Greetings from the road, Captain Scott the woodgnome here! Just rolled through Texas after diverting away from being Florida-bound (my people are all OK from the storms, I pray your circle is too), hung out at the workshop and sampled the latest Birdsong basses on the bench, wonderfully bench-made by Jake, as well as some of the other projects he has going on. They’re amazing, he’s amazing, and this all is amazing to see.
Right this moment, writing this, I’m in a motel room in Columbus, Ohio and on my way northeast. (You can keep up with my own travels and journey on this year at www.sbeckwith.com - I’ll have my own side projects rolling and rocking again in the spring, including all the 25” scale super short basses and some lap steels.) It’s a rainy morning out the window. Some folks love the grit of the city… it’s definitely a flavor. I grew up around it, so honestly I’m more wired for trees and two-lanes these days, especially after so long in the woods of the south. And those years pretty much soothed any city in me out of me, so I’m truly just passing through. I’ve cover enough ground - and still do - not to push it when I’m tired anymore; behind the wheel or in front of a workbench. Jake? Jake’s a force of nature. More focused and honed than 10 or 15 years ago, as one would expect with any pursuit, but still a force of nature. Me? I’m more of a stiff autumn breeze. “They call me the breeze… I keep rolling down the road.” I’ll tell you though, the little places I find full of fun old stuff (own a house from 1876 and drive by a shop like this in Kentucky full of barn and estate antiques without going in - I dare you - impossible - I didn’t think I had any more room in the van - I found some), the small towns, and just enjoying the highway time and its roadside cookin’… I’m good. :) I’ll be settled back in soon enough.
Hey, I’m extending a little sale I offered on Facebook through the weekend on the only Birdsong in inventory at the moment - a beautiful, subtly elegant 5 string of walnut and teak with master craftsman Jake’s maple pinstripe accent laminates. I can’t capture it in pictures, and you have to hear this bass to believe it. So here’s your chance at 11% OFF. One more once-over and it’s ready to go - no wait. No build time. That’s really rare for what we do and how busy we’ve kept since 2004! CALL ME on this one, as my internet will be spotty the next few days. 512-395-5126. That’s the only catch, you have to call and likely endure a bad pun or two. (I look forward to talking with you!)
OK, it’s time to hit the shower - no “Continental breakfast” in this place, lol - and hit the road. I usually van-camp it but there’s a lot of stuff in the back of CRAN-ONE the Caravan on this run (more “CRAM-ONE” at the moment), and really it is good to stretch out, kick back, and shower up EASILY every so often. Wishing you well wherever you are from wherever I am, on behalf of the little workshop in Texas where wood becomes Birdsongs! Stay tuned…
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