Wammack gets his new guitar – AMHOF is the presentation venue

Jeff Ayers, Burly Guitars, presents his custom designed guitar to Travis Wammack at the Alabama Music Hall of Fame

TUSCUMBIA – Probably the most celebrated guitar virtuoso living here in Muscle Shoals, Travis Wammack already has quite a collection of guitars. His career, spanning the 1960’s through today, is recognized around the world.

Howard Ludke and Travis Wammack earlier this year in Russellville

And yesterday, he was presented with a beautiful custom-designed axe like nothing else in his treasury of world class instruments. The guitar was created by a Wisconsin artisan, Jeff Ayers. His website is Burly Guitars. The story as to how this all came about revolves around a recording session for Wisconsin guitarist, Howard “Guitar” Luedtke, who was in town last year. Ludke, himself a great guitar player, has all his life been a fan of Wammack. And while they were recording the album over at Donnie and Jan Gullett’s studio in Tuscumbia, the guitar-maker became a topic of discussion. And, as it is said, the rest is history.

The Quad-Cities Daily was on hand at the Hall of Fame for the presentation. Here are the photos.