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Archtop Guitars with Italian Flair from his 2011 GAL Convention lecture by Stephen Marchione Stephen Marchione finds a lot of lutherie inspiration in his Italian experience and heritage. He talks about techniques, but the real emphasis here is on attitude. If you are gonna do it, do it with flair. |
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Meet the Maker: Martin de Witte by Federico Sheppard Martin de Witte is a self-taught luthier and machinist doing beautiful work in a charming neighborhood of The Hauge, Netherlands. He specializes in lutes and Romantic guitars, and makes his own Stauffer-style enclosed and engraved tuner sets. |
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1930 Santos Hernández by Jeffrey R. Elliott This guitar by the Spanish master has an interesting story. Andrés Segovia signed the spruce top with a ball-point pen. Did that desecrate it, or make it distinctively collectible? Later it was poorly repaired. Now it has been properly fixed up by Jeff Elliott, so all is well. |
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GAL Instrument Plan #68 — 1930 Santos Hernández by Jeffrey R. Elliott While Jeff Elliott was fixing up this fine old instrument, he made a thorough full-scale drawing of GAL Instrument Plan #68 for our benefit. Sweet! |
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Meet the Maker: Roger Alan Skipper by John Calkin Roger Alan Skipper was born and raised in western Maryland. That's where he first discovered lutherie when a musician he met at a bluegrass gathering turned out to be a mandolin maker. That's where he burned out on being a building contractor and boss of a chain of home improvement stores. And that's where he still is today, as a one-man lutherie shop and a writer of novels. |
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What to Do When Your Head Falls Off: Instrument Repair Tips and Techniques from their 2011 GAL Convention workshop by Brian Michael and Alex Glasser Brian and Alex rip through a few repair jobs for our edification: two split guitar pegheads, a busted-clean-off uke head, guitar soundboard cracks, finish touchup, uke back replacement, and more. |
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Product Reviews by Todd Brotherton Here's a review of a fancy expensive handmade rasp. But it is more than a review. Lots of good info on rasps. |
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It Worked for Me by Tip House and Aaron Grumbacher Use a plane sharpening jig to make a perfect bevel on a classical guitar bridge. Hold a guitar body for binding with vacuum and suction cups. |
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Questions edited by R.M. Mottola What's a tamburitza? What's the right kind of binding for the "Marie Antoinette" guitar? How do you angle the tiles for a mosaic rosette? How do you approach making a scarf peghead joint for a multiscale neck? |
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