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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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Woodwork is complete- now for the finishing process. This is a Nautilus in BRW and Adirondack, and two days behind it in production is its little sibling, an Arum made with matching woods. This has been a fun project.
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A matched set of Commas- a Nautilus and an Arum of Brazilian from the same tree, and Adirondack spruce tops. Here they are with the pore filler complete and ready to receive their necks.
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My friend Sam Shube composes beautiful, gentle, and very unique finger style guitar music. Here he is, Shubeing up a storm on his Nautilus. This song makes me feel very cozy.
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An Arum, an octave mandolin and a Commando, all done and ready to ship as soon as my custom cases show up.
I’ve never had such a Goldilocksey tableau in my curing closet before. Although instead of porridge, they are all Brazilian rosewood.
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Seize the day! Carpe diem. It’s almost Christmas and I have this beauty available. It’s a 2022 Arum, Brazilian and Italian Spruce. It’s in excellent condition, and has a fresh setup. It’s a joy to play, and that Brazilian is so chocolatey! Top shelf appointments all around and a custom Calton flight case made of prized Smurf pelt. PM me for details. www.wilbornguitars.com
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Here is the Octave mandolin, the hulking brother of the Commando I posted yesterday. Same woods- BRW and Hollow Tree Sitka. This is still “ in the white”, meaning it hasn’t been lacquered yet. But the sound is really gratifying to me- deep, clear, lots of sustain and surprisingly loud. Now I’ll disassemble it and apply 12 coats of nitrocellulose lacquer. That will increase its top end harmonic content, and of course make it very shiny.
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This is a Commando. A Comma series mandolin. This is made with perfect chocolate Brazil rosewood, and a slice of gorgeous Hollow Tree Sitka. It’s only my second Comnando, and the first with a floating bridge and tailpiece. I’ll do a demo shortly. In the last picture, you can see it hanging with its brother, a Comma octave mandolin still in the white. This has been a fun but very brain-intensive few months.
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Brazilian Rosewood and German Spruce are the main ingredients for this epic 2021 Wilborn Nautilus. What Ben does with offset soundholes is remarkable—expansive, powerful bass, yet the EQ across the entire register feels perfectly balanced. Each note has a wide dynamic range, from feathery chord blends to plosive, punchy melodic lines.
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