LizardEye Guitars

08/03/2026

Pinning the fingerboard.

06/22/2026

Friends,
I've been away from the shop for a little while, taking some time off to tend to other things that needed my attention; however, I'll soon be emerging from the woods and will be back in the shop soon to finish up some guitars that are calling for me. Please stay tuned. Things will be picking up shortly.
-Fran

03/16/2026

Congratulations Chris on your Oscar win! "The Singers" won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. It's a wonderful film with an amazing cast of talented singers. Well worth a watch on Netflix.

01/13/2026

Patty Larkin has been a long time favorite guitar player, songwriter and performer of mine for so long I can't remember, but I do remember her 1999 album "A Gogo" playing nonstop in my CD player when it first came out, and it's still one of my all time favorites.

I was thrilled to hear from Patty last year that she had been touring with her LizardEye, and I had the chance to see her Friday night for a wonderful show at the Groton Hill Music Center. The sound was amazing.

Thanks to Karen Woodhall for sending me the photos from Patty's performance at the South Shore Folk Music Club.

01/11/2026

I had the extreme pleasure of seeing Chris Smither and The Motivators at the Iron Horse in November. Excellent show with some very talented musicians. It's always a great thrill and a huge honor to see the LizardEye in the hands of Chris.

Many thanks to Goody and Van Easton for sharing photos of your west coast tour. Each post brightened my day.

01/10/2026

Last fall Chris Smither told me that he was having trouble wrapping his thumb over the top of the neck to fret the low E string as he often does, and he asked if I could shave the neck down a bit. I took some careful measurements, made templates of the "before" profile to track the progress, took a big deep breath and went at it.

I took the overall depth down a bit and gave the neck a modified-V shape to give the thumb, as well as the rest of the fingers a little more reach around the neck. Chris was thrilled with the outcome and took the LizardEye on his west coast tour with The Motivators.

Tour photos to follow . . .

01/10/2026

It's been quite a while since I've posted anything on social media, but LizardEye has a lot to celebrate from 2025. I'll be posting more on that later.

Here is what's coming up for 2026. I have two OO sized, 12 fret non-cutaways, one 12 fret OM/OOO sized cutaway and one 14 fret OM/OOO cutaway which will be completed this year. Please stay tuned for more details and build updates.

Many thanks to all my LizardEye customers for your support and for playing my guitars. It always warms my heart to see you out there playing your guitar and to hear from you.

I hope you all have a happy and healthy 2026.

Fran

11/11/2025

All of us at LizardEye would like to wish Chris Smither a very Happy 81st Birthday!!

09/06/2025

Hey folks!
Check out this video of Chris Smither playing a Loudon Wainwright III song on his LizardEye. Sounding great Chris! I'm so happy to see this. Thanks so much!

I'm looking forward to seeing Chris and Loudon at the Groton Hill Music Center in a couple weeks. It's an amazing venue. Should be awesome!

Chris covers the Loudon Wainwright III song, Somebody Else. Follow Chris on Facebook: www.facebook.com/ChrisSmitherMusicsign up for his mailing list, find...