GAL COVID-19 NEWS – FALL 2020 BECOME A MEMBER CLASSICAL GUITARSNew BookSummer IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIE1947 Gibson J-45 GuitarNEW PLANTOOLS AND JIGSAnthology Book BECOME A MEMBERCLASSICAL GUITARSNew BookSummer IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEhiCONVENTION/EXHIBITIONJULY 20201957 Martin 0-15 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 Members will receive Classical Guitars, the third book in our American Lutherie Anthology series, as their fall issue for 2020. It’s a full-color, soft cover, 100-page book with articles selected from the 1986-2010 issues of American Lutherie on the topic of classical guitars. See the full preview of the all the great articles it contains. Scheduled to mail to members early in October New Instrument Plan 1947 Gibson J-45 Guitar GAL Plan #78 Drawn by Kerry Char 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
