LUTHERIE EXPERIENCE & TRAINING 
Fret Boss Guitar Works
Staunton, VA
Sole proprietor of a fretted-instrument repair shop, specializing in fret work, repair, and customized set-ups & improvements.
(Shop moved from Bridgewater, VA to Staunton in 2018)
Sept. 2009-present
Blue Ridge Community College
Weyers Cave, VA
Continuing Education Instructor. Classes include Guitar Maintenance and Basic Repair, Beginning Guitar, Country Guitar, Beginning Mandolin, etc.
Sept. 2017-present
Huss & Dalton Musical Instruments
Staunton, VA
Fret technician. These folks build great guitars. I must have fretted well over 800 of them during my three years on staff.
Jan. 2010-May 2013
Guitar Services of Austin
Austin, TX
Periodic contract work repairing fretted-instruments.
1996-2000.
- Employer/mentor Bill Giebitz’s knowledge, ability, and experience with repair, restoration, and set up are second to no one.
Erlewine Guitars
Austin, TX
Full-time apprentice. Construction and repair of stringed instruments, mostly guitars—both acoustic and electric. Work included customization, set ups, fret mills, and refrets, with a substantial percentage of my time focused on fret work.
Dec. 1994-Dec. 1996
- Employer/mentor: Mark Erlewine—maker of the Lazer, Chiquita, and Automatic guitar models, as well as custom guitars for Billy Gibbons, Mark Knopfler, Johnny Winter, etc.—provided top notch repair work for world-class performers.
South Plains College
Levelland, TX
Completed intensive full-time course on electric guitar construction and repair of all fretted instruments, including guitar electronics.
Aug. 1994-Dec. 1994
Performing Musician
Traveled nationally making hundreds of dollars a year playing the pubs, coffee houses, campfires, and Moose lodges of this great nation. Recorded two albums.
1996-now & always
Fret Boss Guitar Works 