Becca Stevens' World Instruments

Custom-made for Stevens, as described in this February 21, 2017 Facebook post.

One of the coolest things ever ever EVER happened to me 3 days ago. We're talking serious life lemonade from lemons action. Want to hear the whole epic story? OK, I'll tell it to you here:

Michelle Willis and I were on a little east coast tour in a rental car just following the GroundUp Music Festival in Miami. Due to sweltering heat in #Miami followed by fluctuating temperatures as we made our way up to GA, my beloved #Charango's bridge came loose completely, leaving the bridge pickup dangling by a thread. :(

As luck would have it, our upcoming and final show was in my hometown & I happened to know a handful of guitar repairmen / makers in NC. Tom Henry offered to fix it but assured me that I would not be able to play it in time for our show that night at University of North Carolina School of the Arts (my high school alma mater!) .

During my search to find someone who could loan me a charango for that show Michelle recommended that I reach out to Wes Lambe, very talented guitar maker in Hillsboro, NC. To which Wes Lambe Guitars texted back that he had coincidentally never heard of a Charango until this month when oddly THREE different ones had shown up in his studio for repair. (?!) At the end of his text he said "maybe I could make becca one overnight", to which I said to Michelle "hand me your phone"!!!

To make a long story short, Wes the Wizard (which is what I reckon I will call him from now on) made me an electric (dark purple cuz purple is my fave) charango in under 24 hours. (?!!!??) He said it was "One of the most ill advised lutherie endeavors that he has ever attempted." He kept trying to stop working on it but the necessary parts would just appear in his shop, Including Charlie Hunter's old pickup which is the centerpiece of this work of art :-) Inspired by the shape of my white strat, courtesy of David Crosby , This dreamboat will break your heart. I mean seriously how HAWT is she?!???!

Anyway, we are a match made in heaven. If this is just a prototype, I shudder to think what #WesTheWizard can create in a month. Stay tuned... (pun intended) ????

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Featured in this January 15, 2019 Facebook post by Stevens.

NYC, Kurt and Becca working on Heartcore for India project! Stay tuned!! Kurt Rosenwinkel Heartcore Records #beccastevens #kurtrosenwinkel #heartcoreforindia #heartcorefortheworld #heartcorerecords F-Bass #hammertone #stevensguitars #stevensguitarsmunich #charango

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Mentioned in this August 2, 2008 New York Times interview.

As befits “a real affinity for stringed instruments,” she also owns banjos, an African kora and an Irish lap harp.

Stevens used the kora for this performance of "Response to Criticism", released April 15, 2019 as an accompaniment to her book The Heart’s Necessities: Life in Poetry. Before that, it was featured in this May 3, 2018 Twitter post and this September 12, 2018 Facebook post.

May 3, 2018

I got inspired to (literally) dust off my kora (which is actually a kora/n’goni hybrid) and write a song. You can follow the song’s progress slowly unfolding on my Instagram stories. #noseharmonics #kora #ngoni

September 12, 2018

‘Bout to track some kora ya’ll. (Technically kora/n’goni hybrid.) #homesetup #makedo #kora #ngoni #logic #meditationpillow

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Featured in this March 18, 2018 Facebook post by Stevens Custom Guitars. It was subsequently featured in this April 27, 2018 interview with guitar acoustic.

Und so sieht eine glückliche Becca Stevens aus. Fotos von der Übergabe, bei uns im Laden. Demnächst gibt es auch Videos.

Construction of the ukulele and a charango was finished on March 11, 2018, as documented in this Facebook post. The next day, Stevens mentioned going to pick up the ukulele in this Facebook post recommending the company. She posted again the day after that, anecdotally confirming the pickup.

March 11

Becca Stevens! Nein, das ist keine neue Modellreihe, sondern eine begnadete Musikerin aus Noth Carolina, die in New York lebt.

Sie spielt Gitarre, Ukulele und Charango und singt und schreibt Songs.

http://www.beccastevens.com/

Nachdem sie 2016 in München aufgetreten ist, sind wir auf sie aufmerksam geworden. Zum einen natürlich, weil sie eine hervorragende Musikerin ist, zum anderen wegen ihres Namens. Das verlangte doch nach einem Becca-Stevens Instrument. Jetzt wurden es zwei, eine Konzert Ukulele und ein Charango in gleicher Korpusform. Morgen, am Montag, den 12. März kommt Becca in unseren Laden, um ihre Instrumente abzuholen.

