This bass is completely (mostly) hand-made from wood slabs and lengths. It will be featured for sale once it’s gone through testing.

The New Four-String P-J Bass Build
Dear Friends and Family, Here it is! The new David T Design Bass! This is a four-string P-J Bass. It has a Precision Bass style

A Simple Acoustic Guitar Build
Hello Friends and Family, I receive marketing emails from Stewmac (Stewart MacDonald) from whom I buy much of my luthiery-specific tools and supplies. Occasionally they

Super Custom Tenor Ukulele (Custom built for Sue Tschirhart (my wife))
Here is the latest build in my growing catalog of handmade musical instruments. It is a Tenor Ukulele with solid Rosewood sides and bottom. A

Why Do I Find It Hard To Write In My Blog?
Greetings friends and family, I find myself wondering why it is so hard to start writing new blog posts. Perhaps if I had an editor

Progress: Energy Level Almost Normal
Hello friends and family, I’m back! I am finally getting my previous energy back after lung surgery, then chemo treatment. I have had a difficult

Update: Cancer Treatment Recovery: Meanwhile, Back To The Workshop
Greetings to family and friends, I thought I would give an update for those of you who wish to know how my lung cancer recovery

The Next Project : Interrupted by Lung Surgery
Hi Family and friends, This is the project I was working on when I was so rudely interrupted by life. I’m unable to do much
The Guitar Building/Repairing/Customizing Shop Is Up and Running (sort-of)
Here’s a gallery of pics. Stuff I’m working on. I have a bunch of repairs/custom jobs I started and had to set aside while awaiting

RETIREMENT! YAAAY! Pandemic! NaaaY!
Hello, friends and family, March 11th was the start of my retirement/beginning of my next life chapter. It was also the date we started social-distancing