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Finishing Techniques for Hiding Repair Work from the 1992 convention lecture by Dan Erlewine
Erlewine hides his wooden patches under a field of colored French polish, then paints over it with simulated wood grain, and then might shoot a sunburst around everything. Old European craftsmen would smile in recognition of these tricks, but they are seldom applied to guitars.
Meet the Maker: Ervin Somogyi by Colin Kaminski
Many of us suffer periods of lutherie burn-out, but few as dramatically as Somogyi, whose house and shop were lost in a great California fire. This interview offers early background information and an update of how he has coped since the fire.
Principles of Guitar Dynamics and Design from the 1992 convention lecture by Ervin Somogyi
Somogyi delves into many of the technical considerations of guitar design and construction. With a large number of drawings.
What You Should Know About the Hardanger Fiddle by David Golber
The chief difference between the Hardanger and a normal violin is its use of sympathetic strings, though other differences abound. Ornate decoration is also usual. Golber offers a good description of a typical Hardanger and how to set it up.
Historical Lute Construction: Practicum Part Twelve by Robert Lundberg
Lundberg explains how to make and fit the pegs to the lute. This is one of 19 step-by-step segments in the series.
Fingerboard Radius Sanding Blocks by Wayne Kelly
Make your own radiused blocks from auto body filler.
Meet the Maker: Scot Tremblay by Jonathon Peterson
Trembley is a Canadian luthier who specializes in the guitars of the 19th century, both as a maker and a restorationist. He has studied the subject deeply. With photos and a scale drawing of an 1816 Salon Guitar by Jose Martinez. This plan is a reduced version of GAL full-scale Instrument Plan #36.
Sharpening Scrapers by Robert Lundberg
Scrapers are wonderfully useful tools despite the difficulties they often pose to beginners. Lundberg explains how to tame them.
Jatoba by Nicholas Von Robison and Debbie Suran
Two luthiers examine an alternative wood and find that their samples do not match each other, and that their research texts don't match descriptions, either. Two chunks of wood point to a common problem for those who are driven to be different.
At the Workbench of the Twelfth Fret by Jonathon Peterson
Four repairmen offer a variety of tips about altering mechanical archtop bridges, adding more "pop" to fretless bass necks, soldering and shielding electrics, carbide bandsaw blades, abrasive cord, super glue, cutting saddle slots, double-stick tape, bending plastic binding, beveling pickguard stock, replacing bar frets with T-frets, and restoring headstocks to look old.
Electronic Answer Man by Rick Turner
Turner warns repairmen not to get in over their heads with custom electronics work, and describes two elaborate jobs that came out right for all concerned.
Violin Q & A by Michael Darnton
Darnton discusses classical violin strings and a time-saving method of cutting the purfling slots.
Product Reviews by Harry Fleishman
Toolman tries out the Hipshot Extender Key for guitars, and the Hipshot Trilogy bridge. He finds them to be useful products with specific uses.
Questions edited by Cyndy Burton
Readers offer information about the mandolin family of instruments, and where to find drawings of the National Duolian guitar.
This issue is no longer available individually. Its contents are
included in The Big Red Book of American Lutherie, Vol. 3.
(excluding any of the Historical Lute Construction articles by
Robert Lundberg which are available in a book by the same name)
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