About
Workshop offerings today
Helping musicians with their guitar tone is my specialty.
Precision fretting, accurate tuning & intonation corrections,
Personalized setup to suit your playing style.
I rebuild production guitars for working musicians so their tool speaks like a custom guitar.
My handmade guitars are limited and custom made in the way I perform my repair work.
Models are inspired by the finest I’ve maintained over 35 years of continual repair.
I look forward to working with like minded passionate musicians and connoisseurs.
Brief History
Growing up, my love for guitar was sparked by my musical cousins & artists like Hendrix & Segovia.
I started lessons at 10 and experimented with improving my inexpensive guitars.
At 16, I gained repair experience at a high school program, then studied music and classical guitar, whilst working with many skilled luthiers.
I founded my workshop in 1994 & have traveled nationally & abroad to learn from masters since that time.
My studies in acoustics and materials science deepen my craft. Inspired by many artisans.
I strive to create emotionally resonant, beautifully crafted instruments driven by passion and purpose.
Philosophy
My passion is to help guitarist achieve their expressive voice.
As each musician’s touch is different I set out to understand the obstacles impeding their phrasing.
The mechanical shortcomings, damping & wear of materials affect function & response.
Have I missed anything ?
Can I discover other ways to measure and understand ?
Musical instruments are oscillators.
I spend my life fine tuning these sensitive systems.
The feedback loop continues
I am a dedicated luthier practicing my craft…
Testimonials
Artist's that have used my services:
Airbourne
Apodimi Kompania
Architecture in Helsinki
Augie March
Blue Ruin
Carbine
Cat Empire
Catnip
Crunch
Eric Bibb
Gipsy Crims
Inka Marka
Jack Jones
James McCann
Jim Yamouridis
Gareth Liddiard
Lucas Michailidis
Magic Dirt
Mark Sinton
Matt Kirsch
Matt Walker
Musiki Manjaro
Neon
Order of Chaos
Paul Gadsby
Robbie Little
Sam Lemann
Sergio Ercole
Snag
Spiderbait
Stephen Magnusson
The Blowflies
The Camels
The Diddley Daddy’s
The Drones
The Fakes
The Four Noels
The Morning Birds
The Scared Little Weird Guys
Those Bloody McKenna's
Twelve tone diamonds
Violent Femmes
We will rock you (Queen Musical)
Xavier and the Hum

