Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Dale Phillips Spring 2025 American Lutherie – Mobile Friendly American Lutherie #154 Spring 2025 Letters and more from our readers Meet Rob Goldberg by Tim Olsen Inlaying Guitar Fretboards with Glass by Rob Goldberg Recreating the Lacôte Pearl Rosette by Simon Burgun Making Mandolins at Gibson by Mark French Installing a Sideport with a Sliding Door by David Freeman Meet C.F. Casey by Newton […] To access this post, you must purchase Guild Membership – United States, 2025, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – United States, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation or Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only + 2026-Donation.
Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Dale Phillips Meet the Maker: Rob Goldberg Meet the Maker: Rob Goldberg by Tim Olsen Originally published in American Lutherie #154, 2025 Your website says that you made an electric guitar in high school. That was 1973, still in the Lutherie Dark Ages. The GAL was just getting started. Our newsletters were just a few sheets of paper, and we had […] To access this post, you must purchase Guild Membership – United States, 2025, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – United States, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation or Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only + 2026-Donation.
Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Dale Phillips Inlaying Guitar Fretboards with Glass Inlaying Guitar Fretboards with Glass by Rob Goldberg Originally published in American Lutherie #154, 2025 Using glass as an inlay material has opened up a world of possibilities for me. I now have a full color palette that I can use to create “paintings” on my instruments. Glass has its challenges, though, which I will describe. As […] To access this post, you must purchase Guild Membership – United States, 2025, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – United States, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation or Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only + 2026-Donation.
Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Dale Phillips Recreating the Lacôte Pearl Rosette Recreating the Lacôte Pearl Rosette by Simon Burgun Originally published in American Lutherie #154, 2025 In my workshop, I specialize in replicas of Romantic guitars along with the restoration of 19th-century instruments. A guitar by René Lacôte, dated 1839 (Photo 1), came through my workshop for a minor checkup a few years ago, and I had the […] To access this post, you must purchase Guild Membership – United States, 2025, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – United States, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation or Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only + 2026-Donation.
Posted on June 23, 2025June 23, 2025 by Dale Phillips Making Mandolins at Gibson Making Mandolins at Gibson by Mark French Originally published in American Lutherie #154, 2025 I have a weird job. I’m a professor of Engineering Technology at Purdue, where I have become the guitar guy. This wasn’t what I thought I would do when I arrived in 2004, but I am beyond fortunate that this is how it worked out. […] To access this post, you must purchase Guild Membership – United States, 2025, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025, Guild Membership – United States, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation, Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 + 2026-Donation or Guild Membership – Outside U.S. and Canada, 2025 Digital Only + 2026-Donation.
