Luthier's Specials from Birdsong Guitars, Wimberley, TX

~ Luthier's Special Builds ~
This is where you'll find special instruments we build as we're able to, made as they inspire us to be made. The Electric Jazz guitar will reappear here, as will other "very limited run" guitars & basses we come up with. This page will change & evolve with our whims, inspirations, and ideas.

After doing so much for the short-scalers among us, it occurred to us that there may be a few of you out there who have the opposite problem - you're bigger bodied than "average", and normal guitars feel & look small on you. They don't fit your body and they don't fill your hands. And you don't want a 335, and the big companies have paid about as much attention to your needs as they have to we smaller folks. I feel your pain, just the opposite. Nothing's ever been sized for me either, and if it has been it's been done half-assed. What you need is a solid body designed for a plus size frame... Well here you go! We'll be building a small number of these XL guitars this year for you. Who'd have thought it'd take a little guy to figure this one out?! XLarge NECK - XLarge BODY - XLarge TONE These are hand built in our Texas workshop with all the love & mojo we're known for. More details to come, and they'll appear in inventory as they become available. Builds #001 and #002 are prototypes, a Walnut & Zircote, Mahogany-necked 12-string and the Poplar bodied 6-string I'm holding. Stay tuned, this could be exciting... (Info on pricing to come as it gets closer to completion - the Ziricote 12 is for a client, but the Poplar may be available.)	Look way too big & long on me? Good - I'm 5'4"! Latest shot of the Poplar prototype, #2: The pickguard template will be replaced by an actual "vintage tortoise" pickguard... Prototype #1 is rear routed.
The Tulip Bass! What in the name of all that's holy is this, you ask? Well it's tiny, cute as all get-out, and the story is this: I cut 2 Walnut Cortobass wings out to glue up with a wide center section, and laid them together on the bench. Something caught my eye about the slender little shape, and before you know it (with a little artistic embellishment of Mahogany, Ebony & Bloodwood) it was glued up. A little single pickup fretless it shall be... think of it as a "chopped, channeled & sectioned" Cortobass. If you're an old-school Hot Rodder. For the rest of you, think of it as... well, something else. (Info on pricing to come as it gets closer to completion.)
The Birdsong "Texas Natural" Lap Steel Fun! All Mesquite with a Rosewood board (and very subtle lines), here coming together is another odd workshop project. Crushed Turquoise inlays are planned for this one on the fretboard and headstock. Pickup selection & position will be for a much fuller, bluesier tone than traditional lap steels. (Info on pricing to come as it gets closer to completion.)

For more information, please Email us or call the workshop: 512.847.6014

Birdsong Guitars
PO Box 1745
Wimberley, TX 78676
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