Recent news
The latest NEWS from 'Emes Guitars'!
Early 2017
Feeling stoked...
...to have Moku Photography
filming a mini-docu about the process of building an Emes Guitar!
#watchthisspace
Winter 2016
Inspired...
...there's nothing like teaching alongside Master Luthier Stephen Hill
on one of his
Guitar Making Courses
in La Herradura Granada, Spain
to get the inspiration sparking!
Summer 2016
In the Flow...
...The Emes Guitars Workshop shipshape and open to visitors. I will be developing some learning opportunities in future,
but for now it's all about the making!


Early 2016
Sharing skills...
...happy to have work experience student
Steven Den Toom from the
ILSA (International Luthier School, Antwerp) for three weeks in the
Emes Guitars Workshop.
Of course, I had to also introduce him to
the delights of Cornish Pasties!
Winter 2015
Grateful...
...to have spent some of the best years of my life
in Spain at the Hill Workshop learning the
art of guitar making in the Granada style,
and to now be opening my own workshop
in St Ives, Cornwall!

#watchthisspace
Emes Guitars Workshop
...coming soon!
Summer 2015
Honoured...
...to have been invited to assist in teaching alongside Master Luthier Stephen Hill
on the June 2015
Guitar Making Course at: www.europeaninstituteofguitarmaking.com
Winter 2013
Reminiscing...
sweet memories of the
Oct 2011
Guitar Making Course

Click on the names and discover something about each gentleman's guitar (built on the course) or their latest creative endeavours...
With gratitude to Stephen and Pablo for being the most amiable and inspiring teachers, now also dear friends; and warm wishes to fellow students. Good fortune to you all!
Summer 2013
Be inspired...
the website is now here! www.emesguitars.com
and you can follow on Facebook,
Twitter and Soundcloud, too!
May 2012
News in a nutshell...
you can email Graham Emes for more information via: emesguitars@gmail.com
Winter 2011
In the beginning...
...there was a newly fledged guitar maker,
Graham Emes! With huge thanks to master luthier Stephen Hill, founder of