11th September, 2005
"I've played a number of American and Australian handmade and smallshop guitars such as Santa Cruz, Bourgeois, Collings and numerous Martins, Taylors and Matons. I have to say that the 12-fret slothead I played today was up there among the best of them. The clarity of sound, thickness of the bass, loudness and the overall playability puts the guitar among some of the best I've played. The killer is that the guitar is priced at about half or less what the makers above are charging for their equivalent models. I'd be very surprised if someone doesn't snap it up. I'm looking forward to playing more of your guitars and buying one someday soon."
Gerry Nelson - guitar enthusiast - Melbourne, Australia

25th June, 2005
One of the best recorded acoustic guitar tones I've achieved was with an Ellis and built well enough for rigorous live touring. And they smell nice!
In my opinion, Ellis Guitars sound better than any factory made guitar on the market today.
Dave Mann - Dave Mann Collective

August, 2004
Ellis Guitars possess a quality of sound both in exceptional resonance and tone that other acoustics and semi-acoustics alike have trouble replicating. You can be playing an Ellis semi-acoustic guitar unplugged one moment, listening to every clear and crisp note, then plug it in and notice the exact same beautiful melodic sound, only amplified. There are too many semi-acoustic guitars that sound great when amplified but otherwise sound far too average (or vice versa). In my experience, the Ellis Guitars sound is unchangeable- what you hear either amplified or acoustic is what you get. Music to the ears!
Jonno Hermawan

16th December, 2004
I recently won some recording time through the "WAM Song of the Year" competition, and I just wanted to say that Dave Mann played some lead acoustic and resonator guitar on one of the tracks which I recorded at Satellite Studios a couple of days ago. I know the acoustic was one of yours and the resonator was too, they both sounded absolutely awesome!!! I love the sound the acoustic has. I bought a Maton EM325C a few months ago and thought that it had a really nice sound, but when I heard Dave’s Ellis, all thoughts of how good my Maton sounded went out the window!
Lauren

11th April, 2005
I saw Dave Mann supporting Eric Bibb on Saturday night. He used the Ellis guitar with standard tuning and the Maton for the open tuning songs. The Ellis cut the Maton to shreds in terms of purity and fullness right through the notes. I think it was obvious to anyone who was there which guitar sounded better. I also heard a few other people commenting on how great the Ellis sounded.
Craig

8th May, 2005
Your guitars are beautiful. I like the designs and the 7 string is neat. I just got an order for a Dyer replica harp guitar and am very interested in drone accompaniment instruments as well.
Lawrence Nyberg - Luthier - Nyberg Guitars

5th August, 2005
The 000 model acoustic guitars and the 7-string resonator are among the finest guitars I've ever laid my hands on. The acoustic guitars sound equally good being strummed or delicately picked. The response and projection are simply unmatched by any other guitar I've played in any price range. The 7-string is very practical for slide style guitar and the extra low string is something I found to be highly playable and useful. A real pleasure to play
James Thompson - "Tompo"

April, 2005
Saw Nathan Gaunt at Captain Stirling last night and was very impressed with the tone/sound of the Ellis acoustic.
Regards
Paul J

19th June, 2005
That's a great looking web site, bro'. Your guitars are absolutely beautiful! I just LOVE the looks of the headstock on the classical... and I sure would like to get my hands on that 7-string resonator! Keep up the good work, Andrew!
Alan Horvath - Acoustic Rock ... for real.

.....as a quality Australian luthier in Perth, Western Australia Andrew Ellis of Ellis Guitars blends traditional old-fashioned handcraft with the latest technology to produce sweet sounding custom hand made guitars. Steel string dreadnought, jumbo, 000, OM, L1, small jumbo, Weissenborn, Left Hand Guitars and Lap Steel models, wood body and metal body resonators and custom wood and timber stomp boxes are all hand crafted and handmade. A combination of international solid timbers renowned for acoustic and sound-producing qualities, temperature and humidity controlled environments, attention to colour matching and design, and patient awareness of the delicate processes of manufacture including wood tuning, thicknesses, bracing and finishing techniques guarantee beauty and quality......