The Auden Emily Rose Maple & Spruce is a beautiful guitar, that much is obvious from the pictures alone. I'm pleased to say, the playability and tone are every bit as satisfying. Great build quality and fantastic materials and at this price. Exceptional. It is also the first acoustic guitar I've bought that I haven't needed to set-up myself. Also great service from Richard's Guitars, so impressed I've just pushed the button on my second guitar from them!

Nice people, nice guitar what more is there to say

Excellent experience throughout staff went above and beyond customer service will definitely recommend and use their experience in the future

I came to Richards Guitars to try another brand 00 guitar, and the guys there suggested that I should try the Auden Emily Rose, too as it offered more depth of tone, which was what in my experience of parlour guitars I'd found to not be to my taste.

I immediately knew that the other brand guitar wasn't for me, and frankly I wasn't expecting much different with the Emily Rose. I was expecting to be disappointed, but in a few short seconds I was blown away, astounded at the clarity of tone, and the power of this little instrument that belies its size.

All of my guitars have pickups as I gig with them, but the parlour was to be my 'home therapy' instrument, so I wasn't put off that the other brand didn't have a pickup - a parlour guitar wasn't going to produce the sound I like for my music. So when I learned that this Auden came with the Brad Clark Supernatural pickup, I didn't give it much consideration - until I played it for the first time, and then I really wanted to share it with my audiences. Well, the Supernatural pickup is a game changer; no more worries about the venue sound tech turning your guitar down when you play a strummed number, then forgetting to turn you back up for the next fingerstyle song - with just a few button presses, you can switch between strum and fingerstyle modes - and there's a body resonance element that really does reproduce the acoustic tone of the guitar. I can't wait to use this guitar live and see my audiences' reactions. I play my Emily Rose every day, and have already written a couple of songs with it; it's got that 'pickup me up and play me' factor.

I must give a HUGE shout to Jon and Jake at Richards Guitars for their knowledge of their instruments, their brilliant guitar technician, Chris, and to Richard himself for introducing us to guitars we might never have discovered.

Great little guitar, terrific service; I couldn't ask for more.

I only visited the website to see whether Auden made a wide fingerboard model. I went on to their chat line and Jon told me that they had one in stock and didn't know when they'd get any more. I drove over that afternoon, tried it out, liked it a lot and bought it. I collected it a week later after it had been set up to suit me and the setup is superb.
This instrument has amazing build quality, a great pickup system, wonderful sound, and incredible value. Richards Guitars is a pleasure to deal with.

Not put it down since receiving it well packaged and great set up the guy lost his patients a little while sorting a delivery date but no complaints about the products

I recently decided to take the plunge on a good quality 12 string. Having surveyed the market and already owning an Auden Chester I decided Auden was possibly my best bet again for both great quality combined with reasonable price. I noticed that Richard's Guitars offered a free professional set up with purchase and seemed to have availability so I placed a speculative order with them. Following discussion with the very helpful staff there I placed an order for the smokehouse Austin 12 string . I was quite specific in the set up and sent pictures of the modified saddle on my Chester to give the technicians there an idea of my preference. The staff were extremely helpful.
I was delighted when smokehouse arrived, a beautiful instrument in every way. Set to perfection and exactly how I had asked , surpassing my expectations tbh. The only problem being that Smokehouse was now putting Chester to shame ..
I contacted the guys at RG's who booked my Chester in for a full professional set up.. (half price!).
I had owned the Chester for a couple of years and it had been professionally set up .. I was quite happy with it but RG's returned my Chester like a different guitar, perfectly balanced in every way , sounding and playing far better than ever before.
I couldn't be happier with either the Smokehouse or the Chester and will be looking no further than Richard's Guitars in future for all my tech needs..
Auden really do make great guitars.. !

Brilliant service all round .. Thanks guys!

After a short period of practice, I begin to get confortable with the guitar. Very nice sound, easy to play, very good choice :+1:

I've had the 45 Chester in Cedar for a couple of months now. I'd not really played for an age until Christmas, when I dragged the old faithful K.Yairi out from under the bed. I sold a nice Lowden F32 a few years ago in spruce. It was good to play and beautifully made. I liked the wider fingerboard, but for me it wasn't quite right. I have a Takermine ean45cx, I've always liked the body size of this guitar, so my thinking was Takermine body size and a wider fretboard.

I had a budget of two and a half and started using Google. I'm not one for going on shopping excursions these days. Very soon I happened upon R.Guitars. I probably watched all the available videos, I was sold on Richard's philosophy and his obvious attention to detail within the details.

I didn't know anything about Auden Guitars. My brain was going, made in China, really, fine guitars made in China! Can that happen? But the 45 Chester matched my wants in body size and fretboard width. I make furniture. I am fussy about build quality when I know something is hand-made. Honestly, the guitar is a thing of beauty. The feel, the weight, the balance, it arrived with a soul built into it. The craftsmanship is perfect. It's worth reading about the Auden workshop and how they pull the operation together.

Sound wise, I don't know what to say really. I can't imagine there could be better. It can be different, but not better. It's subtly rich, it's warm but not too warm. It's bright without sounding cutting. The separation is excellent, focused. It's an absolute joy to play. Sounds amazing plugged in too.

I'm a very satisfied customer. The updates once I had placed my order were first class. The set up of the guitar is perfect. I'm very happy with my Auden and I expect I will own another at some point in the future.

I didn’t intend to buy a guitar, let alone a 12 string. Picked this up and it played like a dream. I compared it with other 22 strings and it’s another league. More expensive but you get a huge amount more. The tone and comfort are remarkable.