This website is designed to display the selection of handmade electric guitars that I currently have and the ones that are being created. Almost all my guitars have been hand painted and are made from quality tone woods. I am continually experimenting with different combinations of woods, so I can develop differing tones and vibrations.

I enjoy playing as many guitars as possible because I have found that each one has its own unique sound and feel. The brand name guitars have their vast followers who swear allegiance only to a particular brand. But if you are a person who appreciates a variety of styles and genres like I am, name brands are not always the answer. My goal is to create different looking guitars that have a sound unique to them.

Before I begin working on any of my guitars, wood preparation must be considered. Each piece of wood is hand planed and aged for one to two years.

I like making neck through the body guitars. My favorite wood for the neck through is hard rock maple, primarily for its strength. Maple is a strong and extremely dense, heavy wood. It is excellent for guitar necks and bodies because it can handle an inordinate amount of string tension. Maple has a bright and crisp tone and is used on flamenco guitars as well as some electrics. It has a wide variety of exotic grains that show up quite well when finished.

Flamed maple is a very popular and brilliant looking exotic type of maple. "Flamed" refers to the rippling (or curls) of the grain of wood that run across the body. Flamed maple in general is "book matched," which means that the body is made of two half pieces of a single cut piece of maple. This gives the guitar an even: weight, look and tone.

I have made a few laminated Birch necks with satisfying results. Laminated Birch consists of 1/32" layers of Birch wood which is bonded with epoxy under high pressure into a composite material. This material is remarkably tough and strong for its weight. It is denser than regular Birch, but not excessively heavy. It is extremely stiff and its composite nature tends to even out its frequency response which alleviates the "dead spots" inherent in single-piece necks. It is dark gray in color, with alternating dark and light layers.

Mahogany is a moderately dense and very durable wood. It is used in the making of both acoustic and electric guitar: for the backs, sides and necks. Because it is very durable, mahogany is also used in banjos, resonators, ukuleles and acoustic guitar soundboards. It is lighter than maple and specifically provides acoustic guitars with great sustain. Mahogany also provides great weight balance between the neck and the body of an acoustic. It is reddish-brown in color and is incredibly strong and resonant, giving the guitar big, beautiful tones.