Nate Lopez, professional musician and extended range guitarist, has been playing his Novax 8-string electric hybrid guitar/bass for many years, but he was looking for an acoustic guitar to bring a new dimension to his performance and sound. Nate had a strong idea of what he wanted in terms of scale length and neck dimensions

John, a retired USAF aircraft structural technician (of 15 years), is no stranger to the Emerald Guitars Custom Shop. “Rosie is my 4th Emerald guitar. My guitars are way fancier than my playing.” John’s first Emerald guitar was a custom Chimaera: red, blue, and silver with a standard 6-string and baritone 6-string fanned fret. His

“Every now and then we find a piece of veneer that is extra special and so was the case when we opened our delivery of Ziricote. There were 2 pieces that had very unusual heart wood formations that when book matched created a cross or to my eyes a flaming sword.I set it aside knowing

  Alex was looking for a Carbon guitar with a full rich tone with lots of bass yet still wanted comfort and playability so of course we recommended our X30 to him. To make the Aesthetics as special as the tone he chose a beautiful Padauk veneer and we added a subtle curvature to the