I started playing six string steel acoustic guitar in 2008. My collection of guitars is mostly Rhode Island shop (full Chesterfield) Guilds plus my own self-designed Pseudocaster—Peavy swamp ash body, Schecter rock maple neck, triple high-output Seymour Duncan pickups (including a special issue Trembucker), full gold Schaller hardware, with a classic Floyd Rose tremolo.

A major early influence was the classical guitar master, Andres Segovia, whom I saw perform several times.