Stillwater is known as the birthplace of Red Dirt music, with its genesis being a place just outside town called The Farm. The Farm was an old 2-story Sears Roebuck house where the early pioneers of the genre would gather with Bob Childers to write, play and hone their craft. The house burned down a long time ago, but the central garage/pavilion (dubbed The Gypsy Cafe) still stands and hosts evening jams and gatherings with local musicians. There are also several old, dilapidated outbuildings standing on the property.
This is the last guitar to be built from wood from this historic and musically significant location, and with The Boys from Oklahoma music event taking place this weekend, an event showcasing this genre that's so tied to Stillwater, and with so many of these performers having spent their formative musical years at this very location, now seemed like the right time for its debut.
Here are the specs:
- Pine barnwood body sourced from one of the outbuildings at The Farm
- 3-piece maple neck with maple fretboard
- Kluson Revolution tuners
- Bootstrap Palo Duro bridge pickup
- Kluson Icon Vintage 57 neck pickup
- Bone nut
- CTS pots
- Wilkinson bridge with compensated brass saddles
