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...

Late Winter Ramblings

While the Snow & Ice is still gripping the eastern parts of the country, it appears that Winter is almost over in my neck of the Woods. Spring is just around the corner and this is the time of year when I usually get into my carving & sanding more intensely....