Freshman Guitars began life in 2002 when Sean Kelly from Kilmarnock, noticed a gap in the market for mid to high range guitars, without paying for the brand name associated with some of the more expensive guitars. Freshman make their guitars out of the same materials as high end sales, but without the price tag associated with it.

Part of Freshman's success was to send guitars out to up and coming musicians for free. This was done to create brand awareness and endorsees. This was no more the case when in 2005, on the back of her huge worldwide hit single "I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In Her Hair)", Sandi Thom played exclusively on Freshman Guitars, and mentioned the company regularly in interviews.

Furthermore, Freshman also landed the contract to supply the in-house guitars to BBC's Fame Academy, and have fans in people like Steven Segal and Sean Connery.

Their guitars sell from between £100 and £2500, and the company turnover in 2006 was over £900,000.

Freshman Guitars - in it's short existance, has gained a large popular following amongst musicians, I've already mentioned Sandi Thom, who is reported to have a number of guitars located in various locations worldwide so she doesn't have to transport them, but there are many more! Here are some of the artists who use and play with Freshman Guitars.

• The Law
• Bens Brother
• JJ Gilmour
• The Kooks
• Kelly Clarkson
• Ricky Ross
• Jason Donovan
• Louise Quinn
• Sandi Thom
• Billy Boyd
• Wet Wet Wet
• John Themis
• Danielle Harvey
• Boy George
• Stephen Seagal
• Roddy Frame
• Tommy Emmanuel
• Jackie Barnett
• Antony Costa
• Smokie
• Trevor Horn
• Ben Gallagher
• KC Gregory Cozart
• The White Light
• El Presidente
• Roy Harper

One huge problem facing acoustic guitars is amplification. Electric Guitars produce little (if any) sound on their own, so rely on the amplification to produce their sound. As such, even small 10W amps can produce a decent sound for an electric guitar.

Acoustic guitars on the other hand can produce their own sound, and smaller wattage of amps found in most electric guitars can lead to the sound being distorted, this is due to the amplifier adding to the sound to make it louder.

Acoustic Amplifiers work differently, as they have a flatter wave form. However, to generate these sounds that enhance rather than distort the original acoustic guitar sounds, a greater wattage is needed.

Freshman - who deal exclusively in Acoustic Guitars - produce a range of Acoustic Guitar Amplifiers. Their amplifiers do have effects, and extra features such as direct recording to CD's or MP3's.

There are plenty of places worldwide to purchase Freshman Acoustic Guitars, we reccommend March Hare Music for thier quality service and prompt delivery time.

March Hare Music also sell a range of Acoustic Guitar Accessories for your Freshman Guitar (such as Freshman Guitar Tuners and Freshman Guitar Amplifiers