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Meet the Maker: Thomas Beltran by Samuel Barnes Originally published in American Lutherie #155, 2025   Dictionaries may blandly define “luthier” as “one who makes stringed musical instruments,” but after nearly six hours of discussion with a real live luthier, I submit the following redefinition: “A uniquely curious, intelligent, affable, and generous creature who delights in […]

An Overview of Richard Schneider’s Guitar-Assembly Process by Thomas Beltran Originally published in American Lutherie #155, 2025   In the Summer of 1983, I studied with Richard Schneider in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and had the opportunity to learn his guitar-building process up close. The process I was using at the time to build classical guitars was based largely […]

The Alluring Ukulele: A Design Adventure by Pat Megowan from his 2023 GAL Convention workshop Originally published in American Lutherie #155, 2025   Maybe it was Tiny Tim on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” or the ’60s plastic uke in the cupboard behind the fireplace; but growing up around my mom’s classical piano, ukuleles had no magic. […]

Let’s Catch Up with Steve Kinnaird by John Calkin Originally published in American Lutherie #154, 2025   You travel to several guitar shows. Do you feel they are important to your business? How often do you sell instruments at a show? It really has been not only good, but necessary to business. Of course, when […]

Granddad’s Guitar by Steve Kinnaird Originally published in American Lutherie #155, 2025   For my guitar #100 in 2014, I built a near replica of my granddad’s old white-oak parlor guitar. He bought it in the early 1900s, quite possibly as a mail order. With this he wooed my grandmother, and won her with “Spanish Fandango.” […]