GAL News & Updates BECOME A MEMBERCLASSICAL GUITARS 2Current Issue1972 - 2022CELEBRATING OUR50th ANNIVERSARYSummer IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEFLATTOP GUITARS 2Anthology BookTerz GuitarNEW PLAN BECOME A MEMBERCLASSICAL GUITARS 2Anthology Book1972 - 2022CELEBRATING OUR50th ANNIVERSARYSummer IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEFLATTOP GUITARS 2Anthology BookTerz GuitarNEW PLAN 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 Classical Guitars 2: An American Lutherie Anthology - Fall 2022 Classical Guitars 2, the fifth book in our American Lutherie Anthology series. It’s a full-color, soft cover, 100-page book with articles selected from the 1985-2011 issues of American Lutherie on the topic of classical guitars. Unlike the original issues of AL, this book is printed in full color. See more. Scheduled to mail to 2022 members mid-Late September New Instrument Plan Terz Guitar GAL Plan #80 Drawn by James Buckland RESCHEDULED Guild of American Luthiers 23rd Convention / Exhibition Summer 2023 - 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
