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Still alive and well.

Just thought I would pop in and type a note to let everyone know I am still building. I have new models coming out and an entire new arsenal of machinery to build my guitars with. See you ate the James Burton International Guitar Festival!

Added by Gary Krepak- Sole Food Diddley Works on August 1, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Sole Food Diddley Works, Behind the Guitars

My Name is Gary Krepak, founder and sole luthier of Sole Food Diddley Works in Shreveport Louisiana.

I am married to Alison Yvette Simoneaux Krepak and have two sons, Alexander Vladimir and Zachary Austin.

This is a family business that one day, may actually BECOME a business, at the moment, it is a hobby that has become a business. I never envisioned the day that the Gispert box I grafted of piece of poplar to, would evolve so quickly into so many different instruments. Instruments… Continue

Added by Gary Krepak- Sole Food Diddley Works on January 7, 2009 at 6:08am — No Comments

How the Hell Did That Happen?

One day, after working at the music store, I came home to discover that Bo Diddley had died. The news really put a cloud over my day. Upon reading the article of his passing, they commented on his playing on a Cigar Box Guitar in his youth, thus explaining his preference in guitar shapes... This intrigued me. I Said "I can do that." Well, the day, I was at the smoke shop and Lowes, thre days later, Diddley King #1, was born. A week , later, two more followed, then I got online and start looking… Continue

Added by Gary Krepak- Sole Food Diddley Works on January 1, 2009 at 12:37am — 1 Comment

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