Experience

Cordaba music/Guild

• United States
• Music
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Finishing Manager

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Responsible for Guild and Hamer warranty repairs that ranged from re-top of acoustics, solid body electrics, re-fins, finish touch ups, re-frets, neck sets, and re-binds. Full vintage restorations as well as assisting with any Guild factory needs. Responsible for Guild and Hamer warranty repairs that ranged from re-top of acoustics, solid body electrics, re-fins, finish touch ups, re-frets, neck sets, and re-binds. Full vintage restorations as well as assisting with any Guild factory needs.



Fender Custom Shop

• Repair Technician/Builder

  • May 2005 - Jun 2014

  Responsible for the warranty work of all Fender brands, Fender electrics, Guild, Tacoma, and Benedettos. The range of work consisted of re-tops of acoustics, re-fins, re-frets, re-binds and non-warranty vintage restorations. Performed all functions in the building process of an instrument (scraper, filler, neck fitter, neck prep, adjuster, binder, bodyline tech, buffer, spray painter, etc.) Responsible for the warranty work of all Fender brands, Fender electrics, Guild, Tacoma, and Benedettos. The range of work consisted of re-tops of acoustics, re-fins, re-frets, re-binds and non-warranty vintage restorations. Performed all functions in the building process of an instrument (scraper, filler, neck fitter, neck prep, adjuster, binder, bodyline tech, buffer, spray painter, etc.)



Gibson Custom Shop

• Neck Shaper/Whitewood repair

  • Feb 2002 - Apr 2005

  Neck shaper for all production instruments, total neck line and body line production processes. Experience and knowledge of all operations of planers, time savers, precision vertical belt sanders, shapers, standard routers, pin routers, z-arm routers, band saws, drill press, manual press, komo and fadal machines. Whitewood repair and finish repair work. Team building of the Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton replicas, etc. Neck shaper for all production instruments, total neck line and body line production processes. Experience and knowledge of all operations of planers, time savers, precision vertical belt sanders, shapers, standard routers, pin routers, z-arm routers, band saws, drill press, manual press, komo and fadal machines. Whitewood repair and finish repair work. Team building of the Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton replicas, etc.



American Engineering Testing, Inc. (AET)

• United States
• Civil Engineering
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Heavy Equipment Operator

  • Nov 2001 - Feb 2002

  Gathering of soil samples, performance of artisan sample tests, cone rig density tests, retrieval of core samples and compaction testing. Gathering of soil samples, performance of artisan sample tests, cone rig density tests, retrieval of core samples and compaction testing.



Gibson Guitar Custom Shop

• Fret Level/Neck Fitter

  • Mar 1999 - Nov 2001

  Dressed and leveled all production models to company specifications and quality standards. The neck fitting of arch tops, ES(electrical solids) and solid bodies to correct pitch and alignments also to same company standards. Dressed and leveled all production models to company specifications and quality standards. The neck fitting of arch tops, ES(electrical solids) and solid bodies to correct pitch and alignments also to same company standards.