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.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Acoustic Guitar Repair: Bridge, Rod, and Pickguard Acoustic Guitar Repair: Bridge, Rod, and Pickguard by Alex Glasser and Brian Michael from their 2023 GAL Convention workshop Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 Alex: A lot of stuff goes wrong with the tops of guitars. A lot of issues coincide with each other. There’s not much glued to the back of […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Nissim’s Guitar Nissim’s Guitar by Zack Youcha Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 In the summer of 2022, my family and I took a trip to North Macedonia to discover part of our roots. We’re Monastirli on my dad’s side: Ottoman Jews from Monastir, now the city of Bitola in North Macedonia. The trip was beautiful […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Little Guitar of My Dreams Little Guitar of My Dreams by Tim Olsen Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 When I was very young, like about ten, I encountered a guitar which blew my little mind and made me want to be a guitar maker. I mentioned this briefly almost forty years ago in AL#11. Maybe it’s not too soon to […] This post is only available to members.
Posted on February 3, 2026February 3, 2026 by Dale Phillips Agustín Barrios: History of the Guitar Rewritten Agustín Barrios: History of the Guitar Rewritten by Federico Sheppard from his 2023 GAL Convention lecture Originally published in American Lutherie #156, 2025 We have lost a lot of very important people in the past few years. José Romanillos, Eugene Clark, and Robert Ruck have all passed from this earth. All have stood at […] This post is only available to members.
