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Jake

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Which Musical Artist Are You?30 year old musician, guitar maker and overall guitar nerd, born and raised here in the big mitten. Most of my days are filled with sawdust from a variety exotic woods, bagels, coffee, chisels, rasps, sanders... I collect oddly enough vintage guitars and mandolins, and handmade American guitars made by a variety of makers and spend most of my time off playing music with my friends or hanging out in the northwoods. I live in Kalamazoo with my girl Kristin, and our dogs Merlin and Sol, and our soon to be baby boy or girl. I build Robinson guitars which are mostly acoustic guitars, but I am branching out a bit into banjos, dobros and electric guitars. The shop is for the time being in an old train depot downtown across the street from the best brewery in the world Bell's Brewery (watch out for Joe Short's soft parade!!!) I like the Two hearted and would highly suggest you try one if your an IPA fan... I play electric guitar and some steel guitar in Airborne or Aquatic with Seth Bernard,Daisy May, Dave Bruzza, Luke Winslow King, Susan Faucett, and Dustin Edwards our first album is out there now and we are headed to Hoxeyville next week to start laying down tracks for our second release which will be out some time this summer. Life is good!!!***If you'd like more info on my line of guitars visit my website or check out my blog "The Robinson Effect" at www.robinsonguitars.com/blog/ there you can find links to my other site and dealers sites that carry my guitars***

My Interests

Guitars, good tone, guitar making, woodworking, flyfishing, music, festivals, Airstreams, lobster, Jerky chicken dogs, Land Rovers, Zach's stoney chicken, blueberries, travel, steelhead, .

I'd like to meet:

Ry Cooder,Bill Frisell, Bob Dylan, John Haitt, Sonny Landreth, Jerry Garcia, Ghandi, Jesus...

Music:

ekoostik Hookah, Greensky bluegrass, Steppin in it, Seth Bernard & Daisy May, Bill Frisell, Derek Trucks, Steve Kimock, Hubert Sumlin, The Grateful Goddamn Dead, Allman Bros, Waylan, Wille and the Boys, UV Hippo, Soulive, Kelly Joe Phelps, Dave Taylor, Luke The Winsow King, John Haitt, Dylan, Steely Dan, Traffic, The Faces, those Beatles guys... Chicago, Three Dog Night.

Movies:

Office Space, Best in Show, Guffman, Spinal Tap, Star Wars, Wedding Crashers, Old School

Television:

Seinfeld, Ray, Weeds, Deadwood, Jon Stewart, Simpsons, Family Guy, This old House, New Yankee Workshop

Books:

Marley & Me, A Walk in the Woods, I'm a Stranger Here myself, The World is Flat

Heroes:

Mom & Dad, Bob Dylan, Ghandi, Jesus, Steve Sweney (sorry THE STEVE SWEENEY), Bill Frisell, Wardo, C.F. Martin, Orville Gibson, Bryan Galloup, Jeff Traugott, Ervin Somogyi, McGyver, Indian Jones, Luke Skywalker, Wille Nelson, Waylon.