I went on a great adventure with my good friend Ronnie Czajkowski, master carpenter for Bruce Springsteen, who has also worked with Dead & Company and Billy Joel. Ronnie, after many phone calls, got me an audience with Johnny Depp. As I worked in my shop and watched his defamation lawsuit I really felt a […]
wanted to post something Star Wars themed I made and I remembered the time I met Rick Springfield. My friend and music industry veteran Bobby Chirmside invited me and @wra_88 to the @rickspringfield show at the Count Basie theater Wednesday December 14th, 2016. I wanted to make a gift for Rick. It was hard with it being the busiest […]
This was a cool project that had to be done in a short amount of time for famed Rob Zombie/Marilyn Manson/solo guitarist John 5. My new friend Mike Freemantle approached me to make a custom neck for his Texas Chainsaw Massacre LeatherFace Guitar for John 5. Mike is a guitar designer/artist and also fabricates a […]
I had to get this black Gibson Chet Atkins guitar done for the Billy Joel show last Thursday at Madison Square Garden in New York. This guitar is used on Billy’s song The Entertainer. I did two weeks work in two days. I was at the mercy of the glue drying on the bridge and […]
Model: Petillo WAVE #0002 (featuring the Asbury Park Boardwalk headstock inlay) Body Style: Petillo Point (Masterpiece Series design invented by my Father (Dr. Phil Petillo) Finish: Lacquer “Fire Red Burst” Top, Sides & Back: German Flame Maple Body Binding & Neck Heel Cap: African Padauk with top trim paua abalone sea shell/highlighted in black white […]
