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EMERALD

IRELAND’S EMERALD GUITARS is a renowned builder of carbon-fiber acoustic and electric-acoustic guitars and basses, ukuleles, harp guitars, Weissenborn lap-steels, double-neck instruments and travel guitars. The company has recently ventured deeper into the electric world with the introduction of the Virtuo, which is described as having the “body of an acoustic and the soul of an electric.” The upgraded model on review here is a compact instrument that features a hollow carbon-fiber body with a padauk veneer top.

Ergonomically designed to feel super comfortable nestling against your body, this

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