Mit dabei ist die "Guitar Acoustic"- Zeitschrift für ein Interview.

So, hier unten gibt es Entstehungsfotos von den Instrumenten und demnächst auch Fotos von der Übergabe.

March 12

‪Glasgow => Edinburgh => Munich... day off! Headed to Munich Guitar Company to meet my new babies. A charango & a uke!! I’ll keep you posted on whether it’s love at first sight 🙂

March 13

In case you’re wondering, the new instruments from Munich Guitar Company #stevensguitars are gorgeous. Will post pics soon...

In the guitar acoustic interview, Stevens revealed that she originally looked into the construction of a ukulele-charango hybrd, but settled on two separate instruments. The resultant charango is the first made by the company.

Als ich zu Anfang mit Stevens in Kontakt war, gab es die Idee, einen Hybriden aus Uke und Charango zu bauen, um weniger Equipment zu transportieren. Das hat aber nicht zufriedenstellend funktioniert. Daher sind wir bei zwei Instrumenten geblieben. Ich fühle mich geehrt, dass sie mich als Inspiration für ein Instrument genommen haben, das sie noch nie gebaut haben: die 001 Charango. Das macht mich richtig glücklich.

The instrument is also mentioned on Stevens' endorsed artist page for Munich Guitar Company.

Wir haben für Becca eine Custom Konzert-Ukulele und ein Charango gebaut.

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Featured in this March 18, 2018 Facebook post by Stevens Custom Guitars. It was subsequently featured in this April 27, 2018 interview with guitar acoustic.

Und so sieht eine glückliche Becca Stevens aus. Fotos von der Übergabe, bei uns im Laden. Demnächst gibt es auch Videos.

Construction of the charango and a ukulele was finished on March 11, 2018, as documented in this Facebook post. The next day, Stevens mentioned going to pick up the ukulele in this Facebook post recommending the company. She posted again the day after that, anecdotally confirming the pickup.

March 11

Becca Stevens! Nein, das ist keine neue Modellreihe, sondern eine begnadete Musikerin aus Noth Carolina, die in New York lebt.

Sie spielt Gitarre, Ukulele und Charango und singt und schreibt Songs.

http://www.beccastevens.com/

Nachdem sie 2016 in München aufgetreten ist, sind wir auf sie aufmerksam geworden. Zum einen natürlich, weil sie eine hervorragende Musikerin ist, zum anderen wegen ihres Namens. Das verlangte doch nach einem Becca-Stevens Instrument. Jetzt wurden es zwei, eine Konzert Ukulele und ein Charango in gleicher Korpusform. Morgen, am Montag, den 12. März kommt Becca in unseren Laden, um ihre Instrumente abzuholen.

Mit dabei ist die "Guitar Acoustic"- Zeitschrift für ein Interview.

So, hier unten gibt es Entstehungsfotos von den Instrumenten und demnächst auch Fotos von der Übergabe.

March 12

‪Glasgow => Edinburgh => Munich... day off! Headed to Munich Guitar Company to meet my new babies. A charango & a uke!! I’ll keep you posted on whether it’s love at first sight 🙂

March 13

In case you’re wondering, the new instruments from Munich Guitar Company #stevensguitars are gorgeous. Will post pics soon...

In the guitar acoustic interview, Stevens revealed that she originally looked into the construction of a ukulele-charango hybrd, but settled on two separate instruments. The resultant charango is the first made by the company.

Als ich zu Anfang mit Stevens in Kontakt war, gab es die Idee, einen Hybriden aus Uke und Charango zu bauen, um weniger Equipment zu transportieren. Das hat aber nicht zufriedenstellend funktioniert. Daher sind wir bei zwei Instrumenten geblieben. Ich fühle mich geehrt, dass sie mich als Inspiration für ein Instrument genommen haben, das sie noch nie gebaut haben: die 001 Charango. Das macht mich richtig glücklich.

The instrument is also mentioned on Stevens' endorsed artist page for Munich Guitar Company.

Wir haben für Becca eine Custom Konzert-Ukulele und ein Charango gebaut.

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