Wildflower Custom Instruments
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Leo The Luthier
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Wildflower Custom Instruments
Leo Posch & Susan Willits
5981 Wellman Road
McLouth, KS 66054
Telephone 913 796 6400
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Leo Posch & Susan Willits
5981 Wellman Road
McLouth, KS 66054
Telephone 913 796 6400
Click to email Leo & Susan
The guitars shown on this page are all finished and sold.
Follow this link and that link to see more examples of finished guitars.
You could have one too!
If you would like to find out how just email or give me a call.
Follow this link and that link to see more examples of finished guitars.
You could have one too!
If you would like to find out how just email or give me a call.
Howdy Folks.
I'm trying to build some guitars in the old tradition.
Hide glue, thin nitro finish, high quality woods, wide open sound.
I have seen some fabulous guitars over the time I have spent repairing.
The ones that always sound best to me are the Martins from the 1900s to the late 1930s and
Gibsons from the 1920s to the early 1950s.
So that's the kind of look and sound I'm going after.
Yes folks, I am working on the repairs too, so don't despair.
Number 11 finished up.
I'm trying to build some guitars in the old tradition.
Hide glue, thin nitro finish, high quality woods, wide open sound.
I have seen some fabulous guitars over the time I have spent repairing.
The ones that always sound best to me are the Martins from the 1900s to the late 1930s and
Gibsons from the 1920s to the early 1950s.
So that's the kind of look and sound I'm going after.
Yes folks, I am working on the repairs too, so don't despair.
Number 11 finished up.
Here are the five guitars under construction right now (Dec 2006).
All are red spruce tops from Old Standard.
Numbers 8, 9, 10 are cuban mahogany.
11 and 12 are just plain ol' mahogany.
These are all sanded to 80 grit right now.
All are red spruce tops from Old Standard.
Numbers 8, 9, 10 are cuban mahogany.
11 and 12 are just plain ol' mahogany.
These are all sanded to 80 grit right now.
#8
#9
#10
#11
#12
Left to right, 8-12
to the top
#9
#10
#11
#12
Left to right, 8-12
Here is number 7.
Figured Mahogany, red spruce, sunburst, comfort classic neck, OM body shape.
There is some glare in these shots, I'll try to get some better photos later.
I don't know when.
I'm too busy building and repairing.
Figured Mahogany, red spruce, sunburst, comfort classic neck, OM body shape.
There is some glare in these shots, I'll try to get some better photos later.
I don't know when.
I'm too busy building and repairing.
Numbers 3 and 6 are brother and sister or sisters or whatever you want to call them.
Their back and sides are from the same pieces of wood.
They are both 000 size with a 25" scale.
Honduran Rosewood back and sides, red spruce tops,
ebony bridges hand made by me in a very 1930s Martin style.
I just hate the look and sound of those bulgy bridges that Martin
and lots of others are using now.
The fingerboard and all the bindings and overlays are kept as thin and delicate as possible.
It is a subtle look that I really like.
Their back and sides are from the same pieces of wood.
They are both 000 size with a 25" scale.
Honduran Rosewood back and sides, red spruce tops,
ebony bridges hand made by me in a very 1930s Martin style.
I just hate the look and sound of those bulgy bridges that Martin
and lots of others are using now.
The fingerboard and all the bindings and overlays are kept as thin and delicate as possible.
It is a subtle look that I really like.
OK folks, here is number five.
Red spruce, Honduran RW, 000 with a 25 inch scale.
Red spruce, Honduran RW, 000 with a 25 inch scale.
Here is a picture of the first four Wildflower (Posch) guitars down at
Kaufman Kamp this June.
Thanks to Patsy Kline for this and several other wonderful photos.
Also a special thanks to Phil Thompson for going down with me.
More thanks to all those who gave us food, water, rest, jamming and so on.
Pictured left to right: Leo (that's me) with Gary McKnight's #4, Roger Renfro with #1,
Gary Collier with #2, Jerry Noernberg with #3.
Kaufman Kamp this June.
Thanks to Patsy Kline for this and several other wonderful photos.
Also a special thanks to Phil Thompson for going down with me.
More thanks to all those who gave us food, water, rest, jamming and so on.
Pictured left to right: Leo (that's me) with Gary McKnight's #4, Roger Renfro with #1,
Gary Collier with #2, Jerry Noernberg with #3.
Here is guitar number 4.
Number 3 is started but number 4 got finished first.
Red spruce top, Honduran Mahogany back & sides & neck.
It is kind of a hybrid J-45.
Next time I spray a sunburst I think I'll turn off the exhaust fan.
Oops, I forgot to dust it off before the photo session.
Number 3 is started but number 4 got finished first.
Red spruce top, Honduran Mahogany back & sides & neck.
It is kind of a hybrid J-45.
Next time I spray a sunburst I think I'll turn off the exhaust fan.
Oops, I forgot to dust it off before the photo session.
The binding is curly maple which looks great against the dark stained wood (I think).
It is hard to see the figure in the picture.
The peghead inlay was drawn by the customer's 7 year old daughter.
We had to shrink it down a bit to make it fit.
It is hard to see the figure in the picture.
The peghead inlay was drawn by the customer's 7 year old daughter.
We had to shrink it down a bit to make it fit.
OK Folk, here is number 2.
A left-handed Brazilian dreadnaught with red spruce top!
The top:
A left-handed Brazilian dreadnaught with red spruce top!
The top:
The back:
Fitting the side supports.
I like the binding to be thin, delicate and subtle.
This guitar has curly koa binding.
This guitar has curly koa binding.
Here are numbers 1 and 2 together for a short period of time.
I know, I know! Let's build a guitar.
OK.
How about a 000 twelve fret with a 25 inch scale?
Alright, let's glue up some braces.
OK.
How about a 000 twelve fret with a 25 inch scale?
Alright, let's glue up some braces.
It is a nice red spruce top.
Madagascar Rosewood back and sides.
Madagascar Rosewood back and sides.
Time to glue the end and neck blocks.
Moving right along.
The back is now glued on.
The back is now glued on.
Ivoroid binding and I'm not sure if that purfling has a name,
but I think it is pretty cool looking.
but I think it is pretty cool looking.
Ok, so I'm skipping a few steps photographically.
But look, it's done already!
But look, it's done already!
Here is the back of the peghead.
Those are Prairie Coneflowers, Ratibida pinnata.
Also called the Gray Headed Coneflower, these flowers do very well around these parts.
Those are Prairie Coneflowers, Ratibida pinnata.
Also called the Gray Headed Coneflower, these flowers do very well around these parts.
This is Roger playing his new guitar.
He was pretty surprised because on the phone I had told
him that it wouldn't be ready to buff for a couple weeks.
He was pretty surprised because on the phone I had told
him that it wouldn't be ready to buff for a couple weeks.
That was pretty fun.
Who wants to go next?
Who wants to go next?