hello old friend

Earlier this week, I was sitting in the office, and I looked over on the wall and there it was…my student guitar. 21 years ago I went to the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. At that point in history, not everyone was hopping on the guitar building bandwagon. This was apparent by my class size…4 students. [...]

E-Z ways to refinish your Strad!

I heard this on the radio yesterday. The way they described it, this guy was a kid…like 13 or something, not an adult. It was also described as a trip and fall forward with the player landing on the instrument.
I found out after reading today that the Axe was in it’s case when:

“I was all [...]

A Valentines Day Guitar Gift Idea

Here’s a little offering from Daisy Rock Guitars. Guitars for chicks. I promised my daughter that we would get one for her one of these days.
Here’s the package from Musicians Friend:
$229 buys you…
Daisy Rock Heartbreaker Short Scale Electric Guitar Features:

Bolt-on rock maple neck
Basswood heart-shaped body
Rosewood fingerboard
22 medium frets
22-1/2″ scale
Pearloid hearts inlay
Hardtail bridge
Deluxe tuners
Chrome hardware
Deluxe [...]

I’ll Bite…

There seems to be a meme going around the guitar blogs IG, Guitar Flame, and Sans direction. Now here’s the thing, even though I’m a guitar builder by trade, I’m not one of those guys that goes crazy over the latest or vintage things. The secrets out… now you know eric’s secret shame…guitars themselves don’t [...]

Building Quality, Building Guitars

My wife is a Quality Engineer. She works for a huge telecom company here in SD. Along with her job title, she owns a number of professional certifications including Certified Quality Engineer, Auditor, and Six Sigma Black Belt to name a few. What does this have to do with music? Not much, but she is [...]