Is this OUR George Wilson??? Great luthier video!

[bob blakeborough]

I was wondering George, is this you in this video? If so, that is awesome! I found the video very interesting. I love your veneer saw at around 5:00 minutes in...

[David Weaver]

Yes, that's definitely George.

[Harold Burrell]

Man, George! You are like a rock star!

Could I get your autograph...on one of your hand-made guitars...for free?

[Robert G Brown]

Thanks for finding this. It was very interesting.

[Gary Hodgin]

Nice video, thanks for posting.

[Klaus Kretschmar]

Yes, that's definitely George. I don't know him in person but have seen several videos with him. Thanks for sharing this video. It doesn't only show his outstanding skills. Like with every video, that I've seen with him, I detected some great things, that make the woodworking easier. Nothing beats a view over the shoulder of a true craftsman and artist.

Klaus

[Jim Underwood]

Fascinating. What craftsmanship!

[David Nelson1]

Here are the other parts

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1IiO...layer_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNqFsycYWDw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMn5LX1bcHk

[Richard Jones]

Absolutely fascinating. A true artisan.

[Mel Fulks]

Had not seen it in several years,so I watched again. It holds up as well as THE GODFATHER. Glad Brando lost out to George on the part.

[John McClanahan]

In case anyone missed it, that is part 1 of 4 parts. Almost an hour of viewing.

John

Well, someone posted links to the other parts while I was watching them.

[Ernie Miller]

As a harpsichord builder, I've watched these videos many times over the years. I still find them inspirational and make it a point to re-watch them every few months. In fact, I joined the Creek when I found out that George was a member here - I suppose with the hope that some of his exceptional skill would rub off on me - it hasn't! I'm so glad to see that George's unique abilities are appreciated here on the Creek.

[Gary Herrmann]

I have exchanged private messages with Mr. George Wilson.

Ahem.

Thumps chest.


Hoping I can drop by his shop some day for a tour...

[george wilson]

I must apologize for the rather bad violin playing. The musical, consultant to Col. Wmsbg. got a friend of his to play the finished violin. He was not used to playing a baroque violin.

This movie was made sort of in the "dark ages"of tool authenticity in the museum. It didn't become a serious endeavor to make correct period tools until I was made toolmaker in 1986,and began too re equip many of the shops with authentic tools copied from originals selected by the curator of tools. I was only 33 here,and was still pretty new to the business of working in a museum setting.



I did not have time to make more correct 18th.C. tools. the "We are going to make a movie about instrument making" was sprung on me suddenly!! Many things were done that way,it seemed. It'd have taken me months to make authentic tools for everything we used in that film. I just wasn't given the time.

That's an original veneer saw.

The inlay in the spinet's name board was done in 3 hours flat,with the camera crew standing around waiting.

18th.C. builders used nails a lot more than we do today,out of practicality and speed. Even Stradivari nailed his violin necks on. We copied an original spinet here,using nails just as it had.

[Harold Burrell]

I must apologize for the rather bad violin playing. The musical, consultant to Col. Wmsbg. got a friend of his to play the finished violin. He was not used to playing a baroque violin.

This movie was made sort of in the "dark ages"of tool authenticity in the museum. It didn't become a serious endeavor to make correct period tools until I was made toolmaker in 1986,and began too re equip many of the shops with authentic tools copied from originals selected by the curator of tools. I was only 33 here,and was still pretty new to the business of working in a museum setting.



I did not have time to make more correct 18th.C. tools. the "We are going to make a movie about instrument making" was sprung on me suddenly!! Many things were done that way,it seemed. It'd have taken me months to make authentic tools for everything we used in that film. I just wasn't given the time.

That's an original veneer saw.

The inlay in the spinet's name board was done in 3 hours flat,with the camera crew standing around waiting.

18th.C. builders used nails a lot more than we do today,out of practicality and speed. Even Stradivari nailed his violin necks on. We copied an original spinet here,using nails just as it had.

I notice that you failed to address my request for your autograph (on a free guitar).

I'm going to take that as a "maybe".