Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips fall-winter-2025-american-lutherie-mobile-friendly American Lutherie #156 Fall/Winter 2025 Letters and more from our readers A Letter to our Members from Tim, Deb, and Bon Observations on the Topography of Spanish Guitar Soundboards by R.E. Bruné A Steel String Guitar Maker’s Journey from his 2023 GAL Convention lecture by Steve Kauffman Agustín Barrios: History of the Guitar Rewritten from […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Reflections on Collecting Guitars Reflections on Collecting Guitars The Guitars are My Teachers by R.E. Bruné Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 I have often heard it said that the difference between a guitar player, a guitar collector, and a guitar dealer is the following: A player is a person who wishes they had a bedroom […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Recreating the Lacôte Veneered Neck Recreating the Lacôte Veneered Neck by Simon Burgun Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 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 (Photos 1 and 2) came through my workshop for a minor checkup a few years […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Marchione Fretting Techniques Marchione Fretting Techniques by Stephen Marchione from his 2023 GAL Convention workshop Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 I have been a full-time professional luthier since the end of 1989. In that time, I’ve built close to a thousand guitars and done roughly two-thousand fret jobs. In my first job, before I opened my […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Donnie, Jim, and Me: A Tale of Three Shops Donnie, Jim, and Me: A Tale of Three Shops by Jay Anderson Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 I met Don Kendall in his Roswell, New Mexico, shop for the first time last month, after ordering my first batch of JLD Bridge Doctors five years ago. And I met Jim Olson in his Circle […] This post is only available to members.
