All instruments on this site have been meticulously designed and hand crafted by Glenn Wilson. Glenn completed instrument making and design at Timeless Instruments Lutherie School in Canada in 1996 and has been designing and crafting string instruments since returning to Australia.

Glenn has crafted guitars, violins, violas, mandolins, ukuleles and repaired a range of stringed instruments.

Glenn currently builds set models of his own design, and traditional models including Dreadnoughts, OM, OOO, OO and smaller parlour guitars. Traditional guitars are modelled to pre-war designs for players desiring that classic tone. Traditional guitars are specifically designed to make the vintage tone available to Australian players for a fraction of the cost of overseas guitars.

Glenn also provides a String Instrument Repair Service in Horsham Victoria Australia, servicing all stringed instruments. For repairs and service contact Glenn on 0424 488 836.

Glenn’s own designs are more contemporary, combining modern design with traditional to produce instruments with outstanding brilliance and clarity of tone.

This site contains information about instruments Glenn has crafted, and instruments currently available are on the Guitar page.

For more information or to discuss options available you can contact Glenn at glennwilsonguitars@gmail.com or phone 0424 488 836 in Australia.

Below is a collection of instruments Glenn has designed and crafted over the last 30 years, showing the diversity of Glenn’s designs and the range of possibilities available.

Fretted 5 string Violin with full onboard effects system. Violin is designed with an Australian Cedar solid body with figured Canadian Maple top, Australian Blackwood neck with inlayed Ebony fingerboard. Completed 2014.

Mandocello with carved top and back and crafted from Norfolk Island Pine salvaged in the 1920’s from Port Macquarie NSW. The Mandocello was a custom order for Greg Viney, who also supplied the Norfolk Island Pine, and designed by Glenn. Completed in 2025.

5 String Viola, crafted in 2020, the Viola features Red Spruce belly with Norfolk Island Pine neck, ribs and back from same tree as the Mandocello. All Ebony fittings and Planetary Perfection pegs. The Viola was designed for Greg Viney, who also supplied the Norfolk Island Pine.

Two point Mandola crafted from Red Spruce top, Maple back, sides and neck. Custom made Ebony tailpiece with cello style saddle and adjuster. Completed 2016.

Custom designed sympathetic guitar. Features include six standard strings with two sub-bass strings. Sympathetic strings go through the bridge running internally across a curved metal plate then running through a channel in the neck to the tuners on the peghead. Sympathetic strings are tuned to notes in the specific key to be played and are tuned as loosely as possible to allow immediate response when excited by the playing strings and overall sound. Features Sitka Spruce top, Madagascar Rosewood B/S, Ebony F/B, Rosewood bridge. Thanks to Fred Carlson for advice on sympathetic string setup and construction. Completed 2005.

Above is a Sympathetic strung Violin, designed in a similar concept to the Guitar, featuring 4 standard playing strings with 8 sympathetic strings. The Violin features Red Spruce belly, Australian Blackwood back, ribs and neck, Jarrah tailpiece and Planetary Perfection Finetune Pegs.

Below is a photo collection of some of the Instruments Glenn has created since 1996.

Above is a traditionally scalloped Dreadnought soundboard with forward shifted bracing.

As you can tell there was no AI used in the making of this Website or any of the Instruments on this site!!!!!!