Early Guitar Plans


Plan #27 Baroque, Anonymous, c. 1650
$23 members / $30 nonmembers

Measured by R.E. Brune; drawn by John Morgan. Scale length 68.8CM. Perhaps owned by Marie Antoinette. 5 double courses, 9 tied frets; highly vaulted back. One sheet 30" x 48". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #19 and Big Red Book #2.

Plan #36 1816 Martinez Salon Guitar
$18 members / $25 nonmembers
Drawn by Scot Tremblay. Scale length 61.4CM. Small pre-Torres Spanish guitar. One sheet 24" x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie # 36 and Big Red Book #3.

Plan #57 Mid-19th Century Martin Guitar
$18 members / $25 nonmembers
Drawn by Jeff Liverman. Scale length 23.875". One sheet 30 " x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #93 .

Plan #63 1825 Pons Ainé Guitar, Paris
$18 members / $25 nonmembers
Drawn by James Buckland. Scale length 640MM. One sheet 24 " x 42". Article and reduced plan appears in American Lutherie #104

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