My hobby and passion in life is guitars.  I own way too many guitars.  I have been playing for almost ten years now and there probably has not been a single day that I have not picked one up and played for a few minutes.  It is a grounding for me and it helps me digest a problem and I attribute my guitars to helping me the most get through graduate school.

With my father’s help, I have been a working with wood throughout my life and recently I began making my own guitars.  Below it my custom built Stratocaster.  I carved it out of swamp ash and finished it myself.  This semester I have been working on making my own telecaster too (which I will show you when I finish).

A list of almost all the stringed instruments I own:

•  Custom handmade Stratocaster (swampash body, maple neck with rolled fingerboard, vintage noiseless pickups with mid-boost circuit, phase toggle and bridge pickup bypass)
• 2008 Fender Classic 50s Stratocaster in surf green
• 2002 Fender Nashville Deluxe Telecaster
• 1973 Yamaha SG-30 (katsura wood body)
• 1969 Teisco (Japanese) Kimberly 4 pickup guitar
• Danelectro U2
• 1972 Gibson classical guitar
• 1964 Gibson Mandolin A2
• Deering Banjo
• Yamaha FG750S (I have repaired it a lot)
• Alverez 12 string Jumbo
• Squier Jazz Bass and a Bass IV