Blackbeard’s Final Map Of The Seven Seas
Avalon Guitars Have Docked at Musicmaker Dublin
Gather close now, ye scallywags of six strings and steel hearts…
For I, Blackbeard himself, have crossed every cursed ocean this spinning world can throw at a man. I have outrun storms that swallowed fleets whole. I have heard ghost songs echo through black waters beneath moonless skies. I have watched drunken sailors duel over instruments so foul-sounding they should’ve been fed to the sharks immediately.
But these…
These Avalon Guitars be something else entirely.
Handcrafted in Northern Ireland from ancient bog oak, reclaimed iroko, Vietnamese ebony, century-old mahogany and woods rarer than honest pirates, these seven boutique acoustic guitars now rest within Musicmaker Dublin like sacred treasure waiting for worthy hands.
And so, by cannon fire and crashing tide, let us chart these mighty instruments properly:
across the Seven Seas themselves.
The Arctic Ocean
Avalon S12ce – 135-Year-Old Brazilian Mahogany
Cold.
Still.
Ancient.
The Avalon S12ce carries the quiet weight of centuries within every note.
Built from extraordinary Brazilian Mahogany naturally seasoned for over 135 years before Avalon ever touched it, this guitar feels eerily mature from the very first chord. The smaller S body shape keeps the response intimate and beautifully balanced, while the aged mahogany delivers dry warmth and remarkable clarity that no modern timber can imitate.
This be no flashy tavern brute.
This be the old navigator quietly steering the ship while younger fools argue on deck.
The tone is patient. Honest. Wise.
A guitar for fingerstyle wanderers, late-night songwriters and players who understand that subtlety can cut deeper than volume ever could.
The North Atlantic Ocean
Avalon Premier Series D310 Amazaque/Spruce
Ahhh now this beast…
The Avalon D310 Amazaque/Spruce strikes like a winter storm rolling across black Atlantic waters.
Massive low-end authority crashes beneath shimmering highs while the figured Amazaque back and sides ripple with dramatic movement like deep water beneath lightning skies. The Sitka Spruce top gives the guitar extraordinary projection and dynamic range, allowing huge strummed chords to thunder outward while fingerpicked passages remain startlingly articulate.
This dreadnought fears nothing.
Big stages. Loud sessions. Hard players. Aggressive strumming. The D310 simply leans forward and asks for more.
This be the warship of the fleet.
The South Atlantic Ocean
Avalon Premier Series A330 Rosewood/Spruce Cutaway
The southern seas carry elegance hidden beneath danger. So too does the Avalon A330 Rosewood/Spruce Cutaway.
This guitar glides rather than attacks. Indian Rosewood creates huge harmonic depth and warmth while the Sitka Spruce top keeps everything crisp, open and beautifully balanced. Every note arrives clear and controlled, never rushed, never chaotic.
This thing invites exploration high across the fretboard like hidden coastlines waiting to be discovered. Lead lines sing effortlessly while fingerstyle passages shimmer with remarkable detail and separation.
The A330 feels refined without ever becoming delicate.
A pirate captain in velvet gloves.
The North Pacific Ocean
Avalon D580 Vietnamese Mun Ebony/Spruce
Now hide the children and secure the rum.
The Avalon D580 Vietnamese Mun Ebony/Spruce arrives like a sea monster surfacing beneath shattered moonlight.
Vietnamese Mun Ebony is among the rarest and most visually terrifying tonewoods Avalon have ever worked with. Black grain twists violently through deep brown figuring while the Sitka Spruce top unleashes astonishing projection and articulation.
And by thunder, this guitar sounds colossal.
Every note fires forward with terrifying precision. Chords remain perfectly separated no matter how aggressively the instrument is attacked. The low-end growls while the highs slice cleanly through the air like sharpened steel.
This be the hunter of storms. The acoustic berserker.
A boutique dreadnought guitar with enough sonic authority to make lesser instruments hide below deck.
The South Pacific Ocean
Avalon S35 Performer Series Rosewood/Cedar Nylon
Then comes beauty
The Avalon S35 Performer Series Rosewood/Cedar Nylon does not holler obscenities from the crows nest.
