I have been building and repairing stringed instruments for nearly 20 years.  I studied guitar building at the Roberto -Venn School of Luthiery, and have been working on my goal of building of the worlds finest instruments since. 

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     When I was 17-years-old, my grandfather gave me my first guitar.  It was a 1965 Gibson ES-330TD.  I immediately started to clean it up.   I polished the pickup covers and tuning keys, cleaned the fingerboard and made the body shine.  Even though I played the guitar every day, I found that I was more fascinated by how  it worked and how it was built.

   

     When I was  19 I decided to try to build a guitar.  I went at it with no experience, research, or training.  After a few months, I had a playable guitar. The action was a mile high and it weighed twice as much as it should have, but the seed had been planted.  A few weeks later I started to build another, and then another. 

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     After graduating from the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in 2006, I moved to Chicago to work for the Boutique electric bass manufacturer Lakland Basses.  After a short time I became the shop supervisor and was blessed with the opportunity to build instruments for some of my favorite musicians and to do the prototyping for many of Laklands current models.  

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     Lakland had a work atmosphere that promoted creativity and encouraged its employees to build their own instruments.  This afforded me the opportunity to use the shop and build as many instruments as I liked.  I spent many years honing in my acoustic guitar design.  In 2014 I opened a repair shop on Chicago's north side with a focus on custom building.  Over time my guitars became more and more popular and I now focus entirely on my handcrafted guitars.

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     Today I live in Ann Arbor Michigan with my beautiful wife and two sons.  Since that first guitar, I haven't looked back.  My passion for building continues to expand, my understanding is constantly broadening, and my curiosity only grows stronger.

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