GAL News & Updates BECOME A MEMBERCurrent IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEFLATTOP GUITARS 2Anthology BookCLASSICAL GUITARSAnthology BookTerz GuitarNEW PLAN BECOME A MEMBERCurrent IssueAMERICAN LUTHERIEFLATTOP GUITARS 2Anthology BookCLASSICAL GUITARSAnthology 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 American Lutherie #144 - Winter 2021 Swedish luthier Roger Häggström rebuilds century-old commercial guitars to make them sound and play well. Federico Sheppard completes his uncompromising copy of FE08, the elaborate early opus of the master luthier Torres. Robert Anderson makes beautifully carved, inlaid, and engraved banjos. In the concluding episode of a six-part series, Charles Fox frets, assembles, and sets up a flattop guitar. Get the best, most accurate work from your benchtop CNC router. Teaching STEM subjects (science, technology, engineering, and math) to high-school students by having them make guitars. Reviews of the SuperMax sander, Michael Bashkin's online fretting course, and a new book about Spanish master builder Vicente Arias. Find practical tips in our "It Worked for Me" column. And much more. Scheduled to mail to 2021 members in January 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
