00 guitars

A step down from the 000, the 00 is the grand concert size: about fourteen and a quarter inches across, quick to respond, and balanced in a way bigger guitars are not. Gibson's L-00 and LG-2 belong here, and the 1930s L-00 in particular has become the blues guitar people search for.

The range takes in Martin's 00-18, 00-15M and the deeper-bodied 00-DB, vintage Gibsons, Santa Cruz's 00 and David Benavides's handmade 00s. Every one is set up before it leaves the shop.