My primary education specialized in Industrial Arts.  I excelled in all mediums:  mechanical drawing and design, wood and metal working, and tool and die making.  My professional career began as a tool and die maker but my love for wood and the outdoors drew me to carpentry.   Trim carpentry, cabinet and furniture building have ultimately led to guitar maker.

I bought my first guitar in 1974, started collecting in 1980, started building in 1992, stopped and started again in 2005.  I started playing music at age eleven.  I’m a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, drums, flute and sax.  I enjoy a variety of styles of music:  blues, swing, pop, Latin, rock, and classical.  Listen to some early Delta blues guitar players!  AMAZING!