It's great to be back online after the long break!
Now, I know I told you all the news I was moving back to California but I didn't tell you the "whys" and "hows".
I got a job as a guitar builder, aka guitar luthier!
What most of you may not know about me is that I have worked construction my whole life with my father. (I even made my first guitar when I was 10 out of scrap wood. Let me tell you, it was beautiful! ;) haha!)
I know instruments and I know woodworking. So when I came across a job opening at Cordoba Guitars in Oxnard, right next to my home town of Ventura, I jumped at it!
I have now been working here for about 4 months and it has been wonderful! Our shop here in the U.S. is no big ol' production line. No, we have a shop of 5 people (including me) who build the Master series guitars and cool prototypes.
All the guys at the shop-yes, not surprisingly I'm the only lady on site ;)-are super skilled at what they do and are just great people to work with and learn from.
We have a big guitar show coming up which we're getting ready for and we are in the proses of building two beautiful limited edition Torres and Hausers.
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| Hauser (left) and Torres (right) w/ granadillo back and sides. |
Cordoba just recently came out with some cool videos with behind the scenes of our shop. You can even spot me here and there in both videos. (I'm the one with the short blonde hair and denim shop apron.) ;)
http://youtu.be/GY3XuPrC4F4
And
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2sEDApapnHs
In the shop I take the guitar once it has been assembled and will do everything from binding, neck carving, truss rods, fret boards and frets, to bridges, nuts, saddles, tuners, and setup.
I'm super proud to be a part of Cordoba; we put out some killer guitars!
Enjoy!
Erin out! :)
