Irish guitar makers

gnolan

Does anyone know of any irish guitar makers, preferably good ones, but if anyone knows of any please mention them and where they are based if you know.

Have tried searching but was quite unsuccesful

Dord

Danvel Musical Instruments (Derrick Nelson)

Their number is in the resources sticky on the forum.

h3000

Frank Tate in Dublin
http://www.franktateinstruments.com/

George Lowden in Co. Down
http://www.georgelowden.com/

Johnny Storm

http://www.chrislarkinguitars.com/

fish-head

John Moriarty makes killer jazz guitars and plays in the organ trio Organics.

Ravelleman

Emerald Guitars in Donegal make carbon fibre acoustics. They look very interesting.

gnolan

Thanks everyone. The reason I ask is I am actually looking for somewhere to work in Dublin, involving guitar construction.

I can't claim to know an awful lot about guitar construction but it something that i have always wanted to try a hand at for years now. It is acoustic guitars, both nylon and steel, that i'm interested in. Don't know if anyone would know anything about getting a foot in the door, I certainly don't know where to start.

Voodu Child

Most of the guys mentioned are single-man enterprises, working from home. You might get an unpaid apprenticeship from them if you're lucky; you won't get a job off any of them, not in this economic climate and especially not if you havent any skills to bring with you.

Lowden up in the North might be worth contacting. There's also a couple of guitar building courses in Ireland, and probably a lot more in the UK.

CianRyan

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=319472084

Played some of there stuff.
Lovely.

Lindaloo

Hiya,

I heard of a guitar making course that's going on, the first course has just finished I think but there's more planned it's Croí na Coille: An Irish Lutherie School and you can find the link on facebook, don't know how to link it to you, if you're stuck, I can try again but at the mo, I gotta go to bed!!!

Seoid

Paul Doyle in Galway makes lovely instruments (he makes violins, mandolins, cellos, harps etc as well as acoustic guitars) and teaches courses as well - his website is here. http://www.pauldoyleinstruments.com/home.php

p.mc

How about electric guitar makers? I've made a few bodies, and there's some good websites out there, but I'd like to learn from a master!

Eoin Madsen

It's an area that a lot of people seem interested in getting into.

p.mc

Really? The market's flooded already, damn, well if anyone wants to swap ideas... I'm not back in Ireland that long, are guitar bands still popular?