Steel String & Archtop Guitar Plans


Click for larger sample! Plan #6 '20s Gibson L-O Guitar
$18 members / $25 nonmembers

Drawn by Ted Davis. Scale length 24.25". Neck joins at the 12th fret. One sheet 24" x 48".

Plan #8 1918 Martin 1-18
$23 members / $30 nonmembers

Drawn by Ted Davis. Scale length 24.875". Designed for gut strings. Two sheets, each 24" x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #1 and Big Red Book #1.


Plan #10 1932 Martin C-3 Archtop
$23 members / $30 nonmembers

Drawn by Ted Davis. Scale length 25". The top is carved; the back’s arch is achieved with curved braces. Two sheets, each 30" x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #6 and Big Red Book #1.

Plan #24 1948 D'Angelico New Yorker
$23 members / $30 nonmembers

Drawn by Steven Andersen. Scale length 25.3125". Text and photo on plan. Two sheets, each 24" x 48". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #16 and Big Red Book #2.

Plan #44 "True Companion" Travel Guitar
$23 members / $30 nonmembers
Drawn by John Calkin and David Goen. Scale length 23.25". Photos and text on plan. Two sheets, each 24" x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #57.

Click for larger sample! Plan #48 Russian 7-string Guitar
$18 members / $25 nonmembers

Drawn by Fred Casey and Guild staff. One sheet 24" x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #75.

Plan #55 Circa 1937 Gibson L-00 Guitar
$18 members / $25 nonmembers
Drawn by Kerry Char. One sheet 24" x 48". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #91 .

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