Fretting about Frets

Yesterday I decided to try something new. It’s not a huge deal in itself, in fact its pretty dull. But in the journey of a self-taught stringed instrument luthier, it’s one of those little tweaks that adds to the sum of hundreds of such refinements that...

2019

Happy New Year! I’d like to wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2019 and to say thanks to all my clients new & old for your continued patronage. Check out the cool graphic above. Besides being a great musician and singer, Tom Rozum is also a wonderful...

Spring 2018

Hello everyone! Thanks for checking out the Wiens mandolins website once again.  It’s been awhile since I last posted and so I thought I’d let you know what’s been happening here in WiensWorld.  Jamie Wiens has moved to Alberta!  That’s right,...

2017

Happy New Year from Wiens mandolins!  I think it’s safe to say that 2016 was a rough year for a lot of us, and that was certainly true in my own life as well.  So here’s wishing us all a happier 2017. News! I’ve recently begun my own logging venture....

Summer 2016

It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything new on the website. Plenty has happened in the life of Wiens in the past 5 months, Most Jarring was the passing of my Dad, Henry Wiens on March 18th 2016 at the age of 87. People often ask me how I got started...