About Us

                    John Baxendale

John has been interested in wood working since he was ten years old. He began working on guitars with his father, Scott Baxendale.  He started in 1996 at his father’s little shop in the Denver Folklore Center repairing old Kay and Harmony student model guitars. In 1998 he helped with the start-up of the Colfax Guitar Shop, where he worked part time through high school. In 2001 he assumed full-time responsibility at the shop handling a majority of the repair work. During his nine years at Colfax Guitar Shop he repaired more than four thousand instruments. He also restored many antique and vintage guitars including several pre-war Martins, pre-CBS Strats and Teles. John has built many acoustic guitars that were greatly inspired by the restoration work on fine instruments. His approach in building guitars is to maintain traditional aesthetics, but he thoroughly enjoys consulting with a client to achieve a unique design.  John takes great pride in his work and he is always willing to go the extra mile to ensure the highest level of customer satisfaction. His handmade & custom guitars are designed under the name JC Baxendale.
 
On a personal note, John originated in Garland, Texas but has lived in Denver since 1994.  He now resides in Northeast Denver with his wife and 2 small children. When he is not doing something guitar related, you will find him hanging out with his family, fly fishing, or watching baseball.

                               Greg Worth

Greg has experience in many aspects of music and is delighted to have settled into the guitar business. In his youth, Greg played instruments from clarinet and saxophone, to guitar and flute. At age 20 Greg started a music booking agency. Although it was short lived, Greg learned much about the music industry during that time. He chose to stay in the music business opening a t-shirt print shop serving many large music stores in New York City. He also produced shirts for local bands and Calzone Cases. To this day he continues to print and embroider apparel for the music business as well as other industries.

In 2006 Greg developed an interest in buying and selling guitars. He found that he enjoyed comparing different types of guitars and listening to each one’s unique tone and sound. During this time Greg read a book called “Clapton’s Guitar,” a book about the luthier Wayne Henderson. The book sparked Greg’s interest in guitar building. He began visiting guitar shops around the country including Wayne’s shop in Virginia and Colfax Guitar Shop in Denver, Colorado. At the Colfax shop Greg met John Baxendale and the pair began a friendship based on their mutual interest in guitars.  John was already an accomplished master luthier, and with his help, Greg is now embarking on his journey toward becoming a luthier in their venture together at the Colorado Guitar Company.

Micah Lundy

Micah has over 17 years experience in building, restoring, repairing, setting up and customizing stringed instruments.