Emerald

, Ireland, Emerald Guitars was founded in 1999 by Alistair Hay, who was inspired to make acoustic guitars from his experience building carbon-fiber Formula 1 boats for Seebold Racing in St. Louis, Missouri. It’s a quite a leap from racing to music, but Hay definitely learned to use the technology to create the impressive range of highly innovative six- and seven-string guitars, nylon-string models and spectacular multi-neck designs in Emerald’s Custom