Handbuilt gypsy jazz Selmer-style guitar named 'Jimmy' with natural spruce top by Paul McEvoy Guitars.

Jimmy is another Selmer-style build — a gypsy jazz guitar with a bright, natural spruce top, photographed at my bench under the studio's north-facing windows overlooking Portland.

Like most of what comes out of my shop, I built it on spec rather than to a specific order — an instrument I was excited to build first, and find the right player for after.