About my guitars:
I build steel string guitars. My instruments are known for balance and responsiveness. They are light-weight, energetic and lively. You can feel them resonate in your arm, lap, chest when you play. In terms of tone, my guitars have a broken-in or vintage type quality. They tend to have a dry, woody tone, and resonate clearly and freely. This is intentional: I use traditional techniques and materials to produce an instrument that sounds played-in.
My goal is to build you an instrument that inspires you to make great music. With my guitars, there is a sense of interaction between the player and the instrument when the guitar resonates and vibrates as you play. I want my instruments to have their own personalities so that you can explore their individual potential.
Factory guitars are built to averages, but my guitars are individually built, for you. I can build guitars suited to your style whether you are a fingerstyle player with a light touch or an aggressive bluegrass flatpicker. Other options include body shape and style, scale length, string spacing at the nut and saddle and string gauge, as well as tweaking the shape of the neck to suit your hands.
My Building Philosophy:
I am committed to a single builder philosophy. This means I do everything, from lumber selection (sometimes even harvesting), building, surface prep, finishing and setup. This keeps me in touch with the instrument as a whole. A guitar is not just a collection of parts and the individual parts need to work well together.
Additionally, I build guitars one at a time. This allows me to focus on each individual instrument, from start to finish without interruption.