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The
shop is nestled in the trees near a couple of lakes near
Shelton Washington, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
To be more specific, the shop is actually Scott's garage
and is stuffed full of woodworking equipment, benches, tools,
and guitar supplies.
Being
such a small operation helps to keep costs down. Since the
shop isn't 10,000 square feet full of $20,000 CNC machines,
you are assured a great guitar at an honest price.
We
buy our parts in bulk at dealer prices so we can offer a
custom made guitar at an affordable price. If a customer
would like something other than what we normally outfit
our guitars with, we will install the requested components
at cost. No extra charge. No gouging. We're just making
a living building guitars, we ain't getting rich.
Maybe
one day we will offer neckthru models or ones with fancy
inlays and bindings, but as of late that just isn't cost
effective. We won't be charging over a $2000 for a guitar
anytime soon with maybe the exception of a custom carved
guitar, although we have gotten very close with a few of
the wilder "theme" guitars we have done.
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I
bought my first guitar at 16 and started playing professionally
at 21. From the beginning, I was always modifying and hot-rodding
my guitars to make them look cooler and play better. Now
in my 40s, I have graduated to making the instruments I
could only dream of when first starting out.
Part
of my drive comes from remembering what it was like to want
a really cool looking guitar, but only having enough coin
to afford hock shop crap. Inevitably, I ended up with substandard
guitars, but with my interest in art, I was able to make
the instruments look great. I still own my first guitar,
but it would be totally unrecognizable by any former owner.
After
playing and tweaking guitars for years, I started building
them in my 30s. Now, in my 40s, I wish I had started in
my 20s. I love it. I've toured all over playing live music.
Building a guitar is the only thing that comes close to
that feeling. I guess, in a way, I get to live vicariously
through the instruments I create.
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Scott
is not only an accomplished luthier and musician, but he
is quite an artist too. He often does logo designs and other
needed artworks for customers' bands.
Over
the years he has done murals, portraits, signage, advertising,
and computer graphics. Here are a few examples of some of
the computer generated graphics he has done
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