Friday, June 10, 2011

Luthier Woodrow Brackette : Brackett Instruments


About Woodrow Brackette and Brackett Instruments from http://brackettinstruments.com/

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Brackett instruments are handmade by Woodrow (aka WoodyB) and Sandy Brackett in Grover NC. They make up to 10 guitars a year from exquisite materials.

Woody custom voices each guitar he makes to extract all of the tone possible. Rather than using pre-made parts furnished by computerized machinery (CNC), Woodrow prefers to make everything by hand using traditional methods. They (Woody and Sandy) say, You won't see us a Healdsburg or Montreal at the big guitar shows. We'll be in the shop creating great guitars! Read about their Rosewood Project, where 4 otherwise identical guitars were built with different kinds of Rosewoods.

Woodrow offers several models viz. Standard Dreadnaught, Slope D, "B" body, Jumbo, OM, 000-12, "W" body etc. many of which with 12 fret versions.

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Linked below are some sound clips of Woodrow's guitars...
All Koa 12 Fret W body
Sitka Spruce/ Black Walnut Dread
Fundamental Model, Sitka Spruce/African Mahogany
Adirondack Spruce/ Panama Rosewood Dread
Alaskan Yellow Cedar/Walnut Slope D
Sitka Spruce/ Honduran Rosewood 000-12 fret
Sitka Spruce/ Walnut Dread
Sitka Spruce/ Mahogany Slope D
Adirondack Spruce/ Brazilian Rosewood Dread
Adirondack Spruce/ Honduran Rosewood Dread
Adirondack Spruce/ Indian Rosewood Dread Adi/ Honduran Rosewood Slope D-1st

Additional Links from Brackettinstruments

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