I have a passion for building (and playing!) guitars that look, feel, play, and sound great.
If you check my testimonials page, I think you'll find that my customers agree that I achieve those goals.

You can also listen to my guitars at the sound clips page.

 Having a custom guitar built for you is probably one of your dreams.  I can make that dream come true.

 

Please check HERE for my Specials Page,
where I display complete instruments that are ready to ship
(after a final check of the setup).



Please click here for a gallery of my guitars and data on their sizes, here for wood choices, and here to contact me.

Each size/style of guitar can be viewed here:
Size 1  |  B0  |  B00  |  B000 / OM  |  GA  |  Dreadnought  |  Resonators



Hear what they sound like (click on this link)

 

My Published Articles:

           

 

My article, The Guitar As a Structure, was published in January 2009 in American Lutherie #100,

the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers.

You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)

 

My article, Wood Stiffness: An Analysis of a Substantial Sample of Woods of Interest to Guitar Makers,  

written with fellow luthier Alan Carruth, was published in March 2016 in American Lutherie #125,

the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers.

You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)

 

My article, Proposed Standard Glue Strength Testing Method, was published in June 2016 in American Lutherie #126,

the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers.

You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)

 

My article, A Large New Set of Stiffness Data for Lutherie Woods and a Proposed Standard Test Method,

was published in December 2016 in American Lutherie #128, the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers.

You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)

 

My article, More Glue Strength Testing Data, was published in October 2017 in American Lutherie #131,

the journal of the Guild of American Luthiers.

You can read it here (their published version has better graphics!)

 

The "Sound-port Kerfuffle" played out in American Lutherie 96, 97, 98, 100, 103, and 106

 

Leonardo Project Comments - Guitar blind listening experiments (AL 125)

 

The Leonardo Project (their website):

to study, demonstrate and communicate the possibilities of building acoustic and classical guitars from non-tropical woods

 

 

Guitar Construction Information (how I build guitars):

 

If you want to see some of how I build guitars, please click on one of these links:

Steel String Guitar Construction

Classical Guitar Construction

Guitar Set-up

 

These may also be of interest:

Violin construction
Major Modifications

Building a Les Paul kit