Faqs

Yes I do, rates are $60 an hour with a 4 hour minimum. Quotes will be estimated on a per piece basis

Yes I do but the price reflects the extra amount of work to create the design, patterns, jigs and fixtures that are necessary to keep the level of work at a high standard.

I build in batches of eight, I allow a number of spaces for each type of build. Turnaround times are 4-5 months. From the start of a build cycle. Those who sign up on the waiting list will be informed first of openings for future guitar runs.

To build an archtop style guitar, with modest trimmings takes about 120 hours. A solid body with a flat top and few trims much less. A chambered hollow body somewhere in between.  Archtop construction techniques add many steps that that simply are not applicable or necessary for a solid body guitar.

Applied to guitar building handmade means that I created using my hands, all of the jigs and fixtures used to produce parts for guitars, then using those jigs and fixtures I am able to repeatedly make parts using basic hand and power tools. I use Jigs and fixtures to maintain a high level of accuracy that is essential to building high quality guitars.