Jon is the founder of Woodsong’s Lutherie.  In 1981, after graduating from the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, he decided Boulder, Colorado was the place to settle and open a shop.  

The owners of Folk Arts Music on Broadway Street, were kind enough to offer a space with-in the store for a repair business… and so it began.

In 1985, Jon purchased the music store from Ned and Laurel Alterman and the name of the store was changed to H.B. Woodsongs. After managing both the retail and repair aspects of the business for six years,  Jon determined that his true desire was to focus on Lutherie alone.  

The retail side of the store was sold, and became two separate businesses that co-exist beautifully to this day,  Woodsong’s Lutherie and H.B. Woodsongs.  The demand for services steadily grew over the years, and partners were brought in to meet the demand.  

Mike arrived at Woodsong’s Lutherie in 1996.  Prior to joining the Woodsong’s team, he served as a guitar technician for bands in the Seattle area. Mike specializes in mandolins, violins, resonators as well as both electric guitar and bass.  Mike has a well-rounded knowledge of many instruments and enjoys playing the bass in local bands.

A graduate of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery, Matt Joined the Woodsong’s Lutherie team in the spring of 2000. While primarily interested in the guitar in all its various forms, Matt also enjoys working with electric basses, mandolins, violin family instruments, and the occasional banjo. Matt is particularly interested in working with vintage guitars, and has an affinity for vintage Gibson guitars in particular. 

Greg Nichols started his lutherie career at the Roberto-Venn school of Luthiery in the spring of 2002. After course completion, Greg stayed on to apprentice with course leader John Reuter, building primarily acoustic guitars until the spring of 2003.

In the summer of 2003, Greg began working at Woodsong's Lutherie, repairing and restoring stringed instruments with some of the top luthiers in the world.

Presently, Greg is focused on our partnership with Wildwood Guitars, a guitar dealer in Louisville, Colorado, that specializes in boutique and limited run guitars from all major manufacturers. Standards are very high and each guitar is sent out of the shop free of any finish flaws and imperfections, set up to play like a dream for world class players and the average joe alike.

Adrian hails from the Bay Area of California, where he started his career as a DIY touring and self-published musician, and amateur guitar technician. As the pandemic halted live music altogether, he decided to explore his passion for guitars further. An old touring friend suggested Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix, Arizona. While there, he earned his Certificate of Luthiery.

After attending their guitar building and repair course, he decided he would rather fix what is already here than build new guitars. From there, was recruited by Woodsong’s Lutherie, and joined the team in 2021. Adrian now enjoys working on all manner of stringed instruments, but especially enjoys helping working-class, touring musicians.

Parker joined the Woodsong’s Lutherie team in September of 2020. Venturing out from his small hometown in Wisconsin at 19 years old, he attended Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery in Phoenix, Arizona in the fall of 2018.  After graduating, he moved back to Wisconsin and started an apprenticeship in the evenings after his day job with Andrew Madsen (Madsen Guitars), a luthier who primarily focuses on custom built instruments and repair. Andrew encouraged Parker to get out of Wisconsin and continue chasing his dream of lutherie with Jon Eaton at Woodsong’s.

Parker is very involved in the local music scene in Boulder and Denver and fronts his own 3-piece band, SEMPAR. He enjoys seeing live music and meeting fellow musicians and making their instruments play the best that they can. Parker enjoys working on acoustic guitars, electric guitars and basses and takes great pride in his craftsmanship.