by johndosthoff | Jul 30, 2026 | Shop Notes
This year I’m building a guitar for the Berkshire Woodworkers Guild’s annual auction. The Guild is a 501(c)(3) foundation made up of professional and amateur woodworkers — cabinetmakers, boat builders, sculptors, turners, instrument makers, and more. It’s a supportive...
by johndosthoff | Apr 10, 2026 | Shop Notes
Updating this website has been a project that started more than five years ago and somehow kept drifting to the back burner. I’ve always preferred building guitars over building web pages, and writing about either isn’t exactly my natural habitat. But eventually the...
by johndosthoff | Apr 5, 2026 | Shop Notes
I don’t know for sure if I wrote this but I found it in my archives and sure sounds like me. Either way I totally agree with it: As for its effect on the “tone”, I can only comment that there is just no way to ascertain how changing any single element on a...
