Annual membership dues are $65 in the USA, $78 in Canada, $85 everywhere else.

Membership benefits for 2025 include:

- Three issues of our print journal, American Lutherie: Spring and Summer regular issues, plus an extra-large Fall/Winter issue.
- Digital access to 2025 issues of American Lutherie starting with our Spring issue.*
- Member-only access to our rapidly-growing archive of Articles Online, including periodic releases of large collections of great articles from earlier issues of American Lutherie.
- Discounts on GAL publications: Books, plans, and back issues of American Lutherie.
- The satisfaction of supporting and sustaining the Guild’s non-profit educational mission.
(*Overseas members can opt for a digital-only membership. See more info below.)

Important Note:
2025 will be the last year of publication of our print journal American Lutherie. Don’t miss our historic final year of print publication!

Plans for 2026:
We will continue offering a digital membership with online access to all our Articles Online. Members will still receive discounts on all our plans, back issues and books.
Please consider adding 2026 membership/donation to your 2025 membership purchase. When you do, you’ll continue to support the Guild’s efforts to make our 50+ years of content available to members online.

GIFT MEMBERSHIPS
Guild Membership makes a great gift!
You can purchase gift membership(s) or other items on our website by selecting the membership year(s) and any other items you want to purchase and proceeding to checkout. IMPORTANT: Put YOUR name and address in the “Billing details” and the RECIPIENT’S name and address in the “Ship to a different address” section. In the “Order notes” mention that it is a gift, and PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR RECIPIENT’S EMAIL ADDRESS . The website will automatically give the purchaser access to our Articles Online, so you can forward that info to your recipient, or we can create an new online login account in their name (or update their existing one) if we have their email address. If you’ve given a gift in the past, the site may ask you to login first.

PRINT A GIFT GREETING CARD: You can print this gift card to announce your gift to your recipient. (Print on an 8.5" × 11" sheet and fold in quarters.)