Hand-crafted by Luthier Patrick Newill
I started Newill Guitars in 2016 when I wanted to expand my guitar collection. At the time, I was primarily playing a USA Stratocaster type guitar and was wanting to buy another Stratocaster to compliment the guitars I had. I was unable to afford the guitars I wanted, but had a few basic tools. I decided to try my hand at building a Stratocaster that could substitute for any of the guitars I was looking into purchasing. A few months of research followed by 2 months of construction, the first Newill Guitar was born. The guitar played incredible and has only sweetened its sound as it continues to age. At the time, my only goals were to continue to add to my guitar collection and to my sonic repertoire.
I became fully immersed in guitar luthiery and began designing custom guitar shapes. Designing and building wasn’t enough. I wanted to learn about every aspect of the guitar. I took a personal interest in tonewoods, equally for the aesthetics and manipulation of a guitar’s sound. I spent nearly 3 years working for a high-end tonewood dealer dealing in hundreds of domestic & exotic woods. This was the best path for me to experience a large variety of woods. I gained a vast amount of knowledge through conversations with highly experienced luthiers as well as being fortunate enough to experiment and build with woods of many species. I am now offering these guitars for sale and eager to collaborate and build guitarists the guitars of their dreams.
-Patrick Newill