Contact info for November, 2023:
BEST: Call Scott at 512-395-5126.
GOOD: (response time will be 3-5 days)
Email: scott@birdsongguitars.com
PM through https://www.facebook.com/scott.beckwith.35
Messaging through Birdsong Guitars Facebook? I’ll get back to you as I can.
Greetings folks! Scott the Captain here. Workshop force of nature Jake is getting rolling on a batch of Birdsongs. If you want to get in on this batch, do get in touch. I worked really hard over the past couple of years catching up, and the wait times won’t stay this low for that long with us making Cortobasses, Corto2s and 5-strings after a brief interruption due to parts supply & help issues. NOW SOLVED!
I’m going to be in and out of the shop this month. The bass orders near completion will all be going out over the next week, and I’m onto a Bliss6 and mesquite 5-string and more Sports next month. Between Jake and I, that’s two little Texas Hill Country workshops working through the winter! It may be late fall, but it’s springtime again for Birdsong.
WHEREVER I AM, CALL ME AND I’LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AND TAKE ORDERS. You’re not bothering me, you’re helping us float the ship. :)
Here's your lineup heading into 2024: Left to right. (Inquire about body woods available & cosmetics)…
Cortobass, 31” scale, 2 pickups designed for maximum variety of tones from bridge pickup punch to woody warmth, but all unique to itself. The bass that launched the company in 2004 – next year it has its 20th year along with Birdsong the company!
Corto2 – a Cortobass but rear routed and twin humbucking soapbars for huge, high-fidelity response. Imagine “J bass” but much warmer & fuller, with the ergonomics of a Birdsong! And that neck pickup, turned down a hair, gives a great “P bass” family thump.
5-strings! THE short scale 5s that work, since 2007. The C5 is the Cortobass shape filled out to work with the wider neck; the H5 is the original “Hy5” model body, back into the line again! Smaller, balanced, easy playing 5s you don’t have to stretch to play.
Sport, the guitar-scale wonder! All we know about making small basses sound BIG thrown at a “pocket bass” concept and this stunning original design. Tiny for travel or anybody wanting a great LITTLE bass. Tunes standard, plays like butter, sounds HUGE. (Shown next to a Les Paul).
And there you have it! More info? THIS PAGE. Questions? CALL ME. Undeniable gotta-haves? Let’s get you on the clipboard and in the que. I’ll be happy to send a hand-written note for Christmas to that special someone that their gift will be along in a month or two and is being lovingly benchcrafted by the hands of Birdsong. Every year that works; it’ll work for you too.
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I’ll have a full report for you here in a few weeks! ‘Til then take care, tune up, and rock on.
Listening to: Mose Allison, Back Country Suite; Willie Nelson, Willie and Family Live; J.B. Lenoir, Down in Mississippi; Living Country Blues Vol. 1, Bowling Green John and Harmonica Phil Wiggins.