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We wrote a new song this morning! This is called So Says the Little Bird.
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The Prodigal Baritone returns for a tune up, and I am really pleased with how it sounds after 4 years.
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Well, I am very happy to report that my new 2026 spec guitar has been claimed, and will be welcomed into its new home by a couple of older and more experienced Wilborn guitars. I’ll definitely be making a video demo of this guitar before it goes away, though- I am expecting it will sound wonderful. Thank you, David!
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Call me old fashioned, but I love jet black, straight grained ebony fingerboards. I just got this stellar shipment from Rahoul Waghmare. I begged him to select boards that had none of the mineral spotting that plagues Ceylon ebony, and he absolutely complied. I’ve been buying wood from him for maybe 10 years, and he is an honest man with a good eye for stock. Now I’ll let these babies rest for at least a year even though they are quite dry.
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Here’s a Nautilus I’ve been building in the tiny spaces in between commissions. Because I have too much free time? No- because I couldn’t wait to see this Brazilian rosewood with spalted sapwood in guitar form. And that honey- striped cedar as well. Now I’m in the home stretch of the building, and this guitar will be available in a couple months.
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Day two of five in the booth for this beautiful Arum in Brazilian and Tunnel 14 redwood.
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Here’s a cool jig I made years ago to make fretting easier. The holes are all exactly the same depth, and the wooden fin is adjustable for both fingerboard width and taper. In addition, the holes are laid out using the rule of 18, so that the length of the frets increase (left to right) at the same rate that the fingerboard slot layout does. Once you are set up there is no measuring required, and nipping and filing the tangs produces a perfect fit inside the bound fingerboard slot every time. Also, a dedicated cradle to hold the neck while hammering in the frets is very handy.
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Ok, then. Woodworking is complete on this Tree-flavored Sidewinder. Now for the spray booth and 15 or so coats of lacquer.
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Wilborn Sidewinder, The Tree mahogany, Adirondack spruce, bound in Macassar ebony. Dang.
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The side assembly of this Tree Sidewinder is complete. This is the sort of spine and ribcage of the guitar-animal. Always a nice milestone in the progress of a build. But the way, the interior of this guitar is all Cuban mahogany or Spanish cedar, with the exception of the tailblock, which is madrone. Very Spanish/Newworld assembly!
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Next up is a Sidewinder in the near-mythical Tree mahogany and a premium Adirondack spruce top. The makings of a great guitar! Very exciting/ scary to bend wood that is worth more than my car.
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