Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is the world’s leading guitar manufacturer, and its name has become synonymous with all things rock 'n' roll. Iconic Fender instruments such as the Telecaster, Stratocaster, Precision Bass and Jazz Bass guitars are known worldwide as the instruments that started the rock revolution, and they continue to be highly prized by today's musicians and collectors.

I was raised in the potato farming region of northern Maine. After attending tech school I moved to the southeast and lived in Atlanta, Fayetteville, NC., and Nashville over the next eighteen years. Though as a teenager I desired to build guitars, my uneducated early attempts never saw completion and life demanded that I earn a living. I made that living in a cabinet shop in Atlanta where I learned many of my woodworking skills. I married a southern girl, Tracy, who has amazingly remained at my side for 28 years. I did fixits and paint jobs on friends’ guitars along the way but was in my 30’s before becoming serious as a luthier. I was later hired by Gibson Guitars to assist in developing their Dobro line of resophonics. I moved to the coast of Maine in 1999 to be near my family. In 2001 I started my own guitar shop doing repairs and building custom instruments.