Sam Branson

I actually came across Emerald online whilst I was geeking out on guitar videos. Straight away I was enamoured by the beauty and uniqueness. Not only are they beautiful but they are the most organic sounding carbon guitars I had come across and cause I travel so much it was a no brainer.

Where to start…I absolutely love Emerald! I’ve got quite the guitar collection but my favourite two to play hands down are Emeralds. Firstly, I love that they’re made from Carbon Fiber and that Alistair’s passion in building Formula 1 powerboats was transferred into building these epic guitars. The wood on the guitars is really beautiful, not just visually but I love the warmer, organic sound that comes from the wood casing (as opposed to the tinny sound many other Carbon guitars give off). I love the detail of the neck and how it feels like you’re playing electric guitar. Love the positioning of the sound hole at the top of the guitar instead of the middle, this makes for a stronger guitar and you’ve got the sound right by your face which makes sense.

It’s really me focusing and doubling down on what I want to give out and make people feel. Equilibrium is inspired by the success of my first album’s title track, Under The Static, which became the most-streamed song from the record amassing 1.4 million streams alone as of today and it’s only 1.15 minutes long.