Scott here, I’m back in the workshop after a whirlwind 6000 mile road trip! Well, there was wood forming into basses even while I was out covering ground, delivering a few special projects, and marking my arrival into autumn as a life season. Jake is rocking hard head-luthier-ing a batch of classic Birdsong models, definitely our direction forward. Check this out - patterning the best neck features into new standard specs, crafting bodies, this reminds me of the first project we gave him. He was fresh out of guitar building school, it had to be 2007 or so. I handed him a Cortobass body and said “I need a really good copy of this” and he came back with one - and I couldn’t tell which was which. A revelation in that moment of what can happen with the right helping hands. Now heading into 2024, here we are…
The trip was amazing, holding answers and adventures and clarity… though the car is unpacked (car camping in the “small adventure box” this time, not the housetruck) I’ll be unpacking this trip for months to come.
For now, back to work on my end of things including this mesquite 5-string, two very custom Sport basses, and a 6-string fretless Bliss bass. AND a little something for me; that last body pictured with the two humbucker routs was the last project of “Uncle Johnny” Kirtland in 2006. Johnny lives on large in his influence on my path, and it’s time for it to sing. No matter how I leave it, he’s not coming back to finish it. My life cannot be a museum and a garden at the same time. It may not be summer anymore, but it IS springtime.
While I’m on these Sports, if you’re interested in the latest version of Birdsong’s experiments into the super-short-scale “pocket bass” world, where a tiny bass in standard tuning plays effortlessly and fills the room with the voice of a MUCH bigger bass, I can fit in 2 more standard BIRDSONG Sports and this one-off mesquite custom bodied version before the SPORT migrates into a “Scott” signature model. Like the Shortbass - a different headstock with my “Scott” signature on it, not something in the Birdsong lineup. Anyway, these are one of my favorite designs ever, on this whole adventure that started decades ago. If you want a Birdsong version, now is the time! The wild walnut, 1 pc. mahogany, alder & walnut 3pc., 2 cherry, and the mocked-up mesquite custom bodied… all available NOW.
And OF COURSE if you want one of the proprietary 31” scale basses that built us as a company, that have played everywhere from jam basements to 80,000+ festival crowds and New Years Eve at Madison Square Garden, the Cortobass - Corto2 - and TWO versions of our 5-strings, check those out here and get in touch too! Now is the time to order, build times are reasonably quick and parts supply is not a problem. Happy to answer any questions and get something special rolling for you!
512-395-5126
scott@birdsongguitars.com
Stay warm, be cool…
