Published on: June 4, 2018 at 5:00 AM
By Tommy Black
Fritz Brothers Guitars, Fairhope
The Maker: Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz used a sheet of plywood and a three-color crayon to make his first guitar.“My father wanted me to take up the trumpet, but I wanted to play guitar,” Fritz said. “When he wouldn’t buy me one, I built my own when I was 13.”
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