Web Extras American Lutherie #132 - Winter 2017 Page 6 - Meet the Maker: Michael Bashkin by Brian Yarosh Belize, 1996. Blue Creek Biological Reserve, Belize, 1996. Idaho Department of Lands, 1989. Harvesting Engelmann spruce, 1996. More GAL Convention fun: Here’s Michael’s exhibition table at his first GAL Convention in 1998. GAL Benefit Auction, 2001. Shopping for wood at the 2001 Exhibition. Mug shot, 2004. Posing with The Big Guy in China. Page 44 - Let’s Catch Up with Graham Caldersmith by Juan Oscar Azaret Graham Caldersmith and his partner Angela MacPherson in their tea house. The beautiful countryside around Comboyne, New South Wales, Australia The rigid and heavy Australian-style body of a Caldersmith guitar (Image 1 of 3). The rigid and heavy Australian-style body of a Caldersmith guitar (Image 2 of 3). The rigid and heavy Australian-style body of a Caldersmith guitar (Image 3 of 3).