A guitar is a fantastic thing.

If nothing else, that's one thing we should all agree on.

I'm a player, not much of one, but a player first. I found guitar a few years after my first experiences in a real wood shop. My identity has been wrapped up in those two things ever since discovery. Something clicked for me in the shop that never did in quite the same way on the fretboard. I found that I had some ability to make things, and to do it was one of the greatest feelings in the world.

I began to look at the guitar and wonder…

Thirteen years later, I operate a one-man shop in "Music City" otherwise known as Nashville, Tennessee. I build custom guitars and serve the local repair market.

The guitars I build are like little pieces of my soul. I pull in lessons from the repairs, like "What works and what fails over time?" I draw from the experience of my clients, their priorities, and their feedback as players. All in the effort to build a better guitar.

Frankly, I stand on the shoulders of giants—generations of luthiers who set the standards. Some have explored new ways to push the guitar forward, while others focus on preserving the knowledge of the past. Both groups are selflessly spreading their knowledge online, and I've spent more than half my life listening.