HOW COVID-19 IS EFFECTING THE GAL – UPDATED MAY 7, 2020 BECOME A MEMBER Current IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIE1947 Gibson J-45 GuitarNEW PLANTOOLS AND JIGSNew Book BECOME A MEMBERCurrent IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEhiCONVENTION/EXHIBITIONJULY 20201957 Martin 0-15 GuitarNEW PLANTOOLS AND JIGSNew 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 #139 is our Spring 2020 issue. It features Federico Sheppard’s international travels and lutherie adventures; Part One of a detailed look at Charles Fox’s guitar building process; The Gibson J-45 guitar, including GAL Plan #78; Meet Arie van Spronssen; Erick Coleman and Evan Gluck’s latest guitar repair tips; a lap steel guitar made of kitchen gadgets; Harry Flieshman’s praise of small, messy shops; Roger Bucknall’s guitar wood experiment; a remembrance of Felix Manzenaro; plus letters, reviews, questions, and more. Read more Scheduled to ship to current members in March New Instrument Plan 1947 Gibson J-45 Guitar GAL Plan #78 Drawn by Kerry Char CANCELED Guild of American Luthiers 23rd Convention / Exhibition July 22-26, 2020 - 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
