GAL News & Updates – January 2021 – Renewal Time! BECOME A MEMBER CLASSICAL GUITARSNew BookWinter IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIE1964 Harmony/Regal GuitarNEW PLANTOOLS AND JIGSAnthology Book BECOME A MEMBERCLASSICAL GUITARSNew BookWinter IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEhiCONVENTION/EXHIBITIONJULY 20201964 Harmony/Regal GuitarNEW PLANTOOLS AND JIGSAnthology Book The Guild of American Luthiers is a nonprofit educational membership organization whose purpose is to facilitate learning about lutherie: the art, craft, and science of stringed musical instrument building and repair. Since 1972, we’ve been the foremost source of information for makers, repairers, and restorers of all kinds of string instruments. Guild membership and publications are open to all. Whether you’ve been making instruments for years, or have just acquired the lutherie bug; whether you live in Brooklyn or Bangladesh; whether lutherie is your livelihood or your passion or both; we invite you to join the Guild and learn more about the many ways you can benefit from and contribute to our information sharing system! Membership Benefits Member Discounts Members get discounted prices on our books, back issues, plans, and more. learn more American Lutherie Our respected journal American Lutherie is the main benefit of GAL membership. learn more Premium Web Content Members can read a growing selection of our articles online. learn more CURRENT ISSUE OF AMERICAN LUTHERIE American Lutherie #141 is our Winter 2020 issue. Look for articles on Romantic-era guitars; Part Three of our series on building a guitar with Charles Fox; lutherie business; uke bridge intonation; plan drawing of a 1964 Harmony/Regal Guitar; beachcombing for cedar logs; an unusual first guitar; an inexpensive CNC router; quick-and-dirty auxilliary workbenches; drafting the traditional flattop pickguard. Plus much more. See the full preview here. Scheduled to mail to 2020 members mid-January. New Instrument Plan 1964 Harmony/Regal Guitar GAL Plan #79 Drawn by Steve Kennel RESCHEDULED Guild of American Luthiers 23rd Convention / Exhibition Summer 2022 - Tacoma Washington • See more information here • Looking for Something? You can search abstracts of all our articles. Pick a topic, pick an author, or search for a word. It’s fun! go to search page Resources Are you just getting started in guitar making, or thinking about becoming a luthier? Or are you an experience builder looking for an event or hard-to-find supplies? See our Resources page with links to lutherie schools, suppliers, organizations, events and more! browse resources