I am lucky to live a few blocks from world class builder, Dake Traphagen. I built two guitars with Newsome in 1979-80.Īfter 15 years as a professional woodworker, I started building guitars on my own in 1995. Newsome had recently trained under Hascel Haile who was known for guitars he built for Chet Atkins. I was first introduced to guitar building in 1979 by my high school shop teacher, Thomas Newsome. A brief history of a few of the people who have influenced me along the way… It’s a great job and I am grateful to the clients who enable me to keep building and, together, put more music into the world. I enjoy working with players to build the perfect instrument for their style of music and their touch. My guitars are responsive to the player and I am responsive to my clients. And the wood of course: every piece hand picked and well seasoned. It’s the passion, the training, and the decades of experience I bring to this craft. But it’s not the traditional hide glue or the contemporary carbon fiber struts that make my guitars special. My guitars blend time honored traditions with state of the art innovation.
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