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Rathbone Guitars

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Early in the company’s history, Messrs Barnes & Mullins moved their burgeoning musical instrument business from Wimborne, Dorset to Rathbone Place in London, W1. The move, in the year 1900, coincided with the beginning of a new era for music in the United Kingdom. Having established themselves as a musical duo within the fabric of Victorian London, the partners set about expanding their business: creating, sourcing and supplying the finest instruments from around the world.

With banjos and mandolins being the most common fretted instruments of their day, these instruments were naturally a focus for the pair, but not long after their move to Rathbone Place, the entrepreneurs turned their attention to sourcing what we would now recognise as acoustic, folk guitars.
As guitars became more popular - and most importantly were able to project their tones more effectively - they found their way into dance bands and contemporary orchestras, often instead of, or as a complement to, the banjo.

A handful of these innovative early Barnes & Mullins guitars - borne from the heart of Rathbone Place - are still in circulation today, over 100 years later. These original instruments stood the test of time and have been providing pleasure for generations.

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The spirit of Rathbone Place lives on.

  • Rathbone The Navigator - Baby Grand Auditorium RNSMCE

    Rathbone Rathbone The Navigator - Baby Grand Auditorium RNSMCE

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    Chart your exciting musical course of discovery with the Rathbone Navigator RNSMCE. This charming guitar features a short scale length and a compact Baby Grand-Auditorium body design, making it the perfect comfortable six-string musical companion for any intrepid explorer. The Navigator pairs a Solid Spruce top with a Mahogany back and sides to deliver an articulate and mature voice that compliments the stunning rust brown, aged topwood finish perfectly. Featuring a cutaway for easy access to higher frets, the Navigator’s Baby Grand-Auditorium body shape and shorter scale length is also perfectly suited to smaller framed and younger players seeking an electro-acoustic guitar that delivers a much bigger performance than its small form suggests. Offering greater versatility than a simple all-acoustic travel guitar, the Navigator comes complete with onboard electronics… because you never know when the opportunity to perform onstage will arise while on your travels. The RNSMCE features a Rathbone Navigator compass headstock and fingerboard inlay and elegant star fret markers with a crescent moon 12thfret inlay. Includes a Rathbone padded gigbag. Quick Spec Body Size Baby Grand-Auditorium Type Cutaway Electro-Acoustic Top Solid Sitka Spruce Back & Sides Mahogany Orientation Right-handed Neck Mahogany Pickup Belcat - 3 Band EQ with Tuner Gigbag Included

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