Fylde Guitars

Fylde Guitars is an English manufacturer of handmade fretted musical instruments.

The company was founded in 1973 by (until then amateur) luthier Roger Bucknall, and remains under his personal control.

Roger Bucknall was born in Selly Oak, Birmingham in 1950, studied at Bournville Boys Technical School.

He was filmed for the US NAMM oral history program[3] and he is one of only two UK makers to be featured in the American publication Fretboard Journal,[4] the other being his friend Stefan Sobell.

Bucknall was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours for services to guitar making, music, and heritage crafts.