Odyssey was my companion from age twelve through my early thirties. It was with Odyssey in a small village in France that I first improvised Andecy, and later recorded on this same instrument in San Francisco for the Windham Hill Guitar Sampler. Odyssey also journeyed with me to Spain, where I played Sunburst for John Williams — an encounter that became a pivotal moment in my life as a composer. When I recorded my first album "Perfect Sky", this is the guitar whose voice is captured. More than an instrument, Odyssey embodies a journey of trial, discovery, and return, carrying within it the resonance of my earliest and most formative music.

The name Odyssey reflects not only the nomadic journeys we shared but also the mythic arc of pilgrimage, remarkable encounters, and homecoming with lasting treasures. This instrument is more than wood and strings; with it, I composed all my early works, and it carries within it the resonance of a life’s beginning, a companion and witness to music that has since traveled the world.