Jim Chelsvig Guitars, Chicago Illinois, USA

About Jim Chelsvig (continued)

This allowed me to meet Paul Wieland who came to visit and became my first paying customer (Thanks Paul!). I now refer to Paul as my Vice-President in Charge of Quality Control.

I don't pay him a nickel but he gets to "test-drive" every guitar I make. He enjoys it and it helps me find any problems before I ship an instrument to a customer. I also have a couple left-handed friends who will test and fine tune any lefty models I build.

So that's how I got here. I still have that other career plus another one beyond that. Luthiery is a part-time career/full-time passion. I'm still a novice and probably will be after 50 guitars!

Jim wet-sanding a guitar

But those of you who have taken a chance on my guitars are helping me to improve my craft and make a little money (Thanks Customers!). In return, I'm giving you what I hope is a fine sounding guitar, at a reasonable price, that you'll be happy to play for a long time.