Axe Grinder Lutherie

08/26/2026

Been under a rock lately- my preferred method for disappearing! The studio is moving and we’re changing what we’re doing a bit to accommodate what’s necessary. If you find me and need help with an instrument, reach out if you are flexible with return time. I am working a part-time job that is more than full-time during construction season- year round with the winters we’ve experienced lately!
We’ve also been getting into some custom laser engraving. Hats, keychains, custom signage, inlaid fretboards, etc. you name it! Reach out if you wanna!

01/23/2026

My first Zappa experience happened in 1991. I got a job as a waiter at Ponderosa Steakhouse in Dayton, Ohio. That is where I met the world famous Goecke! Gokes and I were waiters and there was a cook in the kitchen named Josh Johnson- one of the most talented people I had ever met at the time musically! One night Josh played Zappa's Roxy and Elsewhere and my mind was blown. "Just like a penguin in bo***ge boy." spent the next few years listening to FZ and finding everything I could about the band. This was before the internet, it was not easy or cheap to dig into this music but I was sold.

01/23/2026

All you really need!

01/23/2026

Eazy peezy

01/23/2026

01/23/2026

History lesson on the most famous guitar in the world- sorry stratocaster.

01/23/2026

Y'all know I love Zappa! Maybe you should too.

01/21/2026

01/20/2026

Mass quantities!