Jackson’s Martin

Jackson Browne is her godfather, and was a close friend of her father, Warren. He gave her his Martin J-40 many years ago, and it was used pretty hard as far as I could tell. Lots of wear, finish crack in the top, binding falling off, lots of oxidation throughout, a non-working under saddle pickup […]

Ariel’s Ovation

Warren Zevon played this guitar on many occasions, and you can hear it on his live album, Learning To Flinch. When he passed, his daughter Ariel put it away for over 20 years, when she brought it to me for some TLC. It was in fine shape, just needed strings and a general tune up. […]

Kelly’s Custom

Kelly Ravin is a force. He composes, sings, and plays with intensity and passion. I was thrilled to be able to work on his new guitar. This was a group effort – a local wood worker carved out a Telecaster style body from a chunk of butternut. The body went to me for custom wiring […]

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Guitars

I love musical instruments. I love the sound, the smell, the feel, the vibration, the history, the whole idea that music can be hidden in a chunk of wood and that with a bit of human and electronic intervention, the whole things becomes magical. In the beginning… I acquired a 1973 Telecaster Custom in pretty […]