Recent work

In progress, May 2023. Reclaimed redwood over figured koa, blue paua abalone appointments.
Size 2, red spruce over SE Asian rosewood (D. cochinchinensis). The Size 2 is modeled on a 1924 CF Martin 2-17. It is a 12-frets-to-the-body slot-head instrument with a 24.5″ scale.
(available for sale at Mighty Fine Guitars in Lafayette California)
Most recent OO-OM 13 fret (25.34″ scale). Sitka over Guatemalan rosewood
(available for sale at Mighty Fine Guitars in Lafayette California)
This OO-OM (25.34″ scale) was built for musician Don Rich in 2011. Don sold this one back to me in 2021. I have replaced the top this year (2023).
(available for sale at Mighty Fine Guitars in Lafayette California)

Koa Size 2 still on the bench
(sold at Mighty Fine Guitars, Lafayette, California)
OM 28, Torrified Sitka over Indian Rosewood, on the bench
(sold privately)
1936 Advanced Jumbo replica
(sold at Mighty Fine Guitars, Lafayette, California)

By PSR

I retired from a 34-year career as an evolutionary anthropologist specializing in the behavioral ecology of non-human primates as a perspective on human evolutionary history. I love music, wood, tools, and especially guitars, so I retired to learn to build guitars and to build them for the rest of my able years.

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