Guild of American Luthiers
American Lutherie #85 Extras
Spring Issue 2006


Page 8 - The Irish Bouzouki: A Mandolin on Steroids by Graham McDonald

Here are two photos that did not appear in the magazine. They show a bolt-on bouzouki neck under construction.
These two photos show more detail on the construction of the hollow heelblock. This shows a different view of the construction of a solid heelblock.
Drilling for a bolt-on neck. Note that this is a different step in the process from Photo 24 in the magazine. Here is a back view of the soundboard glued to the ribs.

Author Graham McDonald sells a book on the subject of making bouzoukis. Here is his website: http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com


Page 20 - Meet the Maker: David King by Jonathon Peterson

Here are some of David's early basses.
A review of David's bass #13 in Bass Player magazine proved to be a turning point in his career. Here's a photo of it. The black-and-white photo in the magazine doesn't do justice to the wood choice.
These two pictures may give you a better idea of how David's bridge/tuner mechanism works.
Here are two of David's clients.

David King's website: http://www.kingbass.com


Page 30 - Arched Plate Carving, Part Two by Chris Burt


Take a closer look at carving the top down to the thickness marker holes.


Page 37 - Controlling Classical Guitar Neck Angle by Rodney Stedall


Take a closer look at the neck angle jig.


Page 38 - Meet the Maker: Gregory Byers by Woodley White

Here's a nice photo that didn't appear int he magazine: Greg at the pottery wheel in 1971.
The interior of Greg's 1985 guitar. Jose Romanillos with a Kasha/Schneider guitar.

Greg Byers' web site: http://www.byersguitars.com


Page 46 - Resurrecting the Family Guitar by John Calkin

Broken back braces. Gluing new back braces.
Cool decal
fret markers.
Decorative details of
the top in glorious color.



Page 38 - The Never-Ending Barber Chair Workbench by Michael Sanden

This one was not in the magazine. It shows a different view of the pipe clamp vise and the neck dovtailing jig.

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