A WELL-known folk singer has teamed up with an Irish guitar company to add a new sound to his performance for his upcoming US tour. Darren Holden is a member of the world-renowned group The High Kings who are about to embark on yet another extensive...
Emerald Guitars are delighted to announce that we are now offering left-handed guitar players our full range of carbon fibre X20 Opus and Artisan models. If you are a ‘Lefty’, you can now purchase our standard X20 Opus, as well as the...
THE Belfast artist responsible for visual assets and art direction of legendary Irish band U2’s current Innocence and Experience World Tour once used his artistic talent to help promote an Irish guitar company. Last week Donegal luthier Alistair...
As Alistair prepares for yet another trip to Thailand, the home of Draco, to discuss another custom commission, we thought we would tell you the story behind this incredible five-string bass. “My customer had seen Leehom’s Bahamut and wanted a...
Last April Emerald Guitars founder Alistair Hay met up with Aaron Dorval in Boulder, Colorado to present him with his custom electric guitar, which he subsequently christened Daedalus, one the Irish company’s highlights of the year. Two years...
Alistair Hay, founder of Emerald Guitars, travelled to the Tibetan region of China to have one of his custom guitars decorated with Eastern philosophy art for a customer in Chicago. The Donegal-based luthier, who has been building carbon fiber...