Below are a selection of what players say about Mewburn guitars.
"Very nice sound, it's really open. Great projection. And so easy
to play."
Xuefei Yang
"It is now just over a year that I have received your excellent spruce top classical guitar.
Both my teacher and I enjoy playing it greatly and we are both stunned by how much the colour and clarity of sound has been and still is improving. The one thing that makes us enjoy this instrument so much though is the loudness, sustain and melody!
An amazing piece of work and I would, once more, like to thank you for what is a masterpiece of sound clarity and craftsmanship!"
P.G. Cyprus
"I have been playing the guitar in a state of wonder. I have a top of the range Conde which pales into bland mediocrity
when compared to your yew guitar.
I know all things have been said in praise of your work but two things
need to be added, firstly the quality of the sound produced and
secondly the sheer beauty of the guitar, the combination of spruce and yew
is a subtle exercise in colour. All my life I have wished for such a guitar.
May the wind be always at your back."
D.B. Glasgow
"Your craftmanship is extraordinary - the guitar is a work of art and I have a beautiful annotated photo album of its construction as well! I can already say that your instrument is very comfortable and a dream to play. It has great sustain and the clarity and brilliance of the sound is a real joy. The amplification is also sensational. I am looking forward to many years of growing with this special guitar."
T.C. Waterford, Connecticut
"After a year of playing your guitar, I recently had the opportunity to compare your instrument with another guitar from a fairly well-established English maker (who's instruments sell for around £3,500). I have to say that my guitar offered better projection, tone and sustain than the other instrument (a spruce and rosewood classical). In fact, the owner of this instrument seems to spend more time on my guitar each time we meet than on his own instrument."
J.A.
"Never have I played a guitar that produces such and even tone across the lower and higher registers with such clarity and punch."
D.R. Los Angeles
"All my life I bought guitars to sell. This one I bought to play."
M.W. Norfolk
"If I had a guitar like this I'd practice a lot more."
P.R. London
"This guitar really zings."
M.B. London
"I've got 3 Mewburn guitars - a classical, a flamenco and a cutaway. Each has a superb tonal spectrum, and all are loud guitars with superb sustain."
M.T. London
"Your guitars easily rate with makers who are charging twice as much as you do."
P.R. Harrow
"I had enough money in my pocket to buy a 1A guitar from any maker I wished - I bought a Mewburn."
O.P. Leeds
"I sold a Contrerras to buy my second Mewburn."
O.P. Leeds
"I have to say that the tone of Cypress continues to impress me - not only does the guitar sound 'just the ticket' for nylon jazz but suits some of the classical works as well as the more established classical tonewoods. Maybe Cypress should receive a better 'press' from the classical community.
J.A.
"My Christmas with your guitar was being like a child
with a new toy - all my favourite pieces only 10 times easier to play."
J.Y. London
"Greg Smallman is in trouble. Your guitar is superb."
J.Y. London
"I'm very pleased. The articulation and clarity are great, the tone and balance just what I was after."
J.A. Stirling
"Everyone I've spoken to about your guitars says you walk on water."
A.D. Texas
"You have the best guitar maker's site and sample music. The guitars sound pretty good too!"
T.W. MA USA
"Thank you not just for making the guitar, but for all the wonderful descriptions and photographs of the building process. You redefine the term customer care."
P.C. Powys, Wales
"I just wanted to say that now that I have had a chance to play the guitar a bit I absolutely love it! It has a lovely solid, reliable feel on every note, the tuning is spot on up and down, and the tone is rich and full and will no doubt improve further with time.
"I should warn you though that I don’t think you are very popular with my wife right now, as she says that she has hardly seen me since I picked up the guitar as I am always playing it. I made a joke about cuddling up with the guitar instead of her, which I don’t think helped!"
J.P.
And a complaint
"Hi stuart,
This is J.P.’s wife writing!
....well.... I think I should not have let him get this guitar.... he's fallen in love with it. I hardly get to see him anymore and today he even said, he wants to take it to bed with him. And it's all your fault!!!"
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On 10 July Xuefei Yang gave a masterclass and a concert at the Dulwich Picture Gallery. Between the two she came to my house for a bit of practice and refreshment. She asked if I wanted to play her Smallman. I did: it's very loud, and in her hands, capable of great nuance and colour.
I asked if she wanted to try one of mine. For an hour or so she did much of her rehearsal on one of my classical guitars. Her comments are opposite.
After the concert she signed CDs and programmes for 30 minutes. I have never heard an audience so universal in its appraisal - the general comment was "Wow! Fantastic. How are you going to top that (for the next concert)?"
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