BECOME A MEMBER hiCONVENTION/EXHIBITIONJULY 20201957 Martin 0-15 GuitarNEW PLANCurrent IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEFLATTOP GUITARSNew 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 It’s Coming Next Summer! Guild of American Luthiers 23rd Convention and Exhibition July 22-26, 2020 - Tacoma Washington • Instrument Exhibition • Informative Lectures • Hands on Demonstrations • Traffic in Lutherie Materials • Concerts • Old Friends • People You Want to Meet • CURRENT ISSUE OF AMERICAN LUTHERIE Federico Sheppard visits Todd Cambio, a guitar maker who revives the early-twentieth-century work of American guitar factories, Italian-American luthiers of New York, and Mexican-American makers. Mark French documents the ongoing adoption of CNC technology by individual luthiers. Cyndy Burton catches up with Canadian luthier Joshia de Jonge, who shows us how she builds an elevated and “twisted” neck for a classical guitar. Harp-guitar pope Gregg Miner looks into the early development of Gibson guitar strings. Todd Mylet gives a detailed explanation of resetting a dovetailed guitar neck. Read more Newest Instrument Plans 1957 Martin 0-15 Guitar GAL Plan #76 Drawn by Tim Olsen 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
