Web Extras American Lutherie #114 - Summer 2013 Page 6 - Hearing Voices: A Recipe for Voicing the Steel String Guitar by John Greven Mike Doolin made these videos of John Greven explaining and demonstrating his voicing method. John Greven on Selecting Guitar Tops John Greven on Selecting Brace Stock John Greven Plays the Finished Guitars These are audio clips from the 2011 convention workshop. Audio clip (34KB): A really stiff Lutz top.Audio clip (49KB): The mate, sanded down. This demonstrates the variability of ping tone with thickness.Audio clip (70KB): B-Grade Adirondack. The tone is a little bit muddy, but the footprint of a smaller guitar will tighten it up. Variable grain spacing and a small knot make this a $7 top.Audio clip (57KB): German spruce with extremely tight grain, moderately stiff. $180.Audio clip (49KB): This Adirondack top has a lot of interference, or motion other than the fundamental.Audio clip (64KB): Adirondack. Color streaks reduce the cost to $100. This wood is unique in that it’s both relatively soft and very stiff. This guitar will be crisp and clean, but also warm. Four grades of Adirondack tops demonstrate that price is not always indicative of tonal properties. In Greven’s view, the middle grades are the best of the bunch: Audio clip (62KB): This ugly $65 top is stiff as steel, and coupled with moderate bracing would make a killer 000-18 or D-18.Audio clip (37KB): This $85 top has color streaks and variable grain.-08Audio clip (57KB): This $200 top is very pretty, but has a pitch pocket that can be located in the sound hole.Audio clip (66KB): 22:04: $250 top, very pretty, very stiff, no discoloration.-10Audio clip (65KB): 50-60-year-old Sitka spruce. Good for Gibson reproductions. Nasty, edgy quality.-11Audio clip (58KB): Another piece of the old Sitka.-12Audio clip (47KB): Modern Sitka spruce.-13Audio clip (39KB): Carpathian spruce. Short sustain. Guitar will have power, but not sparkle.-14Audio clip (38KB): European red spruce.-15Audio clip (83KB): These two Sitka tops have little lateral stiffness, and can practically be bent into a tube. Relatively articulate, but with little sustain.-16Audio clip (1.60MB): These two 00-18 guitars are identical but for the Sitka tops; the first has a top with little lateral stiffness. The guitarist is Duffy Calloway.-17 Identical Lutz-topped guitars with different back and sides: Audio clip (772KB): mahogany-18Audio clip (792KB): maple-19Audio clip (790KB): rosewood-20 Identical Lutz-topped guitars of different size: Audio clip (224KB): Single 0-21Audio clip (217KB): Double 0Audio clip (212KB): Triple 0 Similar guitars, one new and one old: Audio clip (411KB): 4-1/2-year-old guitar has softer Adirondack top and braces is deeper and warmer, but without much sparkle.Audio clip (378KB): New guitar with stiffer top and braces is brighter, with more articulation. Page 14 - Meet the Maker: Stephen Marchione by James Condino Attending Tom Ribbecke’s workshop on archtop plate carving at the 1995 GAL Convention. Steve is under the clock. Exhibiting at the 1995 GAL Convention. Marchione’s second Manhattan studio, 1995. Carving a walnut archtop back. The finished walnut archtop. Mark Whitfield plays a Marchione classical guitar. Playing at the 2006 GAL Convention flamenco open mike with R.E. Brune. (image 1 of 2) Playing at the 2006 GAL Convention flamenco open mike with R.E. Brune. (image 2 of 2) Page 38 - Let’s Catch Up with Fabio Ragghianti by Brian Yarosh Carving a mandolin top with a little helper, 1982 Instruments under construction in Vietnam. (image 1 of 2) Instruments under construction in Vietnam. (image 2 of 2) Fabio with Pete Seeger, 2001 George Benson holding Fabio’s radical classical at the 2010 NAMM show. Page 64 - Product Reviews: Kahler 2415-CX Tremolo Bass Bridge by Eron Harding
