Welcome to the online parking lot of Scott Beckwith
Scott wanders… Dawn. Sunsets are for the shoreline; sunrises for the road. Conscious decision to press onward and drive into the dawn. If you've never seen the sunrise reflecting off your hood and driven the dark into light, I highly recommend it for whatever ails you. It fixes things you didn't even know weren't right. Catch it where you can and be awakened - but drive, DRIVE INTO it, and be born again.
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March 31, 2024 - greetings and thanks for stopping in! I’m re-doing the whole site, that last update wasn’t easy for navigation and was a nightmare to update from behind the scenes, especially from the road. Birdsong is doing great, I manage Birdsong Guitars these days with the “heavy lifting” (building work) being wonderfully handled by right-hand man Jake Goede, and build smaller numbers of my pet passion projects like the super-short scale basses and Harmony Hill guitar, and of course, D’AQUILA guitars. I’ll have workshops set up wherever I stay for long and these will all be true guitars of the highway - with the road and songs already crafted in.
April 1st is a big day for me, the day the first little shop I started (The Music Shop on W. Emerson in Melrose, MA - still there) was handed off to its next owner and I set off in a housetruck to see what was next. That was 24 years ago. I’ve always embraced big changes in life; it’s a blessing to live long enough to outlive dreams! If it’s time to change, shuffle the deck. Things don’t stay the same even when they stagnate sometimes, and it’s a big beautiful world out there with roads that go somewhere, and good people, and adventures to find. And a place for you. I’m blessed with a measure of freedom to find out where that is again. Thanks for being with me, and keep checking in - April ‘24 is when I’m really getting this site built.
Taking orders for a summer batch of Sport basses (info coming shortly)
Working on the next D’AQUILA guitar (info coming shortly)
Setting up a page on here to get stuff directly from me (again… shortly).
For now, wishing you peace, love, and music!
Listening to: Stephen Stills’ 1st album
Mostly known from the Birdsong Guitar Co. (which he still manages), and from way back as “Vandweller”, Scott continues to follow the road and the music to where they guide him next. D’AQUILA guitars? Scott’s “Signature” instruments? The SPORT bass? Books & music? The adventure continues and this is where it all will be.
Follow the links to what interests you… we hope it inspires you on your path.
For Birdsong basses and guitars, go to www.birdsongguitars.com
For the books currently in print, look through here for Scott Beckwith
For Scott’s loose writings, look around on this site - much more coming.
Music to listen to and download? That’s coming too. There’s a bunch. It’ll happen.
WHAT’S AVAILABLE DIRECTLY FROM SCOTT? Instruments, signed books, woodcraft?
COMING SOON.