May

A few years ago my friend Mike Ammons and I were looking at the liner notes to the very excellent CD of minstrel tunes, Good For What Ails You, on the Old Hat label, and Mike asked me “What kind of guitar is that?”, commenting on a picture of Daddy Stovepipe. I hadn’t really looked at the picture that closely as there are plenty of odd things going on, a musician in a top hat posing next to a recording […]

This weekend I celebrated five years of making my living solely as a guitar maker. I’ve been making and repairing them for much longer than that, but I made the leap from a nice cozy, secure construction job, for a life as a luthier. From a financial standpoint, it probably wasn’t the smartest move in the world, but I’m healthier and happier for it and I’ve been able to pursue my passion. The task would not have been possible without […]