A lot of my favorite work happens when making things for people I know. It’s not exclusive in anyway, I feel like I get to know people when I’m making things for them. An exchange of ideas, compromises. A melding of aesthetic and functional values. It sort of feeds my want to please people, but it also stretches my skillset. Finding new solutions or repurposing ones from other building experiences. I guess that’s a big part of Custom Job. I like doing work for folks who have a vision of what they need and helping them build the thing they want and need.
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Earth II. Born today.
Sometimes my favorite part of a guitar. This one nods at Rickenbacker but I just call it “Gumby head”. The dust has settled, the solvent evaporated, the contacts are solid and clean. Got down to the final set up on Earth II today. Clearly a tip o the hat to some rad instruments. The BCContinueContinue reading “Earth II. Born today.”
Early 1900’s Oak Dinning Table
This is an early 2022 job I picked up off of Craigslist. It was a little more than I wanted to spend but it was precisely what I wanted: a round, oak, two leafed pedestal table with as little ornamentation as possible and a highly figured top.
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