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Wildwood Manufacturing, Inc
Contact: Bruce Hamilton
Biographical Info
Wildwood is a manufacturer of quality guitar bodies and necks to the music industry. They are an OEM (original equipment manufacturer) and do not sell parts to the public. Wildwood is a supplier to builders of fine electric guitars and/or basses providing unfinished bodies and necks for existing models or new models made to precise specifications. Their facility is a modern, highly-tooled, and highly-specialized industrial manufacturing operation with a singular focus: being a custom woodshop for the electric guitar industry.
Highlights: Guitar component parts; OEM supplier (Original Equipment Manufacturer) for music industry; wood
Manufacturer of
- Guitar bodies
- Guitar necks
For the music industry.
Benefits of Product
- Fretting is done by hand, one fret at a time. Every slot is machined to a specific width and depth on the CNC machine to match the tang on any of the nine wire profiles that Wildwood stocks. They produce a level, consistent set of frets that need only the final dressing. Finish sanding is meticulously thorough until both the board and the carve feel great.
- Some of the finest electric guitars and basses on the market today start with the foundation of Wildwood Manufacturing‘s bodies and necks.
Manufacturing Process:
The process begins the specific requirements. The CAD software is utilized to interpret size and shape, weight reduction pattern, arm and waist bevels, pickup and neck pockets, etc. into a set of commands that the three axis CNC machine can follow. The CNC machine carves two bodies each cycle, two fronts and two backs, with accuracy to a couple thousandths of an inch. Pickup pockets, rear control cavities, neck pockets, and weight reduction channels are accurately reproduced on all guitar and bass bodies.
Wildwood is able to create a body or neck that is unique to the customer specifications.
Business Inquiry:
Wildwood is a supplier of component electric guitar parts for the guitar industry and they do not sell to the public. Contact above
Manufacturing of small or medium size batch for
- Component parts for music industry (intermediate supplier)
- Local product production
Materials Used
- Hardwoods (Sustainably Harvested)
Products
- A range of guitar bodies and necks for final production of guitars
Equipment (including equipment not in use now)
- Anderson CNC three-axis router
- Milling, wood working and finishing equipment.
- “Chest of Vacuum” – individual vacuum drawers that creates the force to glue one bent top at a time to one body core, this piece of equipment was engineered by in-house staff.