My road to becoming a luthier began when I was 13. My older brother told me he had met a man who built guitars. I had never heard of someone who built guitars, I didn't know just "a person" could build a guitar. Didn't they have to come from a factory? No, it tuns out they don't. 

​The man was Lloyd Laplant from Grand Rapids, MN. Than night my brother and I did some research online, though Lloyd doesnt have much presence on the web, we found that he and his instruments have a fantastic reputation in his community. 

This information came at the right time in my life, I had been playing guitar for a while already, and while looking through the catalog of the local guitar store had begun to ask myself "are there any better guitars than the regular big brands I see in these catalogs? Now I was introduced to a whole new world of luthier-built and handmade guitars. Than night I was sure that I wanted to build guitars, and I havent looked back.

Over the next few years I spent many hours online delving into this new world, I was facinated! Through this time I absorbed information from all that I read and saw, looking at websites of other builders, finding tools and information about building and repair on other websites and of course looking at lots of pretty tonewood! ​

 ​I grew up in a hands-on work envioment. My dad was a cabinet maker, but also had many other practical skills such as remodeling and auto mecanics. I learned a lot working with him on many different projects around the house and garage from a young age. So, at 15 armed with that practical experience and many hours on the internet, I built my first guitar, a red Statocaster copy.​