American Lutherie #125 Spring 2016 This issue’s cover shows James Condino at the 2011 GAL Convention demonstrating his technique of applying a water-based sunburst to one of his fine mandolins. Photo by Peggy Stuart American Lutherie #125 – Spring 2016$5.00 – $10.00 Choose Membership Status Choose an optionMemberNon-memberClear American Lutherie #125 - Spring 2016 quantity Add to cart SKU: N/A Category: American Lutherie Additional information Additional information Choose Membership Status Member, Non-member Related products American Lutherie #132 – Winter 2017 $5.00 – $10.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page American Lutherie #111 – Fall 2012 $5.00 – $7.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page American Lutherie #114 – Summer 2013 $5.00 – $7.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page Contemporary Ukulele Making: Extended Soundport from his 2014 GAL Convention workshop by Jay Lichty Jay Lichty makes these cool little side soundports with fiber sleeves in them for his ukuleles. They have a nice finished look to them and are relatively easy to do. Jay demonstrated the entire process live at the 2014 GAL Convention, and we cover it here in detail. This issue’s cover shows James Condino at the 2011 GAL Convention demonstrating his technique of applying a water-based sunburst to one of his fine mandolins. Photo by Peggy Stuart American Lutherie #125 – Spring 2016$5.00 – $10.00 Choose Membership Status Choose an optionMemberNon-memberClear American Lutherie #125 - Spring 2016 quantity Add to cart SKU: N/A Category: American Lutherie Additional information Additional information Choose Membership Status Member, Non-member Related products American Lutherie #111 – Fall 2012 $5.00 – $7.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page American Lutherie #126 – Summer 2016 $5.00 – $10.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page American Lutherie #133 – Spring 2018 $5.00 – $10.00 Select options This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page On the back cover we see a flamed maple test board used at the same workshop to try samples of the various colors. Photo by Peggy Stuart Meet the Maker: Tom Bills by David Goen Tom Bills’ story reads like a movie script idea. It starts with a 16-year-old kid who had never heard a guitar and turns him into a successful guitar maker and lutherie teacher. Along the way there are revelations, disasters, mentors, and miracles. Featuring Boaz Elkyam in the role of Gandalf. Wood Stiffness: An Analysis of a Substantial Sample of Woods of Interest to Guitar Makers by Jim Blilie with Alan Carruth So you tap on the wood when you buy it. You flex it when you select it for an instrument. You scratch it and knock it as you build. And the instrument turns out pretty good. When you build the next one, will you remember what you did? Blilie and Carruth try to make the whole process a bit more quantifiable by looking at the stiffness and density of individual wood samples. Secrets of Santos by Federico Sheppard Santos Hernández, universally considered one of the greatest of the 20th-century Spanish guitar makers, had a reputation for secrecy. Our intrepid globe-trotting reporter Federico Sheppard travels to Madrid to find the truth. To what lengths will Federico go to get the scoop? This photo should give you a clue! Traces of Santos by Federico Sheppard and R.E. Bruné On his quest for the secrets of Santos, Federico visits a permanent exhibit of Santos’ original tools and forms at El Centro de la Vihuela de Mano y la Guitarra Española “José Luis Romanillos” in the Medieval city of Sigüenza. GAL Instrument Plan #73: 1934 Santos Hernández Flamenco Guitar Drawn by R.E. Bruné And speaking of Santos, here’s a detailed plan of a nice Santos flamenco guitar in the personal collection of R.E. Bruné. Study it for yourself. Find the secrets of Santos! Meet the Maker: Patrick “Doc” Huff by January Williams Meet “Doc” Huff, a self-reliant man, independent thinker, and joyful inventor. “Doc” has traveled the world as a disaster-relief medic, and is now homesteading in the coastal mountains of Oregon. He makes highly original and unusual frailing banjos using a dizzying selection of gorgeous woods. He built his shop and house, and uses a chainsaw mill to make lumber from logs felled on his property. The Hand-Rubbed Sunburst from his 2011 GAL Convention workshop by James Condino James Condino likes to do sunbursts on archtop mandolins the way they did it back in the 1920s: rubbing water stains directly on the bare wood. He says you need to be well prepared, and then be ready to roll with it if the wood has a whole different idea. He’s getting beautiful results. A Simple Modification to Reduce Frequency Errors in Guitars by Mark French Put your money where your math is! The calculator says to move the first two frets back a little, and push the nut forward a lot. So try it! (I’m not gonna try it. You try it!) I know; let’s get Professor Mark French! He and his college students will try anything! Questions edited by R.M. Mottola Is that gorgeous flamed paneling in Asian hotels really wood? Will a nicely sawn 4-piece guitar top sound as good as a 2-piece top? How should I change the bracing when adapting a 6-string guitar plan to make a 12-string? Where can I get that nice brown tape in quantity? Web Extras View photo gallery for this issue of American Lutherie. American Lutherie #138 – Winter 2019 American Lutherie #137 – Summer 2019 American Lutherie #136 – Spring 2019 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 Journal
