*** FYI - In Greek Mythology Apollo was (among other things) the God of Music. ***
A Hand Made Guitar should not have to cost you an arm and a leg.
Pretty tough to play it with only one arm… :o)
So, what is Garage Built? Well, it simply means built by hand in my garage. No computerized milling machines, no high-tech paint booths, no digital calipers or other fancy equipment (well, actually I recently bought myself some digital calipers… handy things to have around in the shop). My guitars are inexpensive working guitars. They are not flawless showpieces that cost thousands and thousands of dollars and the average person would be afraid to touch, let alone play. They may be a little rough around the edges… but then again, so am I… they are meant to be played… and played hard.
Someone once said to me…
"Any musical project that starts in the garage is okay with me".
What a great philosophy.
I AM NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE NOW DEFUNCT APOLLO GUITAR COMPANY FROM THE
60's AND 70's. THE FACT I USE THE APOLLO NAME IS PURELY COINCIDENTAL AND
STRICTLY DUE TO THE MYTHOLOGICAL CONNECTION.
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***PLEASE NOTE ***
I appreciate all the inquiries and requests I've been getting for custom instruments,
however I have several projects on the go that are taking up a lot of time.
Therefore, I will not be taking on any more projects until early 2013.
Please feel free to send requests so that I can assess my future workload,
but keep in mind that I can not make any promises at the moment.
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DISCLAIMER : Throughout this site the terms Les Paul, SG, Strat, Stratocaster, Tele, Telecaster, Jazz Bass, Mustang, Rickenbacker, Danelectro (and possibly others) may be used to describe guitars I have built or am building. This is for descriptive purposes only and these names are owned by their respective companies. I am in no way affiliated with them or any other guitar manufacturer and I do not make or claim to make copies of their guitars. I use ideas from many sources to come up with my own designs.
