Archie Fisher's Falstaff for sale.

A lot of Fylde guitars have "lived the life" with their hard working professional owners. This one certainly has. We made it for Archie in 2006, and it's been with him ever since. It's been across the Atlantic any number of times and is still in splendid playing condition.

Archie has only ever played a very gentle fingerstyle. If you examine the soundboard of this guitar,  you'd be forgiven for thinking that it hasn't been played much, there are so few signs of use. There is one lacquer crack near the base which must have its own story. 

The frets are hardly marked. The neck is straight, with a good action.

What a shame we can't see the music that must have soaked into this instrument, it sounds wonderful, just like Archie's voice - dark, mellow, velvety.

You can hear it in the video of Archie with Barbara Dickson below.

The back of the guitar is where the history shows but doesn't show in the photographs. There is nothing that I would call "damage", just 20 years of history - scuffs,  buckle rash, tiny marks. I'm sure we could remove a lot of them. But is that the right thing to do?  Would that remove the history? 

It doesn’t "need" any work at all, but I'd be happy to discuss all the options we might have, so if you are interested, do ask.

Archie isn't playing professionally now, and has fallen back to his previous guitar, a rather well-worn Orsino.

He helped me in so many ways forty and fifty years ago and I'd like to think I can find the right, appreciative home for this guitar.  

So here we are - an iconic instrument, it is for sale at £4,500 including the Headway Pickup