51 min listen
Podcast 136: Wyatt Wilkie of Wilkie Stringed Instruments
Podcast 136: Wyatt Wilkie of Wilkie Stringed Instruments
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51 minutes
Released:
Feb 16, 2017
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Podcast episode
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If you love a good story, you’ll want to tune into this week’s podcast with luthier Wyatt Wilkie. Though he comes from a musical family, Wilkie is a completely self-taught instrument maker. He built his very first instrument, a mandocello, while working in New Mexico as a gravedigger. He then moved to a small town in Wales where he honed his craft and eventually found himself in Georgia apprenticing for archtop guitar icon Bob Benedetto. Wilkie is now nestled in the Comox Valley on British Columbia’s Vancouver Island, where he divides his time today between mandolins and archtop guitars. Nearly all of his work is exquisite and custom… and no two guitars are alike. This week’s episode is sponsored by Dying Breed Music: https://www.gbase.com/stores/dying-breed-music Links mentioned: http://wilkiestringedinstruments.com http://laconnerguitarfestival.com https://www.fretboardjournal.com/columns/fretboard-journal-38-whats-inside/
Released:
Feb 16, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode
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