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Greg Jackson comes from a family whose rich musical history dates back
eight generations. His troubadour ancestors played reels, waltzes and
ballads in camps and makeshift taverns along the Mississippi River is
the late 1830's, as they made their way to the Staked Plains, or Llano
Estatacado.
Always searching for a better guitar, but frustrated by the price tags mass-produced instruments with inferior quality workmanship, Greg began building his own instruments in the early 1980's.  He
teamed up with the late Stephen Trued, a gifted electrical engineer and
physics prodigy, and Robert Kettron, a custom furniture craftsman. Together,
they formed Jaket Custom Guitars. Stephen, the banjo player for the bluegrass
group, Killbilly, contributed his engineering knowledge to improve the
sound quality, and helped design the transducer pickups available in Jaket
instruments. Mr. Kettron provided his extensive knowledge of wood and
specialized tools to start the company.Jaket Custom Guitars provides a full range of luthier services. We design and build quality, custom-fitted stringed instruments, including, but not limited to guitars, basses, resonator guitars, banjos, and mandolins. Expert repair work is also available. Greg Jackson records and performs locally throughout the Dallas/Ft Worth metroplex in North Texas. Booking information is available here. Greg studied music at the University of North Texas and has been published in the Lutherie Woods and Steel String Guitars, a publication is available from the Guild of American Luthiers. |
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hundred years later, the Jackson family was firmly established in the
wind-blown Texas Panhandle. Here, Greg grew up in a family of musicians
that included his father, brother, sister, 10 uncles and both sets of
grandparents and a wide array of cousins and friends. Greg learned to
play guitar, mandolin, and banjo before he started elementary school,
and out of necessity, learned to repair the wide variety of wooden instruments
owned by his family.
Jaket
Custom Guitars. Copyright 2001-2002, All Rights Reserved.