My Cigar Box Guitar Journey….

My CBG journey began one night in a dive bar in Gettysburg, PA.  I am an active duty member of the US Air Force and was home on leave.  Shane Speal was playing on stage that evening and after hearing him play and talking with him after the show, he informed me of the history of the instrument…I was hooked.

I’ve been building guitars since 2016. Between different duty stations, I’ve been lucky enough to build and sell gittys from Hawaii to the United Kingdom and now stationed here at Altus Air Force Base in Oklahoma. I do a lot of custom orders and I love sharing this passion with people, seeing their reactions and appreciation for the functional art that is behind these 3 string instruments… Half the strings, twice the soul!