| 2001 G.A.L. Convention Exhibition |
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Overview | Presenters | Music | Exhibition | Auction | Miscellaneous | Open House | Staff & Helpers |
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Reed Noble plays the careful copy of a Dyer harp guitar he built from GAL Instrument Plan 32. |
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Bryan Galloup shows off the gorgeous quilted maple back of one of his flattop guitars. |
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Mike Rosen holds a baritone uke, part of the display of the Roberto-Venn School of Luthiery. |  |
Michael Elwell displays his cittern and classic guitar. |
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Victor Listkow plays a guitar by Mike Doolin. |  |
Jeffrey Yong (left) and John Calkin chat at Jeffrey's table. |
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How to get yourself noticed at the coffeehouse open mike: Mark Kasulen plays an unusual flattop guitar by Mel Vessel. Yes, it has a hardshell case. |  |
Ahmani and Oby Johnson (right) man the Targo Woods table. |
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Cyndy Burton (left) and Joshia de Jonge discuss Joshia's classic guitar. |  |
David Cohen (left) explains his archtop mandolins to Steve Wiencrot. |
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Brent Cole displays his Alaska Specialy Woods. |  |
Twenty-six year GAL member Steve Lynch shows off a black acacia guitar back set. |
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Michael Bashkin brought a flattop guitar. |  |
Cali Hackman and Ken Goodwin play hurdy-gurdies made by Cali and her husband Alden. |
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Eric Foulk brought two mandolins made to look like tiny versions of a D'Angelico guitar and a Selmer D-hole guitar. |  |
Marc Connelly shows his “puffy” guitars. |
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Bob Park plays a harp guitar by Harry Fleishman. |  |
Dick Cogger plays his classic guitar. |
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Eric Johansen (left), Frank “Andy” Johnson (center), and Bradford Bannister study Andy's spruce. |  |
Michael Korchonnoff of Tacoma Guitars brought an instrument and a “help wanted” sign. |
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Chris Jenkins beams over his twin-soundhole guitar. That's John Timblin in the background. | ||
| 2001 GAL Convention Exhibitors | |||
Alicia Adams, Reno NV: redwood soundboards • Terry Atkins, Tacoma WA: Tacoma guitar, help wanted sign • Michael Bashkin, Ft. Collins CO: guitar • Brent Benfield, Topeka IN: experimental classic guitar • Andy Berard, Kailua-Kona HI: ukeleles, guitars, guitar sets of koa other woods from Hawaii • John Bigelow, Kingsvalley OR: Guitarma Ä Oregon Adventure in Guitar Making Camp wood, acoustic and electric guitars, guitar building camp brochures • Chris Brandt, Portland OR: rosewood and koa • Géza Burghardt, Vancouver BC: classic guitars, tools • Fred Carlson, Santa Cruz CA: Jomama, Dreadnautilus, Sympitar • Kerry Char, Portland OR: classic guitar • Dick Cogger, Ithaca NY: flamenco guitar • Dr. Dave Cohen, Richmond VA: mandolins, mandolin family instruments • Brent Cole, Craig AK: Sitka spruce top wood from southeast Alaska • Eric Collins, Olympia WA: tonewoods • James Condino, Redmond OR: mandolins, steel string guitars • Marc Connelly, Olympia WA: steel string guitars • Bruce Creps, Eugene OR: instrument wood for guitars, mandolins, ukuleles • C. Andy DePaule, Eugene OR: precut inlays, MOP, and abalone shell blanks • Marcus Dominelli, Victoria BC: classic, flamenco, 1800s parlour-style guitar • Mike Doolin, Portland OR: double cutaway acoustic guitars, Brazilian rosewood • Jeffrey R. Elliott, Portland OR: classic guitars • Chuck Erikson, Grass Valley CA: Laskin guitar, banjo, Taylor guitar, raw shell, experimental (R&D) products, and antique shell items • Fortunat Ferrari, St. Gallen, Switzerland: musical instrument top wood, German spruce for guitars, archtop guitars, mandolins, violins • Harry Fleishman, Sebastopol CA: flattop guitar, redwood/spruce top; flattop guitar, cedar/spruce top • Jim Fortier, Baltimore MD: classic guitar • Eric Foulke, Seattle WA: mandolin resembling a tiny D'Angelico guitar; mandolin resembling a tiny Selmer guitar • Bryan Galloup, Big Rapids MI: flattop guitars • Gulab Gidwani, Sicklerville NJ: instrument woods • Myles Gilmer, Portland OR: tonewoods • Oskar Graf, Clarendon ON: classical and acoustic guitars • Alden and Cali Hackmann, Indianola WA: hurdy-gurdies • Paul Hass, Seattle WA: classic guitars • Duane Heilman, Yakima WA: guitars, ukeleles, picks • Kenny Hill, Felton CA: classic guitars and ukuleles • Oby Johnson, Lynnwood WA: wood for instruments • Jack E. Johnston, Livermore CA: guitar • David J King, Portland OR: headless electric basses • Steve Klein, Sonoma CA: Klein and Kisoklein acoustic guitars • Saul Koll, Portland OR: archtop, thinline, and solidbody guitars • Randy Krueger, Randle WA: western bigleaf maple • Bob Laughlin, Vancouver BC: bouzouki and guitar • Jason Lollar, Vashon WA: guitars, electromagnetic pickups, and pickup supplies • Steve Lynch, Capitola CA: black acacia guitar backs and sides • Brent McElroy, Seattle WA: two flattop guitars • Denis K. Merrill, Tacoma WA: classic guitar • John Mickelson, Seldovia AK: bridge pins, tuning machines, ivory bulk inlay • Dave Montgomery, Castle Valley UT • Chris Munger, Elma WA: spruce and cedar wood • Ralph Novak, San Leandro CA: 8-string guitar • Gareth Oka, Spokane WA: Harmony archtop guitar: a resurrection in progress over thirty years using lots of cussing and just dumb luck • Alan Ollivant, Fairview OR: guitar sets, tops, accessories • Greg Pacetti, Fairbanks AK: guitar and resophonic guitars • John Park, Summerland BC: flamenco guitars • Zlatko Parlov, Denver CO: carbon fiber cases for classical and archtop guitars • Jack Pimentel, Elma WA: cedar, figured maple, electric guitar • David Poplar, Sequim WA: guitars by Peter Barthell • Darrell Pura, Saskatoon SK: three Irish bouzoukis, two acoustic guitars, three mandolins • Fabio Ragghianti, Pietrasanta, Italy: classic guitar • Mike Rosen, Phoenix AZ: ukuleles • Bhanu M. Shah, Fullerton CA: tonewoods for guitars • George Smith, Portland OR: classic and flamenco guitars • Larry Stamm, McBride BC: guitar, violin, tonewoods • Steiny, Portland OR: steel string guitars • Stewart-MacDonald, Athens OH: tools, woods, machine heads • Todd Taggart, Healdsburg CA: tonewoods • David Thormahlen, Corvallis OR: harps, guitars, and mandolins • John Timblin, Arlington TX: steel string guitar • JoAnn Tompkins, Rescue CA: shell inlay materials • Mel Vessel, Eugene OR: one acoustic steel string guitar and one special new design guitar • Robert Watanabe, Fountain Valley CA: Claro walnut and bigleaf maple • Larry Wysocki, Playa Del Rey CA: Brazilian and East Indian rosewood, European spruce, ebony fingerboards • Jeffrey Yong Chin Hoe, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: guitars • Joshia de Jonge, Oshawa ON: classic guitar and steel string guitar • Scott van Linge, Silver City NM: steel string guitars |
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