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Bio

I run my guitar repair shop at my home in Rockville, MD. After being located for 10 years at Guitar Center I relocated here in September, 2009 for better availability and convenience for my customers. Guitar Center continues to use me as a repair vendor and subcontractor.

Before becoming a full-time guitar tech in 1999 I was a guitarist in the US Air Force Band in Washington D.C., retiring in December, 1999. I was also an Associate Professor of Music at Montgomery College from 1986 to 2006 teaching Guitar, Music Theory and History. I have a Bachelors and Masters in Classical Guitar from Catholic University of America.



US Air Force Band


I have been fortunate to have played with some of the world's greatest jazz guitarists.

joe pass
1. An old picture of me (around 1980) with my good friend Joe Pass.

jimmy bruno
2. Me at a seminar with Jimmy Bruno (photo credit: Michael Stewart)

john pisano
3. Me with John Pisano at an Eastman Guitar Night in New York.

China 4. In China

Silver Wings
5. Performing with the Silver Wings, Dar Hall

Dar Hall
6. Performing with the Silver Wings, Dar Hall

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