A little known TE fact....Tommy has a brother, Phil. Phil plays as good as Tommy. THE best band I have ever seen, going back to the 80s featured an all star cast and both Emmanuel brothers playing electric. It was mind blowing.
A year or so back I went to small TE "masterclass". Tommy and about 50 people in a small room. Tips, tricks, techniques. Hard to say if was inspiring or devastating really. Anyway here is a 1996 Maton "Tommy Emmanuel" dreadnought that I have hanging about. Nice guitar, however falsely advertised - does not make me sound like TE.