Jayne Henderson

Hi! Thanks for stopping in to check out my instruments!

I began making acoustic guitars with my dad, the very talented musician and luthier Wayne Henderson, as a means to pay off my law school loans and ended up loving the work so much that I decided to put a pin in my endeavors to pursue a career in environmental law and pursue instrument building. For the past fifteen years, I have set out to learn all I can from my dad in order to preserve and carry on his incredible trade while adding my own methods aesthetic to his traditional techniques.

I am hoping to chisel a space for myself within the luthier community by working to meld tradition with environmentally thoughtful practices. Many of my instruments are made from local wood that I find within a small radius from my home in the Appalachian mountains or from materials located farther away but that are thoughtfully and sustainably harvested. Using these materials and my dad's building techniques I am working to change the idea that only exotic endangered hardwoods can make a beautiful, great sounding instrument.

I currently work primarily from my small shop in Asheville, NC. However, I often use the excuse of avoiding the mess of doing finish work in my space to visit my dad’s shop in Virginia as much as possible.