American Lutherie #107 Fall 2011 This issue’s cover shows hundreds of happy luthiers at the GAL’s recent 20th Convention in Tacoma, Washington. Were you there? Follow the above link for tons more pictures. Photo by Brian Stone American Lutherie #107 – Fall 2011$5.00 – $7.00 Choose Membership Status Choose an optionMemberNon-memberClear American Lutherie #107 - Fall 2011 quantity Add to cart SKU: N/A Category: American Lutherie Additional information Additional information Choose Membership Status Member, Non-member Related products American Lutherie #128 – Winter 2016 $8.00 – $10.00 Select options American Lutherie #114 – Summer 2013 $5.00 – $7.00 Select options American Lutherie #120 – Winter 2014 $5.00 – $7.00 Select options Lutherie: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow from his 2011 GAL Convention lecture by R.E. Bruné R.E. Bruné knows a thing or two about the lutherie biz, having been in it since the ’60s. He gives a quick review of how we (we instrument makers in the northern European tradition, that is) got here; what’s our current situation here in the purported Golden Age of American Lutherie; and how it is all going to hell in a handbasket thanks to the Lacey Act. This issue’s cover shows hundreds of happy luthiers at the GAL’s recent 20th Convention in Tacoma, Washington. Were you there? Follow the above link for tons more pictures. Photo by Brian Stone American Lutherie #107 – Fall 2011$5.00 – $7.00 Choose Membership Status Choose an optionMemberNon-memberClear American Lutherie #107 - Fall 2011 quantity Add to cart SKU: N/A Category: American Lutherie Additional information Additional information Choose Membership Status Member, Non-member Related products American Lutherie #123 – Fall 2015 $8.00 – $10.00 Select options American Lutherie #128 – Winter 2016 $8.00 – $10.00 Select options American Lutherie #111 – Fall 2012 $5.00 – $7.00 Select options This issue’s cover shows hundreds of happy luthiers at the GAL’s recent 20th Convention in Tacoma, Washington. Were you there? Follow the above link for tons more pictures. Photo by Brian Stone Constructing a Double Bass, Part 2: Inspired by a 1760 Giovanni Baptiste Gabrielli from his 2004 and 2006 GAL Convention workshops by Géza Burghardt Géza completes the process of making a bass viol the old fashioned way. Article includes reduced images of the GAL’s full-scale plan of the instrument. GAL Instrument Plan #64. GAL Instrument Plan #64: Double Bass inspired by a 1760 GB Gabriellin by Geza Burghardt Reduced plan image appears in article. For more information on the full-scale instrument plan, see GAL Instrument Plan #64. Meet the Maker: George Gruhn by Roger Alan Skipper George Gruhn is the King of the Vintage Guitars (and Mandolins and Banjos.) Everybody knows that his shop actross the street from the Grand Ol Opry’s Ryman Auditorium is the place to be for fine old American guitars. Our man Roger takes an inside look at the Gruhn operation, getting the lowdown on George’s college career in animal psychology, his history as an instrument designer, and his extensive repair department. Cheap Machines: Drill Press by John Calkin If you are starting a lutherie shop, a drill press is one of the first things you should get. And you don’t need an expensive one. Calkin likes ’em old, dirty, and cheap. And he shows us a bunch of basic operations that get the work done fast. This article appears in our anthology book Tools and Jigs. Product Reviews by Roger Alan Skipper Our reviewer looks at two fancy, flexible decorative purfling materials; Purflex®, a chain of intricately carved wood purfling segments, and ZipFlex®, a bendable abalone strip. Reviews by Tom Harper and David Wiebe Harper reviews “Hand Made Hand Played” an ambitious picture book of guitars. And speaking of ambitious projects, Wiebe reviews “When Trees Sing” Peter Prier’s set of fifteenth DVDs covering the entire process of making a violin. It Worked for Me by Jon Simpson and Mark Roberts Use packing tape as a backing for sandpaper. Make a minimal mounting for a buffer and hang it on the wall between sessions. Questions edited by R.M. Mottola Mastic for inlay; beveled arm rests; mounting archtop pickups; allergic to wood; brace stiffness; mahogany guitar soundboards. Web Extras View photo gallery for this issue of American Lutherie. American Lutherie #135 – Winter 2018 American Lutherie #134 – Summer 2018 American Lutherie #133 – Spring 2018 American Lutherie #132 – Winter 2017 American Lutherie #131 – Fall 2017 American Lutherie #130 – Summer 2017 American Lutherie #129 – Spring 2017 American Lutherie #128 – Winter 2016 American Lutherie #127 – Fall 2016 American Lutherie #126 – Summer 2016 Journal
