Patrick Sauber on Wiens F5 #46 at Wintergrass 2018
Pat Parsons & I meeting Ricky Skaggs in November 2011
Adrian Gross of the Slocan Ramblers Checking out Wiens F5 #46 at Wintergrass 2018
The scary summer of 2017. Me putting my tools & stuff into storage while I look for a new home.
Bean boy Howard Beye taking delivery of his Wiens 12-string in 2008.
California mando picker Nina Weisman and her lovely mother visiting me. Fall 2015
Shawna Hiltermann pretending to play the first Wiens F5. She was killed by a drunk driver in 1996 at the young age of 22.
Rick Klassen taking delivery of his Wiens Dreadnought guitar in 1997.
Local Guitar legend Mike Turner checking out a Wiens parlour guitar.1999
Meeting Mike Kemnitzer, maker of the astounding “Nugget” mandolins. 2013
Steve Jones checking out the Wiens Acoustic Bass.
Loar Expert, musical historian and curator, not to mention great; player Tom Isenhour. He made me feel like I might’ve under-dressed. January2006
Bernie Cameron and his Wiens mahogany parlor guitar. Bernie actually uses bic pen caps for a pick. He’s holding one in his mouth in this pic.
My brother (far left) and his band Maple Ridge in 1974. I would’ve been 5 years old and those guitars are my earliest memory of what cool guitars were.
Halloween 2000 with John Reischman & the Jaybirds. Me on the left, My pal Pat Parsons in red and our pal Cory.
My ol’ pal Pat & I and our first run-in with the Dawg. Sandpoint Idaho, December 1996.
Meeting Roger Siminoff at Loarfest 2006. Roger’s book “Constructing a Bluegrass Mandolin” was my only information when I built my first mandolin in ’94. It was great to meet him in person.
Meeting Rhonda Vincent. February 2003
Meeting Adam Steffey at Wintergrass 2005
Wood Guru and awesome picker Bruce Harvie playing the first Wiens P5 piccolo #15. February 2004.
Rob Baker receiving his Wiens F5 #17 . November 2004.
These are the people one meets in the music world. Dan Beimborn’s whacky sense of humour at work. 2003.
Gord Johnston with the one & only Wiens Fretless 5 string banjo in 1997. He was among the first people to commision an instrument from me.
Matt, Cathy & Rob meeting up at a clinic holding three consecutive WIensers. #17 #18 #19
Will Huxtable with his Wiens Parlour guitar.
My nutty ol’ pal Lance back in 2010 when his Wiens guitar was just a top & a neck
Local player Gentle Ben with a custom Strat body conversion I did. 2015
