I am a luthier based in Bellingham, Washington. I primarily build acoustic guitars and mandolin family instruments, and I offer repair work on most stringed instruments, from basic set ups to full restoration, electric and acoustic. The son of a guitar player and a visual artist, I have been making music and creating things with my hands since childhood. I spent years making my living as a carpenter, everything from rough framing, to cabinetry, to working in a timber frame shop. This led to many hours of woodworking for pleasure at home. After tinkering with my own instruments and making a few cookie tin banjos, I decided to attend Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in 2006. After graduation and a few years of numerous repairs and restorations, I ventured into the shop of Todd Cambio of
Fraulini Guitars for a three month apprenticeship of sorts. In 2012 I jumped into building and fixing instruments full time. I spent a few years in Seattle where I continued my business in my own shop as well as worked part time doing repairs in a busy vintage guitar store. That experience greatly enriched my lifelong education, honing my set up and fretting skills daily, while getting my hands on a wide variety of wonderful vintage guitars, mandolins, banjos, basses etc. Now I continue to build and restore instruments, always learning and humbled by this great craft that I get to partake in.
Don't hesitate to contact me about repair work, or a custom build. (360) 684-1541
This is a short documentary from 2013.
I also play music pretty obsessively.
I play guitar with
The Gallus Brothers, mandolin and fiddle with
The Crow Quill Night Owls, fiddle with
The Shadies, and
The Hi-O Revelers
