Guitarist Melvin Miller Jr.
A couple weeks ago a player came to my shop with a nice old Gibson 335 with a broken headstock. His name was Mel Miller and he was soft-spoken, polite…
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Newest Acoustic Finished!
Here’s the guitar that was featured several times as it was being built. It belongs to Gerry McKeveny and he picked it up this morning. It is similar to a…
Guitar neck underway
I thought I’d post a nice photo of the neck I’m building for Gerry McKeveny’s guitar. The body is completed and I’m getting ready to wrap up the project in…
Martin J-21 Train Wreck
This nice guitar was dropped hard on a treadmill by a visitor to his home, who then refused to help out with the repair… I have a hunch…. he’ll never…
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I just finished this new guitar and boy is it cool! My customer wanted it in “creamsicle orange” and though I wasn’t sure I’d like it, when it all came…
Walnut and Cedar Jumbo Building
Here’s a new guitar I’m building for a nice young new Dad in Idaho…I figured I’d share this the week after Father’s Day with him and all of you! It…
J-200 Bridge Woes
This 70’s Gibson J-200 had the kiss of death tone killing hardware that breaks the “don’t modify” rule. There was an internal strut similar to a “bridge doctor” device running…
New Hybrid Resonator Banjo/Guitar
I just delivered this newest of my custom built instruments yesterday. My client was unhappy with the 2 factory and 1 custom resonator banjos he owns and asked me to…
Newest SBM Custom Guitar
Hi everyone, I just delivered this guitar today and the client loved it. It is a fingerstyle, small-bodied instrument that shares the upper-bout width of a 00 sized guitar and…
Dick Benedis Jazz Guitarist
Dick Benedis is a great guy…I met him about 16 years ago early in my career, when he trusted me with both his late 40s ES-350 and Super 300. It…