Jake Wildwood & Co

Jake Wildwood & Co Sales, repairs, and restoration of vintage and antique fretted and bowed musical instruments.

My business is a curious mixture of my repair work, blogging and photos, sales, personal interest, history, and blathering in and around vintage, antique, and curious old musical instruments. I mostly work on various guitars, mandolins, banjos, and ukuleles but also have an appetite for odd ethnic instruments from around the world and bizarre electric gear.

Not for sale!1980s Time (VT-made) V-style electric guitarIn for mild setup and fussing…
09/09/2026

Not for sale!

1980s Time (VT-made) V-style electric guitar

In for mild setup and fussing…

Not for sale!1996 Dobro metal-bodied resonator guitar w/wide coneJust in for a neck angle adjustment, level/dress if the...
09/09/2026

Not for sale!

1996 Dobro metal-bodied resonator guitar w/wide cone

Just in for a neck angle adjustment, level/dress if the frets, and setup and saddle work. I love the color!

Late summer goodtimes with Bonnie Wildwood
09/09/2026

Late summer goodtimes with Bonnie Wildwood

09/09/2026

This fella pulled our cam into the garden shed and made himself (or herself) the main attraction…

Freshly-for-sale acoustics batch 2 — with highlights being a beat-up Nat resonator mandolin, Collings MT2O mandolin, fir...
09/04/2026

Freshly-for-sale acoustics batch 2 — with highlights being a beat-up Nat resonator mandolin, Collings MT2O mandolin, first-ever wood-body National Tricone prototype with brass(!) cones, and extremely-figured koa Iseman Weissenborn-style guitar…

Freshly-for-sale acoustics batch 1 — a bunch of flattops including a spiff (Bauer, as I recall) x-braced Brazilian RW pa...
09/04/2026

Freshly-for-sale acoustics batch 1 — a bunch of flattops including a spiff (Bauer, as I recall) x-braced Brazilian RW parlor, x-braced Harmony H165, ‘60s Texan, and other friends…

We were gifted some fun antiques yesterday, so I finally fixed a recent traffic problem since the last store shuffle…
08/30/2026

We were gifted some fun antiques yesterday, so I finally fixed a recent traffic problem since the last store shuffle…

Not for sale!1890s Haynes-made spruce/mahogany parlor guitarThis sucker needed so much to get it going that it was wild ...
08/29/2026

Not for sale!

1890s Haynes-made spruce/mahogany parlor guitar

This sucker needed so much to get it going that it was wild to see it finally done. No, we are not responsible for the wonk back crack fill jobs!

After finishing, I fit a K&K pickup with a very retro-style volume k**b in the soundhole. Thank you to Josey Ami Rodriguez and Sarah King for helping me move it forward!

Sold!1960s Teisco/Kawai electric guitarAncel Coburn modded this one into glory — Firebird pickup and fresh harness repla...
08/29/2026

Sold!

1960s Teisco/Kawai electric guitar

Ancel Coburn modded this one into glory — Firebird pickup and fresh harness replaced the bad-coil original, new compensated saddle, fretwork, proper setup, all the goodness! It’s super-light and sounds tops…

08/29/2026

Not for sale — but pics and info at the site! There is also a bit if a how-to guide for improving some aspects of these in there…

1957 National 1133 solidbody resonator guitar

Address

645 VT-100 S
Rochester, VT
05767

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

+18022308161

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