About Me

Hello... and welcome to my corner of the internet!

While I have many interests, there are only a couple that I would say fall into the category of being a PASSION!

The two big passions in my life are music and tobacciana.

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The Music

I officially began my musical career when I was sang "When a Man Loves a Woman" at my 6th grade talent show.  What a rush... I was hooked.  

Over the years, while I have had many occupations (carpet cleaning, circuit board fabrication, to being in the US Navy) music has never stopped being a major part of my life.  My dad and I started up our first band in 1995, and have been playing, recording and writing music together ever since!

Having grown up around the industry - both music making as well as the instrument manufacturing/business sides - I guess it was only a matter of time before it went all in!

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Guitar Repair

A little background... in 2013 I went to Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery and graduated in early 2014. I spent the next 1.5 years working at Guitar Center as a Repair Technician at the Mesa, Arizona location. I left Guitar Center in June 2015, to work with a start up guitar company, building out their first 25 custom USA guitars in Seattle, Washington. Once that project was completed, in January 2016 I went to work for Fano Guitars as the Lead Builder/Trainer and Production Manager.

I have been blessed to learn both building and repair techniques from some of the best builders and repair gurus in the country. I am excited to get back to repairing and moding guitars in my home based shop.

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The Tobacciana Lifestyle

I have enjoyed the luxury comforts of cigar smoking since 1998, and pipes were introduced to my routine in 2012.  In 2016 I started into the world of YouTube Content Creation around pipes and cigars.

Well, as society as a whole continues in its attempts to remove the things we so dearly cherish, our pipes and cigars, I have decided to take my passion for this hobby/lifestyle to my own virtual location, RIGHT HERE!

I hope you will join and carry on the conversation, and help build an all INCLUSIVE community for those of us that love the lifestyle and hobby that are Pipes and Cigars!