I work alone hand building a variety of instruments beside the beach on the beautiful west coast of Ireland. I am in my fourth decade of guitar making and it is still the best job in the world. And, so far, I get paid to do it. Nothing could be better!

Working alone gives me total control over the process. I do everything from buying in the wood to packing the instruments for shipping and nothing leaves the workshop that I cannot be proud of. Each day I look forward to going to work and learn something more about my craft. The more I learn the more I know I have to learn. And there is no Holy Grail in guitarmaking, there are too many variables in hand making an instrument to be sure of anything. The traditional ‘rules’ are there to be tested. At this stage, working with wood has become largely intuitive for me.