WEDNESDAY, JULY 7

2:00pm Registration check-in (on-going) University Center Lobby

Workshops:
3:00pm Dan Erlewine, Gibson Electric Guitar Setup Orchestra Room (MBR 322)
3:00pm Don MacRostie, Deflection Tuning in Mandolins Leraas
3:00pm Frank Ford, Hide Glue Orchestra Room (MBR 322)
3:15pm Burghardt, Burton, and Byers, French Polish: Techniques that Work Ingram 100
3:15pm Ken Altman, Make a Brass Plane Ingram 138


Dinner (served 5:00–6:30pm) University Center Commons

7:30pm Concert: Tarik and Julia Banzi, Contemporary Andalusian music Lagerquist

THURSDAY, JULY 8

Breakfast (served 7:00–8:30am) University Center Commons

8:30am Lecture: Fred Carlson, Creative Guitar Making: Teaching the Dream to Sing Lagerquist

Concurrent Presentations:
10:30am Jeffrey Elliott, Restoring Tárrega's 1888 Torres Lagerquist
10:30am Electric Guitar Listening (Saul Koll and Tom Jones, moderators) Leraas

Lunch (served 11:00am–1:00pm) University Center Commons

1:00–4:45pm EXHIBITION University Center SC and CK
2:00–5:00pm Forderer and Westbrook, A Collection of Historical Guitars, 1752–1995 Xavier 201

Workshops:
3:00pm Frank Ford and Dan Erlewine, Acoustic Guitar Structural Repair Orchestra Room (MBR 322)
3:00pm Eugene Clark, The Spanish Guitar: Building on the Solera Ingram 100
3:15pm Mike Doolin and John Greven, Waterborne Finishing Revisited Ingram 128
3:15pm Graham McDonald, The Irish Bouzouki: A Mandolin on Steroids Xavier 250

Dinner (served 5:00–6:30pm) University Center Commons

7:30pm Concert: Kenton Youngstrom, classic guitar Lagerquist
Bruce Harvie and Friends, mando and more


FRIDAY, JULY 9

Breakfast (served 7:00–8:30am) University Center Commons

8:30am Lecture: Michael Darnton, Style and Line in Violin Making Lagerquist

10:00am Group Photo Amphitheater
(just outside Lagerquist)
Concurrent Presentations:
10:30am Doolin, Fleishman, and Ragghianti, Guitar Neck Joints: Attachment Issues Lagerquist
10:30am Classic Guitar Listening (Kenny Hill, moderator) Orchestra Room (MBR 322)

Lunch (served 11:00am–1:00pm) University Center Commons

1:00–4:45pm EXHIBITION University Center SC and CK
2:00–5:00pm Forderer and Westbrook, A Collection of Historical Guitars, 1752–1995 Xavier 201

Workshops:
3:00pm Charles Fox, The Universal Vacuum Island Leraas
3:00pm Greg Byers, 19th-Century Rosette Marquetry for 21st-Century Guitars Ingram 100
3:15pm Bruce Harvie, Harvesting Tonewoods, or Why My Back is Killing Me Xavier 250
3:15pm Steve Kauffman, Structuring Acoustics with Carbon Fiber Choir Room (MBR 306)

Dinner (served 5:00–6:30pm) University Center Commons

7:30pm Concert: Paul Schmidt, original songs / Pearl Django, gypsy jazz Lagerquist

10:00pm Electric Open Mike Cave


SATURDAY, JULY 10

Breakfast (served 7:00–8:30am) University Center Commons

8:30am Lecture: Kenny Hill, A Luthier's Choices: So Many Guitars, So Little Time Lagerquist

Concurrent Presentations:
10:30am Geza Burghardt, Developing a String Bass Ingram 100
10:30am Steel String Guitar Listening (Harry Fleishman, moderator) Orchestra MBR 322

Lunch (served 11:00am–1:00pm) University Center Commons

1:00–4:45pm EXHIBITION University Center SC and CK
2:00–5:00pm Forderer and Westbrook, A Collection of Historical Guitars, 1752–1995 Xavier 201

3:30pm Sale of Silent-Bid Auction Items University Center CK

Dinner (served 5:00–6:30pm) University Center Commons

8:00pm GAL Benefit Auction University Center Commons


SUNDAY, JULY 11

Breakfast (served 7:00–8:30am) University Center Commons

9:00am Lecture: Rick Turner, Moving into the Future of Tradition Lagerquist

10:30am Lecture: Tom Ribbecke, Developments in Archtop Architecture: The Z Axis Lagerquist

2:00pm GAL Headquarters Open House 8222 S. Park Ave., Tacoma

 

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