Wilkie Stringed Instruments http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Custom Archtop http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/custom-archtop/ http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/custom-archtop/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 02:00:35 +0000 wyatt http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/?p=1559 Fitting the neck to Steve Rowe’s custom archtop guitar.
This unusual design features a curly Port Orford Cedar top,
Claro Walnut back and sides and a figured African Mahogany neck.
The headstock inlay is a stylized Port Orford Cedar tree in abalone and pearl.

]]> http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/custom-archtop/feed/ 3 Hand-carved ebony http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/bridges/ http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/bridges/#comments Sun, 13 May 2012 01:34:18 +0000 wyatt http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/?p=1554 Hand-carving ebony bridges and saddles for various mandolin and guitar models.

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]]> http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/15-archtop-guitar-2/feed/ 0 Athabascan Mandolin http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/athabascan-mandolin/ http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/05/athabascan-mandolin/#comments Sun, 06 May 2012 01:21:48 +0000 wyatt http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/?p=1548 French polishing an Athabascan Mandolin in Black Walnut.

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French polishing a few archtop guitars

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]]> http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/04/japanese-saw/feed/ 0 ‘Round Midnight http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/04/it-aint-necessarily-so/ http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/2012/04/it-aint-necessarily-so/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:56:43 +0000 wyatt http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com/?p=1518

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