Guitarist Tone Lounge: Emerald Guitars

[gair]

Best sounding Emerald Guitar demo I've heard. Great job guys. Loved the Open G tuning jam!

[garywhitt]

I have an X30. It has a depth and richness that is hard to find. And the range of wood veneers and pickup configurations make them beautiful and versatile. Quality. Finally, you played beautifully.

[rickywilde]

Beautiful guitar.. have ordered a Kestrel.. can't wait for it to arrive! Great to see you two legends together! Lotsa love New, hope to see you again soon bro. xxx

[SingSurfStrum]

I’m a J200 player and a Martin owner and I think these sound fantastic. Great video, thank you

[spmartin]

I am thrilled to see Emerald guitars finally get a review from The Tone Lounge. You now know what we’ve known for a long time – that these are exceptional guitars made by stellar craftspeople. I hope this video inspires players to give them a try. In your review, you did fail to mention that the guitars are only available directly from the manufacturer. As far as I know they do not have any retail outlets.

[cmcg]

I picked up an X-20 base model (in black, like the one in the video) outfitted with a Baggs Anthem and I'm extremely pleased. I spend part of the year in the north and part in the south and I became interested in carbon fiber guitars ever since I had a bridge lift right up off the body on a '78 Yairi one summer due to tropical humidity and heat. No such problem at all with the Emerald, of course. I chose Emerald in particular because of the price point and the aesthetic. They are a fine, dependable musical instrument and a real gigging war horse, just like Richard pointed out.

[johnhendricks]

These guitars sound beautiful, great playing fellas.

[Aries_Alpha]

I have just discovered these recently and I'm facinated.

[motherlessblues]

Great informative review, , , nice playing & they sound just so clean, , look forward to your next show.

[injuredtabletennisplayer]

Very informative review. Alister manufactured for me the first X-30-12 and I loved it so much I purchased a stock X-30. I’m 5’5” and always wanted a jumbo guitar but have short arms and I play them comfortably.

[stevec.]

The quality of the fidelity, recording technique, and your presentation is very good. Best graphite guitar demonstration I’ve heard. 🎧

[PeterJohnsonWales]

I got my X30 about a month back. I was sceptical, but really sick of the tops of my better guitars warping here in humid West Wales. So I went for carbon fibre to avoid that. Mine arrived beautifully set up and still in tune after it's trip across the Irish sea. The X30's bottom end is stunning and seems to defy recording!

[congerscott]

I am a carbon fiber guitar fan all the way, no more tone wood considerations, no more humidiifieing no more worrying about it getting wet or too hot or too cold, and it will last a lifetime 👍🏆.

[longjonwhite]

Hi guys, nice review, I am lucky enough to have an X20 and an X30. It should be mentioned that the new X20 has been slightly redesigned and is now “heel-less” like the X30.
They are both stellar guitars, I have parted with a good Taylor 314 and a really great Martin HD28V since getting the Emeralds.
PS, the word you are struggling to find for the pattern of the finish is usually referred to as the “weave” in the cf world .

[yeoldfart]

Nicest revue I've seen. Just playing the guitars. Not beating on them or a blur of finger motion. Just the kind of playing moist of us do. I have a Rainsong that I love. Would love to own an Emerald.

[Aegaris]

I wish you guys would do this with the X7!

[Celticsaint]

Would have liked to hear the x30 strummed with a pick.

[MusicWorldKaraoke]

Great job friends, greetings from Barcelona 👍🎵

[worldsigh]

Has anyone had trouble with the Emerald guitar developing wolf notes? The X30 that I purchased in 2019 has gradually been developing wolf notes on the high E, B, and D strings. It has not been damaged and the strings are the same size and brand that it came with. It is very difficult to find any luthiers in my area of Canada that know how to work on CF instruments. They just want to crank the truss rod action up into the unusable range.

[trollfiddler]

I follow them on Facebook and they have regular shopping videos up. They ship some spectacular looking guitars. You'll find the vids on YouTube as well I think.