PRODUCT REVIEW
Edge Doublecut
BY MICHAEL ROSS
SCHROEDER
We introduced you to guitar builder Jason Z. Schroeder with a
review of his Radio Lane model in the November 2009 PG. To
briefly recap: Schroeder began exploring luthiery by building himself a bass, and this led to an interest in exotic tonewoods. While
raising a family and working as a geologist, he moonlighted as a
luthier. When legendary archtop maker Bob Benedetto advised,
“Do what you love, the money will come,” Schroeder shifted his
main career toward guitar building.
builders like Gene Baker, Mark Bartel, Dennis Fano, Roger Giffin,
Johan Gustavsson, and Saul Koll—Schroeder continues to build
custom instruments at his shop in Redding, California, in addition to
the three standard models he has built at PBG under the supervision
of master builder Gene Baker. “My purpose in joining PBG was to
give customers the option to play some of my guitars at a dealership before they buy,” says Schroeder. PBG also enables interested
buyers to avoid the wait associated with a custom guitar.
Although he recently became a member of the Premier Builders
Guild—which has no relation to this publication and also includes
For this review, Schroeder sent us one of his custom instruments
that is near and dear to his heart. As a guitarist in the band Clear
