Inspired by a yearning to "Fly Up North," this design came to Wyatt on a hot summer day in the deep south, when Wyatt was building guitars at Benedetto.
The son of a professional mandolinist, Wyatt has been building this rarified instrument for over a decade, learning from master luthiers across the globe, from Indonesia to England to Savannah, Georgia.

See Wyatt's latest design, the Athabascan, inspired by the spare elegance of this northern landscape.
In addition to mandolins, Wyatt builds two models of archtop guitar. On his own after a two-year apprenticeship with world-renowned luthier, Bob Benedetto, Wyatt is nearly ready to introduce two original designs to the world of archtop jazz guitars.

Read about Wyatt Wilkie's current projects as he blogs from his shop twice a week.