John came to instrument making after more than thirty years as a furniture builder. A friend and fellow artist asked if he would build for him a big, loud, flashy steel string guitar. His first thought was to go for a Stu Mac or Martin kit, but after a thorough study of William Cumpiano’s excellent treatise on guitar building John felt the confidence to drop the kit approach. Making use of left over mahogany from a four-posted bed project and scraps from humidor building he built his “No Name” serial #000. It turns out that John is an idiot savant when it comes to luthiery. John is not a musician and can only play a G chord, despite this handicap; every musician who has had an opportunity to play it, enthusiastically received this first instrument.