Avalon Acoustic Guitars

by **Damo** » 05 Jan 2005, 20:03

After reading the forums I noticed a few people have posted messages about leading worship on Avalon guitars. After looking at other sites and not seening people mention worship, I wondered if there was anything about the Avalon make that specifically drew Christians?

I recently (yesterday) purchased an Avalon AS-201CE and im so far really happy with it

i shall be using this in worship, solo acoustic/songwriters gigs and at music college as well as in a band setting. love the guitar!

by **Cringer** » 05 Jan 2005, 21:00

Yep - the fact that they're good instruments

by **linkage** » 07 Jan 2005, 01:18

YEP, ALOT OF WORSHIP LEADERS SEEM TO LIKE AVALONS. EUGHAN HEASLIP PLAYS THEM, AND SO DOES CHRIS TOMLIN. THAT PRETTY MUCH CONVINCED ME! I LOVE MY AVALON! LISTEN TO EUGHANS LATEST LIVE CD, AND YOU CANT NOT LIKE HIS ACOUSTIC SOUND. EVEN US CRAZY CANADIANS KNOW THE IRISH MAKE THEM BETTER.

by **Damo** » 07 Jan 2005, 03:00

i've noticed how many of da worship leaders I know use Avalon...i.e Chris Tomlin, Tim Hughes (who I think is a gr8 worship leader) and Stuart Townend (who last time I saw (which was about june 04) was usin a Taylor im sure). But playing avlons in da guitar shop convinced me of how good they were.

by **snakecraig** » 10 Feb 2005, 23:43

Avalon is a Christian company. But mainly, they make great guitars. Avalon is establishing themselves FAST in the Christian/Worship forum. I think its because Christian music has been getting MUCH better over the last 10 years and christian musicians are becoming more demanding. Therefor they choose Avalon.
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by **martinedwards** » 09 Jan 2006, 17:10

Stu Townend was playing an avalon at Mandate a few months ago (I think, I was in the back row!!!)

For a long time Lowden was compulsory on the Northern Ireland worship scene. To the point where I ALMOST refused to get one!!! :lol:

The Avalons are taking over. Brian Houston plaed one at the Shankill Streetreech gig in 2003 which was the first Avalon I'd ever seen.

by **Son of Thunder** » 27 Jan 2006, 09:18

martinedwards wrote:Stu Townend was playing an avalon at Mandate a few months ago (I think, I was in the back row!!!)

For a long time Lowden was compulsory on the Northern Ireland worship scene. To the point where I ALMOST refused to get one!!!

The Avalons are taking over. Brian Houston plaed one at the Shankill Streetreech gig in 2003 which was the first Avalon I'd ever seen.

I play a Lowden, but that's only because that's what Avalons were called back then...

Here on the US west coast, it seems like Taylors are the compulsory instrument for worship leaders. I thank God that I played a Lowden before buying a Taylor!

by **martinedwards** » 21 Feb 2006, 15:06

martinedwards wrote:Stu Townend was playing an avalon at Mandate a few months ago (I think, I was in the back row!!!)

I've just bought the Mandate CD for this year and I can confirm that Stu was playing an Avalon. The booklet has a number of nice pics including a nice down the neck shot showing the headstock nicely!!

Also, if you look at the top left pic in the centre pages, you can see me!!! I'm in the back row one in from the leftagainst the white wall!!!!

Fame at last ;o)

by **Sam Price** » 24 Feb 2006, 21:30

martinedwards wrote:Also, if you look at the top left pic in the centre pages, you can see me!!! I'm in the back row one in from the leftagainst the white wall!!!!

hahhahaahahahaaaa, that's great!!!

A novel and original way to achieve fame and adulation!!!! The Google Earth photo was funny, too!

My father-in-law nearly made it in the Spring Harvest CD, for he has a ministry of loud tambourine playing: he was standing directly below an audience mic and the sound engineer told him to tone it down, 'cos it was picking up in the mix!! I imagine among thousands of people in the throng, one tambourine wouldn't make a jot of difference, but it did!!

You a member of every forum going, then? :wink:

by **martinedwards** » 27 Feb 2006, 23:30

ALL of 'em but only one identity.........

(too many computers in school & home so I need to remember logins & passwords!!)

I was at a Ian White gig in the assembly buildings in Belfast *&^% years ago when he stopped the band & told a girl on the 3rd balcony to put the tambourine on the ground and he'd get the drummer to teach her how to play it later.........

by **Jimmy D** » 04 Oct 2006, 20:08

Hi all,

Just joined the forum. I have been a music minister in the USA since 1986. I've played Martins, Taylors, Takamine, Alvarez, Gibson, and Fender acoustic guitars. I have just recently played an Avalon DS200e that I "borrowed" from my dealer stock (have a music store as well) to use in a worship service. This guitar is perfect! Like many of you I can't put it down. I am not a great guitar player but every chord...every string I play on this guitar sounds beautiful.

Anyway, just wanted to say hi and give my recommendation for what it is worth concerning Avalon guitars.

Blessings on all you worship leaders and musicians!

by **JMW14590** » 31 Oct 2006, 13:52

Hi, I'm a newie to the forum. It's good to see that there are people who are as like-minded as me and I agree that Avalon Guitars are awesome! I actually played one for the first time at the Worship Experience Conference '05 in Eastbourne, they had a stall set up there. I picked one up, strummed my first chord and thought to myself 'WOW!'. Everything about the guitar, playability, tone etc... was absoultely spot on. I am now totally set on getting a AS200CE (the one I played) at some point in the future when I have the money. :cry:

One question, how much is the AS200CE?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

by **JMW14590** » 31 Oct 2006, 14:01

Stuart Townend was using a Avalon at the Worship Experience Conference '05 as well. His guitar looked and sounded the part especially seeing as it cut through the band (which happened to be Phatfish

) very nicely.

by **Sam Price** » 03 Nov 2006, 18:29

JMW14590 wrote::D
Hi, I'm a newie to the forum. It's good to see that there are people who are as like-minded as me and I agree that Avalon Guitars are awesome! I actually played one for the first time at the Worship Experience Conference '05 in Eastbourne, they had a stall set up there. I picked one up, strummed my first chord and thought to myself 'WOW!'. Everything about the guitar, playability, tone etc... was absoultely spot on. I am now totally set on getting a AS200CE (the one I played) at some point in the future when I have the money.
One question, how much is the AS200CE?
Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

There's one on ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Avalon-AS200-CE-s ... dZViewItem

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search. ... lon+guitar

I am a Silver owner..(DS200)...it's been converted to leftie.

by **singlereed** » 22 Mar 2009, 08:19

I bought a Lowden back in 1987 (and still have it) having been on a worship course with Graham Kendrick, who was playing one. A few other prominent worhip leaders were also using them then. It was not easy to find a viable electro-acoustic then, other than Ovations and a few others that were not really much good as pure acoustics - important to me as I also play fingerstyle ragtime, blues etc for fun. It amuses me that with my new Avalon S32 that is really specifically for my fingerstyle playing, I am in such anointed company :-)

Actually, I find a smaller body acoustic is often better for amplified electro duties, so this could end up taking over that role as well.

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