Click on the photos to visit my gallery pages for more detailed pictures and specifications of each guitar. Also be sure to click on the YouTube links to see video demos of the guitars. The videos for the first seven video links feature professional guitarist Ben Bivins performing original compositions. The YouTube links for the other guitars feature classical and finger style guitarist John Arnold.
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Myrtlewood PWG OM-24
Adirondack Spruce /
Flamed Myrtlewood
This distinctive OM has back and sides of nicely flamed Myrtlewood and a very responsive Adirondack Spruce top. It has Rocklite® Ebano* bindings with black/white purfling, a book-matched Myrtlewood headplate and rosette, and a uniquely inlayed ebony fretboard. Tone-wise this guitar has a very balanced bass, complimented with clear mid-range and treble tones. A very versatile guitar for a wide range of playing styles.
* Rocklite® Ebano is designed to replicate exactly the beautiful exotic hardwoods, whose very existence is now so endangered by excessive and in some cases illegal logging, thereby offering a sustainable and Eco friendly alternative to the relentless march of the logging companies further into the rain forests of the world.
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Claro Walnut PWG-20-22
This distinctive concert model guitar has back and sides of Claro walnut and a beautiful sinker redwood top. It has curly maple bindings, a book matched Claro walnut headplate, and a unique koa in black resin rosette. This guitar has good volume and presence for a small bodied guitar, with a good blend of fundamentals and added overtones from the redwood top. It also exhibits good balance and separation in notes from bass to treble, with excellent sustain. The new owner says, "it rings like a bell".
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Black Limba PWG 20-23
This unique concert model guitar has back and sides of Black Limba with a dramatic grain pattern and a beautiful Western Red Cedar top. It has East Indian Rosewood bindings, an African Ebony headplate, and a unique rosette done in Black Limba inlayed in black resin. This guitar sounds wonderful across the complete tonal range with good volume and presence for a small bodied guitar, with a rich blend of added overtones from the cedar top. It also exhibits good tone separation and balance from bass to treble, and excellent sustain.
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Dreadnought-DR-16
Salvaged Redwood /
Figured Koa
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This distinctive dreadnought has back and sides of figured Koa and a very nice old growth redwood top that was salvaged from old stumpage. It has East Indian rosewood bindings, an African ebony headplate, and a unique black granite, and spalted curly mango rosette. This guitar has a deep, but not boomy bass, complimented with clear mid-range and treble tones.
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Koa OM-18
Adirondack Red Spruce / Figured Koa
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This beautiful OM has back and sides of figured Koa and a very nice Adirondack red spruce top. It has curly maple binding, an African ebony headplate, and a unique black granite, and spalted curly mango rosette. This guitar has a rich bass that balances well with the clear mid and treble tones , and exhibits excellent sustain and separation.
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Curly Maple OM-14
Englemann Spruce / Curly Maple
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OM-14 was completed in 2016 and is the first prototype of the fourth generation of Wicklund Guitars -- and the first guitar to come out of the new Burlington, Vermont studio/shop. This beautiful OM has back and sides of curly maple and a very nice Englemann spruce top with some bear claw figure. It has curly maple binding, African ebony fingerboard, a curly maple headplate, and a unique black granite and East Indian rosewood rosette. This guitar is very well balanced across the tonal spectrum, with excellent sustain and separation.
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Maple OM-20
Sinker Western Red Cedar / Curly Maple
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This beautiful and one-of-a-kind Orchestra Model guitar has back and sides of curly sugar maple, stained to a rich honey brown, with a top of sinker Western red cedar. The guitar also has a Palo Escrito headplate, and a unique black granite/resin and Claro walnut rosette. This guitar has a rich bass that balances well with the distinct mid and treble tones, and exhibits excellent sustain and separation.
This guitar is currently my personal guitar and is used as a shop demo.
