It was the alluring sound of the traditionally made guitar that first enthralled me and ultimately directed me to devote my life to making guitars. I listened to Bream, Williams and Segovia, among others. My fascination with that sound led me to want to know about how we had arrived at the guitars we make today.

Its important to me that in the strictest sense I don't produce a 'copy' of a maker’s guitar. What I aim to do is get inside the mind of that maker, see from behind his eye and listen to the sound with his ears. I seek to reproduce the soul of that instrument from that particular time in history. And so make instruments that are ’inspired by’ or 'in the style of’ the greats.

Its important to me that in the strictest sense I don't produce a 'copy' of a maker’s guitar. What I aim to do is get inside the mind of that maker, see from behind his eye and listen to the sound with his ears. I seek to reproduce the soul of that instrument from that particular time in history. And so make instruments that are ’inspired by’ or 'in the style of’ the greats.