About Red Mountain Guitars

The inspiration for Red Mountain Guitars is live performance where the artist's guitar isn't a prop or background accompaniment, but is a truly unique and compelling voice in the overall performance.

Acquiring a Red Mountain guitar is a very personal experience: each Red Mountain guitar is designed and built specifically for each musician and his or her special requirements. And building a handmade custom instrument is an exciting, collaborative process for me that few get to experience.  Choices are limited only by shared vision and creativity.

When you choose to own a Red Mountain, you will create the look and feel of your guitar after jointly determining with me the desired musical sound, tone and responsiveness that will become your unique, custom instrument.  The result will be a pleasure to play and be the perfect accompaniment for you.  And it will be a one of a kind guitar that will last for generations to come. This is in stark contrast to the computer-controlled machine production of guitars so common today, where each one sounds and plays like the one before and after.

My desired result is the guitar of your dreams. It is my goal to deliver a beautiful guitar, but even more, to deliver an instrument that will allow you to fully explore your own musical expression and ideas, match your needs for tonality and responsiveness, and experience sound and music on a completely new level.

My shop is in Franklin, Tennessee, near Nashville, where I build acoustic guitars, steel and nylon string models. I build ten to twelve custom guitars a year. I use only top quality, beautiful woods and focus on producing instruments with exceptional tone and playability. I have enjoyed a lifelong passion for woodworking and have developed an understanding and appreciation of finely made guitars and the pleasing and unique sounds they can produce.

I invite you to discuss your own special needs for a guitar with me, and I look forward to beginning a new and exciting journey as we work together to create your new instrument.

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