Fylde

Fylde

Also known as: Fylde Guitars

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Fylde Guitars is an English maker of handmade fretted instruments founded in 1973 by Roger Bucknall. The company takes its name from The Fylde, the coastal area of Lancashire where Bucknall originally set up shop; the workshop has since relocated to Penrith, Cumbria in the English Lake District. Bucknall was appointed MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to guitar making and heritage c...

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Fylde Guitars is an English maker of handmade fretted instruments founded in 1973 by Roger Bucknall. The company takes its name from The Fylde, the coastal area of Lancashire where Bucknall originally set up shop; the workshop has since relocated to Penrith, Cumbria in the English Lake District. Bucknall was appointed MBE in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to guitar making and heritage crafts, and continues to run the company alongside a small team of builders.

Fylde is best known for steel-string acoustic guitars, with a catalogue that includes models such as the Orsino, Goodfellow, Ariel, Alexander, Falstaff, Oberon, and Orleans, as well as signature models developed with players including Gordon Giltrap, Eric Bibb, Ken Nicol, and Remi Harris. Beyond flat-top acoustics, the shop also builds classical and tenor guitars, mandolins, mandolas, bouzoukis, and citterns, and much of the output consists of one-off custom commissions rather than standardised production runs.

The brand has a long association with British and Irish folk, acoustic, and rock players. Notable artists reported to own or play Fylde instruments include Martin Carthy, Martin Simpson, Gordon Giltrap, Eric Bibb, John Smith, Richard Hawley, and Lisa Hannigan, among others.

Fylde has 6 products cataloged on Equipboard, including Steel-string Acoustic Guitars, Mandolins, and Bouzoukis. Their gear is featured by 7 artists, with the strongest followings in Rock, Pop, and Folk, World, & Country. Notable users include Troy Donockley, Ritchie Blackmore, and Pete Townshend.

Artists Who Use Fylde

Troy Donockley uses 2 Fylde products

Troy Donockley

Singer, Guitarist · Nightwish

Ritchie Blackmore uses 1 Fylde product

Ritchie Blackmore

Guitarist · Deep Purple

Pete Townshend uses 1 Fylde product

Pete Townshend

Singer, Guitarist · The Who

James Dean Bradfield uses 1 Fylde product

James Dean Bradfield

Guitarist · Manic Street Preachers

Robin Pecknold uses 1 Fylde product

Robin Pecknold

Singer, Guitarist · Fleet Foxes

Dean Brown uses 1 Fylde product

Dean Brown

Billy Cobham’s Glass Menagerie

Lisa Hannigan uses 1 Fylde product

Lisa Hannigan

Composer · The Cake Sale

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