Gallery Please note these are for your viewing pleasure and are all sold. Lots of photos - grab a beverage Perpetually Under Reconstruction. As my Papa used to say, "Watcha you head."

These are selected pictures of instruments made in our workshop. There are models and features shown that have changed; the specific pages for the Cortobass & Sadhana basses will always have all the current info & specifications. Feel free to call us anytime at 512.847.6014.


Here is a gallery of some of the Birdsongs that flew the nest in 2007...
Some 2007 Birdsongs...























Here are some of the 2008 Birdsongs flying the nest & finding their homes...

 
 



Cortobasses

The fretless half of the 2nd Anniversary pair... Texas pecan 2006

Sadhanas

A wild Sadhana of solid Zebrawood Rear routed, gold hardware

Customs & One-offs

Electric tenor guitar Texas Pecan 2001 Custom guitar body Rosewashed Alder Woodburned roses 2004

Interesting... some of the wilder stuff

THIS is none other than psychedelic guitar legend Leigh Stephens, best known for his brain sizzling tone and wild feedback on Blue Cheer's Vincebus Eruptum album in 1968. He's playing a custom guitar Scott built for him in the late '90s, shown at the Chet Helms Memorial Tribal Stomp, a huge free concert in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco in October, 2005. The Blue Cheer reunion rocked and Leigh wailed. What an honor to see this guitar, in his hands, onstage there with Blue Cheer, singing to 20,000 people on a beautiful sunny day... no "Summertime Blues" inside of me! Photo copyright 2005 Millard Ellingsworth - do not use without permission!

More about #007

Fun...

Mahogany
Mahogany is one of our favorite woods; it's the main wood we use for our Cortobasses. It works like butter,
has fantastic warm tone, and just about glows under an oil finish. We'll use Honduran as long as we're able.


Blackwashed Mahogany
This is our own special finish ~ on plain Mahogany it's gorgeous, bringing out unexpected iridescence & depth.
On wilder pieces it has to be seen to be believed. It looks as if the instrument was carved from "tiger's eye". 




  

 
Interesting Woods

Options

Hipshot extender key	Engraved plaque	Wood knobs	Black hardware	Left handed
Optional wood combos	Thumbrest 1	Thumbrest 2 (for single pickup basses)	Gold Hardware

Some of our control plate materials: top back is figured Maple, the one with knobs is Mesquite, and on a background of vintage tortoise from left to right are aged pearloid, red tortoise, mint, "fakeskin", matte black, and cream. Matte black is standard - we've also made them from Rosewood, Ebony, Bloodwood, Wenge and Walnut. Top right, a scene from assembly in 2005... Right, a stack of early Poplar & Mahogany bodies...

Artistic Embellishment... Woodburning, turquoise, engraving...

Random Photi!

The beauty in Walnut to the left was the first Birdsong. The beauty below is the better half of Birdsong Guitars! Back around Halloween '04, we had a booth at the 1st (and evidently, only) annual Blues Festival over in Beaumont, Texas. We donated a special little "Beaumont Blues" model guitar to be autographed by the performers & auctioned off to help support the arts council that put the festival on. A great time was had by all, I got to spend a half hour talking to Bo Diddley and the rest of the time with my sweet wife Jamie and folks checking out the "new" Cortobass model!

Shop Photos...

...and here are some shots of Cortobass #002, the first one available, from start to performance. Millard in California and "Ruth" the Cortobass!