WL Vintage Stringed Instruments

09/02/2026

11/10/2024

Recent find. Very cool early 1900’s Lyon & Healy made Montgomery Wade Thornward bowl back mandolin. Those fingerboard inlays drew me right in! Overall, not too bad of shape. Fixed a separating back seam now working on some split top brace ends. Next, new bridge and some cleanup.

10/23/2023

Come on down to Sunday, Oct 29th 1-3:45pm for some old timey banjo pluckin’, fiddle sawin’, and guitar pickin’ goodness!

10/22/2023

Fiddling around Sunday AM.

05/29/2023

Had one of the most satisfying repairs lately. My good pickin’ pal John turned 80 recently. I was able to repair his father’s old ukulele in time for his old time jam party yesterday. As soon as I gave it to him he gifted it to his three year old grandson visiting from the east coast. It was a magical moment! So happy to help with family treasures!

10/09/2022

I finished this fun project up a while ago. It is a great little guitar and is now available on Reverb. Check out the details below: 1969 Harmony H927 Guitar for Sale (Lots of Work, Player Ready)!
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07/09/2022

Next up a 69’ H927 Harmony guitar. Not in too of bad shape. Back coming off with some back cracks and loose braces. Will be a neat little birch box once complete!

05/09/2022

Back to the banjos. Old Fairbanks this time. Someone “installed” more modern tuners and caused the cheek of the peghead to split off 😞. Lots of work to do.

04/02/2022

Lots of work done on this 67’ Silverstone and now she’s a player! Available on Reverb.com.