2014

Paul Geremia is a great player of country blues and historian of early American music.  He has been playing as a sole means of support for 45 years.  In that time he has traveled to most of his gigs in his car, crisscrossing the US countless times, and also touring Europe.  In June of 2014, Paul suffered a stroke and since then he has been on the road to recovery.  There have been some friends who have been helping him […]

Much of my appreciation of old instruments comes from listening to old recordings, seeing old photos of the musicians and asking the question, “What are they playing?”  The harder the instrument is to identify the better (I especially appreciate instruments that were built in small shops).  I then start digging and begin a process which a buddy calls “guitarcheology”, trying to find out as much as I possibly can about the instrument and the people who built it. I then […]

When I started building guitars I was very enthusiastic about using domestic woods.  The first guitar that I made had white oak back and sides, wood that came from a farm not far from my house, a maple neck and fingerboard, and a red spruce top. I had salvaged the maple from an old beam in a barn that I had worked on.  I used white oak for the first half dozen guitars that I made.  It’s fantastic wood.  It […]

I have been a bit negligent of the blog, but nevertheless busy in the shop.  I figured rather than write a post with a specific subject, the best way to catch up would be to post photos of some of the work I’ve done since the last post.  So here goes: Numero Uno:  Here’s a nice little 14 Fret Anunziata that I made for my friend Jack Klatt.  Jack is a great guitar player and singer/songwriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota.  He’s […]