We’re Derek Webb and Abbie Parker — two working musicians who built the Dead Ringer out of pure necessity. Derek needed a way to take just one acoustic guitar on the road, but still capture the rubber-bridge sound he’d used all over his new album. Nothing existed that could do the job, so we designed one ourselves.

This is not a product dreamed up by a big company in a boardroom. It’s something we made in our home, by hand, because we needed it. And once it worked, we realized other players might want it too.

Derek is a veteran artist and songwriter (Caedmon’s Call, nearly a million records sold, Dove Awards, and a decades-long solo career).

Abbie is a sought-after studio vocalist and music business veteran (formerly of I AM THEY), who also designed the first Dead Ringer prototypes and co-engineered every part of the process.

We’re both entrepreneurs and freelancers at heart, and the Dead Ringer is our little “mom and pop” operation — dreamed up in the studio, tested on stage, and brought to life right here in our home.

So when you order a Dead Ringer, it doesn’t just come from “a company.” It comes from us — two musicians who wanted to solve a problem for ourselves, and wound up creating something we’re proud to share with you.