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EPISODE · Aug 1, 2026 · 22 MIN

Harvey Doo-Wop on his custom T-style short scale guitar

from Play for Keeps: Stories for the Custom Curious · host MachMachines

Harvey Doo-Wop, former guitarist and bassist in Black Math and Le Tour, chats with old friends David Mach Showalter and Jennifer Vianello. Harvey is a two-time MachMachines custom player with a short-scale T-style electric guitar and a MachMachines Cuyler Model hollow-body electric guitar. He talks about the custom instrument process, changing careers, reconnecting with music, and his obscure hobby photographing portapotties.Play for Keeps features the custom instrument clients of MachMachines — a Chicago-based independent builder of guitars, basses, and ukuleles. Every MachMachines commission begins with a conversation and ends with an instrument fine-tuned to the player's sound, style, and story. Play for Keeps aims to continue the conversations and share the stories.#guitar #luthier #music #machmachinesmusic

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