I have the honor of being chosen by the Buddy Holly Guitar Foundation to build two replicas of Buddy's 1943 Gibson J-45, the guitar on which he composed most of his hits. The Foundation will place these guitars with distinguished musicians who will in turn play them at fundraising events that benefit the Foundation's charitable work. The guitars I build are to be played by Vince Gill and Amy Grant.
I have been honored over the past few years by several invitations to display my guitars in museum shows and publications. My work was featured in these articles.
"This guitar wouldn't look out of place in a modern art gallery . . . It is frankly the most extraordinary acoustic guitar I've ever seen."
The curators of fine art museums have discovered the artistry of contemporary guitar making. My work has been invited to shows produced by the DeVos Art Museum in Marquette, Michigan; the Plains Art Museum in Fargo, North Dakota, and the Oakland Museum of California.
PLAINS ART MUSEUM Art of the Guitar: A Luthier´s Renaissance
Feb. 26 – June 7, 2009
My guitars have appeared by invitation in three recently published books. These range from coffee table art to the new definitive text on guitar design by a master builder.
HAND MADE, HAND PLAYED The Art & Craft of Contemporary Guitars
Robert Shaw
Lark Books
2008
