News & Notes
Updates from the bench, the shop, and the woods.
The website is currently being updated and refined. Thanks for your patience as we continue bringing everything up to the standard of the work itself.
A quick look at what’s happening in the shop: I’ve been focusing on new tooling and reorganizing the workspace to create a smoother, more efficient flow. Several builds are moving through the benches at once, and I’ve been finishing up the guitars headed to shows. It’s been a full stretch of work, but things are coming together nicely.
April 2-4, 2027
John O will be returning to the Artisan Guitar Show. I hope to have 3 or 4 guitars that will be available to audition.
2018 Shop Update
Looking back at the news from 2017, much is the same in that I am busy in the shop and the office. I am currently getting ready for the Artisan Guitar show, with a couple on the bench, (an SJ and a all-koa OM.) Also busy working on best customers in the world guitars....
2017 Shop Updates
We are excited to be heading to Pennsylvaniafor the Artisan Guitar Show April 13-15, 2018. We went back Northeast Guitar Expo in the spring and then at it's new venue in the Fall. ~ (January) John has been busy in the shop getting guitars built for customers and...
2016 Shop Updates
For anybody who checks in on the site, you can see we have not done much in the way of updates (to the site.) Behind the scenes some work was done over the summer to add in the Slope Dred model that we have been exhibiting and building for customers. Many photos have...
2015 Shop Update
We exhibited at the Memphis Acoustic Guitar Festival. It was fun to see old friends and meet some new ones. Many customers have asked John to build models from his previous O series, including the 00-12 and the OM model. While his GP and FS model have primarily...