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American Lutherie #125
Spring Issue 2016
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Page 12 - Meet the Maker: Tom Bills
 by David Goen
Tom Bills shows the X brace Tom Bills planing the edges flat Veneer is added to the peghead
The guitar sides are glued on View of the inside of the guitar sides Tom Bills planing the guitar sides flat
Archtop guitar sides.
Tom Bills with his early archtops Boaz Elkayam (left) with Tom Bills. Toms Bills puts in some quality hammock time
Tom with his early archtops Mexico, 2000. Boaz Elkayam (left) with Tom Bills. Mexico, 2000. Toms puts in some quality hammock time, absorbing the diagrams drawn on the whiteboard by Boaz.
Page 24 - Secrets of Santos
by Federico Sheppard
Tailor shop near to the Santos shop This tailor shop near to the Santos shop is now numbered Aduana 27 Spain’s “kilometer zero” is near the Santos shop. This is the tomb of Santos Hernandez. Or maybe of his widow Matilde. Jose Romanillos and his wife Marian Harris Winspear
This tailor shop near to the Santos shop is now numbered Aduana 27. That was the number on the Santos’ shop until the Madrid city fathers changed the number to 23 around 1930 or so. Spain’s “kilometer zero” is near the Santos shop. This is the tomb of Santos. Or maybe of his widow Matilde. It’s hard to be sure with so many letters knocked off. Here’s Jose Romanillos and his wife Marian Harris Winspear at the Santos exhibit in El Centro de la Vihuela de Mano y la Guitarra Española “José Luis Romanillos,” an educational foundation that they formed.
Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools
Some of Santos Hernandez's tools This tiny Santos Hernandez guitar was possibly a “salesman sample” A container holding rosette pieces used by Santos Hernandez Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Various pictures in the Santos Hernandez shop
  This tiny Santos guitar was possibly a “salesman sample” to demonstrate his workmanship.      
Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools Some of Santos Hernandez's tools
Page 48 - The Hand-Rubbed Sunburst
by James Condino
James Condino shows how he makes a pad for apply a sunburst finish James Condino shows how he makes a pad for apply a sunburst finish James Condino shows how he makes a pad for apply a sunburst finish James Condino shows how he makes a pad for apply a sunburst finish James Condino shows how he makes a pad for apply a sunburst finish
James says: “The pad is a simple square of well-worn cotton T shirt; newer material will have a lot of fuzz that comes off in the finish. A wadded-up section of the same cloth is put inside the square. I tie it off with a rubber band, which really helps me focus on the motion of the pad and not trying to hold on to the whole mess.”

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