It seduces the room quietly.
The Cedar top responds instantly beneath the fingers while the Rosewood body adds warmth and richness in terrifying abundance. Every phrase feels lyrical. Every note blooms naturally with this impossibly human softness that makes players unconsciously slow down and listen properly.
And visually? Sweet thunderin' heavens.
Ebony appointments, Paua Abalone detailing and Brazilian Mahogany craftsmanship combine into one of the most elegant nylon-string acoustic guitars Musicmaker has ever seen.
This be the siren song of the fleet.
And many a wandering guitarist shall gladly sink beside it.
The Indian Ocean
Avalon L590c Bog Oak/Cedar Cutaway
The oldest waters hold the oldest secrets.
The Avalon L590c Bog Oak/Cedar may well be the most extraordinary acoustic guitar currently resting upon Irish soil.
The Bog Oak used within this instrument spent over four thousand years buried beneath Irish peat bogs before Avalon transformed it into a handcrafted acoustic masterpiece. Four thousand years.
This wood existed before most maps, before empires. Almost before the first sailor dared cross unknown waters.
And now somehow it resonates once more.
The Bog Oak produces astonishing articulation and tonal maturity while the Cedar top introduces warmth and remarkable responsiveness beneath even the lightest touch. The result feels ancient and alive simultaneously.
Not merely a guitar. A relic.
A sacred object disguised as an instrument.
The Southern Ocean
Avalon L311 Iroko/Cedar
And finally… The outlaw.
The cursed vessel drifting at the edge of the world.
The Avalon L311 Iroko/Cedar carries perhaps the strangest story of any guitar in Musicmaker Dublin. The reclaimed iroko timber once lived as a table hidden inside a Northern Irish drinking den and brothel before later becoming part of a church-led recovery centre helping rebuild broken lives. Eventually discarded, the timber reached Avalon’s workshop where the luthiers fought it relentlessly — snapping blades and resisting shaping so fiercely they named it “Bastard Teak”.
Only three guitars were ever made from it.
Three.
And this be one of them.
The Cedar top brings warmth and openness while the reclaimed iroko delivers dry articulate mids and a naturally seasoned voice sounding decades old before a single owner has even broken it in.
This guitar feels redeemed somehow, like it survived something. Which, of course, it did.
And perhaps that be the true soul of Avalon guitars altogether.
Not simply handcrafted instruments. Not merely boutique acoustic guitars.
But stories transformed.
Free Shipping Across Ireland
Blackbeard's Decree On The Matter Of Shipping
Arrrr, gather round, ye landlubbers, for Captain Blackbeard himself brings tidings most glorious! There be no need to commission a mighty galleon, hire a crew of hardened privateers, nor brave the icy waters of the North Atlantic in pursuit of these legendary Avalon guitars. The good folk of Musicmaker have struck a far finer bargain. With free shipping across Ireland on qualifying orders, these handcrafted treasures shall be dispatched from our stronghold and delivered directly to yer doorstep, be ye hidden amongst the cliffs of Donegal, the harbours of Cork, the fields of Meath or the wild reaches of Connemara. No mutiny, no shipwrecks, no sea monsters — merely a splendid Avalon guitar arriving safe and sound, ready to fill the air with melodies fit for kings, rogues and pirates alike.
Avalon Guitars at Musicmaker Dublin
The arrival of Avalon Guitars at Musicmaker Dublin feels less like ordinary stock and more like the discovery of long-lost treasure beneath storm-black seas. These handcrafted Northern Irish acoustic guitars combine rare tonewoods, boutique luthier craftsmanship and astonishing tonal individuality in ways factory instruments simply cannot imitate. From ancient Irish Bog Oak and reclaimed Iroko to Vietnamese Mun Ebony and century-old Brazilian Mahogany, every Avalon guitar carries its own mythology, voice and soul.
And if old Blackbeard knows one truth above all others, it is this:
The finest acoustic guitars in Ireland should always carry a hint of danger within them.
Bear Witness to Avalons Might HERE.
