Oceanside luthier finds his way back from son's death by making one-of-a-kind guitars

Zoe Guitars founder Shawn Weimer says he lost interest in life after losing his 12-year-old son in 2008

Seven years ago, Shawn Weimer started Zoe Guitars, a custom luthier business in Oceanside named after his infant granddaughter, Zoe.

Weimer’s guitars, made to order from rare, exotic and ancient hardwoods from around the world, take up to three months to carve, build, inlay and finish, and they fetch up to $6,000.

Weimer grew up in Orange County and was studying advertising at a Santa Barbara arts school in 1986 when a friend’s husband taught him the basics of guitar-making in his cabinetmaking carpentry studio. An amateur musician himself, Weimer fell in love with the hobby, but set it aside to focus on building a successful media production company in Santa Maria with his wife, Sally.

“We enjoyed the work we did, but part of me felt like I was just keeping myself busy so I didn’t have to think about Zack. I had a gun to my head at one point and felt useless. A counselor taught me the only way to get through was to just think about taking my next breath, nothing more. But I still walked around like a zombie. Then Zoe was born.”

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