Donald K. Wilson; Stringed Instruments, Fine Woodworking

Donald K. Wilson; Stringed Instruments, Fine Woodworking Building custom stringed instruments and fine woodworking. We welcome your custom project.

Luthier services, stringed instrument build, repair, setup
Antique wooden vehicle, build, repair
Custom cabinetry, millwork, furniture, antique, build repair
Carpentry restoration services

Backstrapping, bwb back plate covering and strengthening the peghead transition. Not sure of the inherent strength here...
08/09/2026

Backstrapping, bwb back plate covering and strengthening the peghead transition. Not sure of the inherent strength here or if this is the final design, life in the beta…! 😎.

Cutting the slot for the alignment glue block setting up the location of the horizontal dovetail. Beta laminate neck. ...
08/06/2026

Cutting the slot for the alignment glue block setting up the location of the horizontal dovetail. Beta laminate neck.

Surfacing and vectoring peghead face for overlay depth, fretboard intersection and nut flat. -2mm, 12d, 6.35mm, and go…...
08/05/2026

Surfacing and vectoring peghead face for overlay depth, fretboard intersection and nut flat. -2mm, 12d, 6.35mm, and go….

Setting up the peghead volute on one of the exp. horizontal dovetail laminate necks.
08/02/2026

Setting up the peghead volute on one of the exp. horizontal dovetail laminate necks.

1971 D35 tummy tuck done, subsequent repair progress. Rehydration successfully closed up the 7 cracks, no light shine...
07/21/2026

1971 D35 tummy tuck done, subsequent repair progress. Rehydration successfully closed up the 7 cracks, no light shines thru. On to the bench and gluepot.

AT17cw adirondack top, b+s tbd, curly hard maple lam neck, horizontal dovetail. Engineering from the inside out rather ...
07/11/2026

AT17cw adirondack top, b+s tbd, curly hard maple lam neck, horizontal dovetail. Engineering from the inside out rather than outside in, reproduction values… 😎.

1971 D35 tummy tucked, now to stitch it back together. There are at least 7 old crack repairs needing some tlc but lo...
06/19/2026

1971 D35 tummy tucked, now to stitch it back together. There are at least 7 old crack repairs needing some tlc but look at those 55 years of patina…!

06/13/2026

1971 D35 final heat treatment to remove the bridge wave and lower the height. I’m sure there is a thousand dollar machine out there to do this….

06/12/2026

1971 d35 tummy tuck progress. The deformation in front of the bridge came in at 3/8” with unplayable action. Multiple heat treatments at multiple points has it down to 1/16 and in the frets are in alignment with the top of the bridge. The final treatment will remove the rest of the twist and push the bridge/soundboard down to factory “flat”.

I switched over to French polish some time ago for exposure reasons but this reconstruction required a high build glos...
03/27/2026

I switched over to French polish some time ago for exposure reasons but this reconstruction required a high build gloss. Been a while but all good… 😎.

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245 VT Route 7A
Arlington, VT
05250

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Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
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