I started wanting to make guitars about five years ago, but it wasn’t until last year that I was actually asked and had enough courage to say yes. My first guitar was a walnut and epoxy telecaster for a Friend. I remember when we were going through the details I insisted he understand that this is my very first; and as much as I’ll attempt to make it as perfect as the pros in at Fenders shop, I know that is a reach!

He accepted the possibilities and I went at it. I selected the stock from a slab I got from my buddy Nick, this slab was a failed attempt at a table, I did an epoxy pour that 70% ended up on my basement floor, and I remembered at the time I just wanted to cut it up, so I did.

I ended up with a blank with a little epoxy wash and a nice crevice that was filled with this wonderful EcoPoxy that was tinted with some metallic blue. I chose to make the pour in the table very opaque, I remember I was looking for an area that you could see the live edge through the epoxy but still coloured. This combination turned out awesome in the end!

Truth is I never wanted to make other peoples designs, I wanted to make my own, I took on this venture for the craft of it, and yes trying my hand at making some classics is great practice, it isn’t testing my capabilities in the craft.

I come from the audio/ producer world, where each thing you make has to be something different, where every day I sit down in the studio; it has to be something new. And I take this drive with me in this field. The love of the craft is what drives me forward, and drives me to challenge myself to create my own design, and my own sound.

In the beginning of spring 2022 I was asked to make a custom ash Stratocaster style guitar for a friend, we are making this from scratch except the neck. This is a special piece because the tree was cut from his family’s property, I went and picked the logs up and brought them here where I milled and dried them through the summer in our kiln. Last week I designed my own idea of a strat and used my new CNC to cut it out. I nervously sat and watched the machine cut this out with my finger near the emergency stop because this blank was my only shot.

As the days go by I see this come together and I am excited for the next step in the process.

I have a few of my own designs that I am so excited to share in time. I’m in the process of making sure it isn’t like anything else, and then onto the feel and actual playability. Like I said at the beginning, it is the CRAFT, I have passion in the process and craft.