Every guitar is a gift to my 15 year old self.

Music has been the constant in my life for as long as I can remember.

I was the kid who fell asleep with headphones on every night. There was rarely a moment when music wasn’t playing somewhere in the background. It became a place I could disappear into, a way to shut out the noise of the world and find something that felt honest. Long before I ever built a guitar, music taught me that an instrument could be more than wood and strings. It could become part of who you are.

Heavy metal changed everything for me.

I listen to all kinds of music, but for me, nothing matches the feeling of hearing truly great metal or watching a band unleash pure fucking brutality on stage. That’s what made me pick up a guitar in the first place. I grew up playing both guitar and drums—fun fact, I’ve only ever played drums in bands—but guitar has always been where I’ve written, experimented, and connected most deeply with the creative process.

The artists who leave the biggest impression don’t just get up there and play, they transform into something super-human. For me, when I went on stage, I was a different person. That’s not inauthentic, its performance. Its expressive.

I think that’s why i’ve always been drawn to the dramatic and more extreme guitar designs over the years. Your guitar shouldn’t disappear into the background. It should be part of your story.

I am an artist first. And I build guitars. That philosophy is what drives every guitar I build.

I don’t build production instruments or follow a formula. I build what I feel compelled to create. Every design begins with an idea, an emotion, or an image that won’t leave my head. From the body shape to the species of wood, from the finish to the pickups and hardware, every decision is deliberate and expresses what I felt in that moment. For better or worse, its honest.

Modern Ideas. Classic Methods.

Every guitar begins the same way: with blank paper and a pencil.

I don’t use CNC. There’s is absolutely nothing wrong with that, and there is a place for that, especially if you’re goal is faster production. That’s just not me. Every body shape starts as a hand-drawn sketch. From there, I build it the old school way—with saws, rasps, chisels, planes, sandpaper, shaping every curve by hand. There are a couple power tools in there of course. But nothing brings you closer to your creation than hand-cutting fret slots, using carving knives, shaping with rasps and chisels, or heating up your own brand with a torch!  

It’s a slow process, but it’s the one that keeps me connected to every instrument I build.

To me, that’s what craftsmanship is.

I embrace modern hardware, electronics, and finishing techniques where they make the instrument better, but the heart of every guitar is built using traditional methods.

I don’t care how many guitars I make. Maybe 1 a year, maybe 5? I don’t know. What I do know is I will remember each one and why it came to be. Ill remember the cuts, the splinters, the dust, the smell, the love, the frustration, the challenges, the wins. Literal blood, sweat, and tears.

Each guitar is different, because my experience creating each is unique.

Every guitar is one-of-one.