce. The bracing on this example is also red spruce, which helps impart some extra dryness and snap.

The Essential D is a powerful and muscular mahogany dreadnought with plenty of headroom, strong bass response, and a treble response that will make any flatpicker smile. It’s lightly built and offers the dry, open, quick tone of an aged and well played guitar.

This example was ordered with a lightly aged nitro finish natural top. Atkin’s finish treatment is designed offers a vintage look without any fake mechanical aging applied.

Fairly deep and round neck carve with a 1-11/16” nut and 1st fret depth of .885”. 25.4” scale length, 2-3/16” string spread at the saddle. Bone nut and saddle, ebony pins, Gotoh aged nickel-finish vintage style open gear tuners. Pearl logo.

With Atkin hardshell case.

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Atkin Essential D
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Top Baked Sitka
Back & Sides Mahogany
Neck Mahogany
Fingerboard Ebony
Bridge Ebony
Nut/Saddle Bone
Tuners Gotoh aged nickel-finish vintage style open gear tuners
Bracing Scalloped
Finish Aged Nitro
Nut Width 1-11/16"
String Spacing 2-3/16”
Scale Length 25.4
Case Atkin hardshell case

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