Dog Tired Guitars

03/01/2025

After quite a few years, we've got some new shirt colors!! Check out the website. I'm really stoked with how they turned out!

Show the world you're Dog Tired with a great tee

11/17/2024

I’m in Seattle for a gig at a big conference, and we hit the Seattle International Auto Show. Saw some AMAZING cars, including a freaking Muira and an RWB 911!! A 911 is my dream car, so I was in heaven.

09/17/2024

My friend, , debuting his Dog Tired bass with at the Hard Rock Cafe in Tulsa over the weekend. It’s always a great feeling when seeing something you created being put to proper use by a pro.

08/23/2024

Finally got this one finished up and off to its new home with and . Looking forward to seeing the adventures this one goes on.

- Sapele body with zebrawood top
- 5 piece maple/wenge neck
- Richlite fretboard
- Bone nut
- EMG BQS active preamp

08/18/2024

This zebrawood looks AMAZING after a few coats of to***co brown dye and some wipe-on poly top coat. The chatoyance practically glows in the daylight. Really looking forward to getting this in the hands of and watching him rip it up with !

07/28/2024

Stillwater is known as the birthplace of Red Dirt music, with its genesis being a place just outside town called The Farm. The Farm was an old 2-story Sears Roebuck house where the early pioneers of the genre would gather with Bob Childers to write, play and hone their craft. The house burned down a long time ago, but the central garage/pavilion (dubbed The Gypsy Cafe) still stands and hosts evening jams and gatherings with local musicians. There are also several old, dilapidated outbuildings standing on the property.

When my friend Patrick asked me to build him a bass, he spec’d the body shape, finish, and pickup selection, but didn’t have a preference on wood. He wanted something with a story, though, and I couldn’t think of any better music stories from the area than those that surround this legendary gathering place.

03/19/2024

I got some incredible news tonight! I got the ok to grab some REALLY special wood for my next couple of guitars. It's stuff like this that got me interested in building guitars in the first place.

More details to come...

03/03/2024

Apparently my retirement from building was short-lived. I plan to build more guitars this spring, and I'm looking for some barn wood. Anyone have or know someone with an old barn who wouldn't mind getting rid of some wood? It doesn't have to be in Payne County. I don't mind driving a couple of hours to pick it up.

08/14/2023

The last Dog Tired guitar. Custom spec’d by my client.
- Alder body
- 3 piece maple/wenge neck
- Pau ferro fretboard
- Kalahari gold paint code

07/26/2023

Finally got beauty shots of this one, the CraftsmanCaster. Chambered oak body and wenge neck. This one was built using the same wood the client’s dad used to craft all the interior woodwork of his house.

05/06/2023

You know. Just a quick pic with

05/05/2023

Good morning from the !

05/04/2023

If you’re headed to Dallas for the guitar show this weekend, be sure to come by and say hi! I’ll have a booth fully stocked with straps and a new shirt color.