Three or four years ago I heard Rob Mackillop
http://robmackillop.net/
playing a James Oswald piece on an English Guittar. I was massively impressed, but could not really spend the money then. Now I have spent it, look what I got.
A bit of the history might be appropriate, but is not compulsory reading of course.
The name is often spelt with a double 't' to distinguish it from the baroque / renaissance guitar which was the forerunner of the Spanish or classical guitar we know today. The English guitar was only made, in quantity, from about 1750 to 1850, when other instruments became more popular. Anyway, a couple of years ago I spoke to some people in London about making me one of these. They delayed and delayed, and at the beginning of this month I ran out of patience, got a refund and ordered this instrument from Paul Doyle in Galway City. It is a gorgeous little instrument, beautifully made and sounds wonderful, allowing for the fact that my fingers do not know where the frets are yet. Loads of fun to come playing this one.