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Sapele OM-21
Bearclaw Sitka Spruce / Waterfall Sapele
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This beautiful, one-of-a-kind Orchestra Model guitar has a striking back and sides of waterfall Sapele, and a unique, highly figured bearclaw Sitka spruce top. The guitar also has an African ebony headplate, and a unique blue granite/resin and Macassar ebony rosette This is a great sounding OM style guitar, showing excellent projection and sustain, and a balanced, clear tone.
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Granadillo OO-19
Adirondack Red Spruce / Granadillo
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The Granadillo OO-19 is a wonderful little OO style guitar. It has beautiful back and sides of Granadillo, a rosewood like wood from Central and South America. The top is Adirondack Red Spruce which is sometimes called the “holy grail” of topwoods. It was widely used on pre-war and vintage instruments. This is a great sounding OO style guitar for it's small size, showing excellent volume and sustain, and a balanced, clear tone.
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Cherry Dreadnought-17
Old Growth Sinker Redwood / Figured American Cherry
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This unique dreadnought has a very striking top of old growth sinker redwood. This wood is from a log that was salvaged from a Pacific Northwest River bottom after having sunk in the late 1800's. As a result of more than a century soaking in this mineral-rich water, this wood not only exhibits a beautiful deep brown-red appearance, but it also produces a wonderful sound with rich and complex overtones and bright treble frequencies reminiscent of spruce.
The guitar has back and sides of American cherry, a Katalox fingerboard (pronounced "cat-ah-losh", a dense, hard wood from Mexico that is similar to ebony), East Indian rosewood bridge, bloodwood bindings, an African ebony headplate, and a unique black granite, and birdseye maple rosette. This guitar exhibits a very balanced tonal spectrum with a rich bass, a clear mid-range, and bright treble tones.
This guitar was donated to Mercy Connections for their 2019 May Luncheon silent auction. It was bid on and sold with all proceeds going to Mercy Connections.
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Redwood/Mango OO-15
Sinker Redwood / Curly Spalted Mango
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This is an amazing and unique, OO style acoustic guitar. The guitar has a striking back and sides of curly spalted mango from Hawaii, and a top of sinker old growth redwood. This redwood came from a log that was cut in the mid 1800's in Oregon and subsequently sunk while being floated down the Big River to the saw mill. 135 years later the logs were salvaged from the river bottom. As a result of more than a century in the mineral-rich water of Big River, this redwood is not only an excellent tone wood, it is also extraordinarily beautiful, with its tight grain and unusual variegated shades. This is a great sounding OO guitar with excellent volume and sustain for it's small size, with a balanced, clear tone.
This guitar was donated to Mercy Connections for their 2018 May Luncheon silent auction. It was bid on and sold with all proceeds going to Mercy Connections.
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DR-7
Sitka Spruce / Honduras Mahogany
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The dreadnought DR-7 is from the third generation series of Wicklund guitars. It was built in 2007 with the intention of being a demo guitar. The guitar served this purpose very well for 10 years but was sitting in the case more than it was being played. Recently the decision was made that the guitar needed to put on the market to be enjoyed and played -- and also make space in the shop for the new guitars currently being built.
The guitar has back and sides of Honduras Mahogany and an old Sitka Spruce top that had been aging in the shop for over 20 years. This is a great sounding dreadnought with excellent volume and presence and a rich, but not boomy bass, balanced with clear mids and trebles.
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The following five guitars were part of the initial production of 3rd generation models completed in late 2009, early 2010. These five guitars are currently being enjoyed by guitarists in Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Vermont, and Virginia.
For an interesting video of these five guitars, comparing tonal differences between back and side wood varieties, and body style, go to my Video Comparison page and please comment on which of the guitars you prefer for tone.
OM-13
Carpathian Spruce / Birdseye Maple
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DR-12
Sitka Spruce / Claro Walnut
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DR-10
Bearclaw Sitka Spruce / East Indian Rosewood
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OM-11
Sitka Spruce / Claro Walnut
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OM-9
Sitka Spruce / Palo Escrito
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