Guitarmaker Issue 39
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Nylon Strings—Tradition and Inovation
Richard Prenkert
Photo of a Richard Prenkert nylon string guitar.
guitar, nylon string
ASIA Letters
Edward Wood, Len Wood
Dick offers his method for bending sides in response to Beneteau's article in Guitarmaker 38. With 2 photos. Wood corrects the address for Custom Guitar Company.
bending; errata
ASIA Notes
Rick Davis
Update on Symposium 2000, request for members to participate in the ASIA survey, Umanov Guitars lookinf for a repair person, and the corrected phone number for Kleftoyannis instruments from Guitarmaker 38.
errata; symposium
Sergei deJonge
Sergei de Jonge
deJonge's method for building classical guitars is more intuitive than scientific. Here he enlightens on some of the details of his method. With 3 pictures.
guitar, nylon string
Tom Blackshear
Tom Blackshear
Blackshear, who believes fan bracing is the only way to go on classical guitars, offers his thoughts on the market, the tradition, and competition among classical players. With 4 photos.
guitar, nylon string
Tom Humphrey
Tom Humphrey
More important than tools or techniques, Humphrey believes that guitarmakers need a vision.He encourges us to find our vision and stop building traditiona guitars so we can advance the state of the art. With 6 photos and 1 drawing.
guitar, nylon string
Ken Hill
Ken Hill
Hill manufactures a guitar designed by Robert Ruck. It has extre sound ports and unusual fan braces. Hill also talks about other "modern" design trends in classical guitars. With 5 photos.
guitar, nylon string; sound port
The Henneken Concerto
Mrakku Henneken
Henneken creates a successful f-hole nylon-string archtop for a willing customer. With 4 photos.
guitar, nylon string; guitar, archtop
An Experimental Archtop Classical Guitar
Al Carruth
Carruth builds an experimental Marton 000-sized guitar with arched plates in an attempt to increase projection without sacrificing tone. Although not fully satisified with this first guitar, he says it can teach us a lot. With 2 photos.
guitar, nylon string; guitar, archtop
A 17-Inch Nylon String Archtop
Stephen Marchione
Marchione builds an f-hole nylon-string archtop. He got some of his ideas from a special 3/4-size Venitian cello he had seen. The owner says he prefers it to histraditional Spanish guitar. With 1 photo.
guitar, nylon string; guitar, archtop
Ted Berringer's Bracing Methods for His Nylon String Archtop
Stephen Regimba
Berringer has built several nylon-string archtops. Regimba describes Berringer's thinking and practice when bracing these guitars. With 3 photos.
guitar, nylon string; guitar, archtop
The Healdsburg Guitar Festival
Zach Taylor, Rick Davis
Brief description of the festival. With 24 photos.
event, review; business
Symposium 2000 Registration and Schedule
Rick Davis
Registration for Symposium insert and ASIA survey.
symposium; event
Symposium 2000 Registration and Schedule
Rick Davis
Announcement and schedule for the Symposium 2000.
symposium; event
Thoughts on Instrument Design
Fred Carlson
Calson, known for far-out instruments shares his thoughts on instrumetn design. He starts with as few limitations as possible (a guitar is a stringed instrument), then his design is wide-open from there. With 5 photos.
design
The Making of a Bamboo Guitar
Shigeto Nomura
Yamaha has tried a number of alternative materials. Here is the story of their production bamboo guitar. With 6 photos.
tonewood
Preparing to Finish, Part II
Bryan Galloup
Following on from Guitarmaker 36, Galloup discusses spray equipment and nitrocellulose lacquer. Includes an ll-step finishing schedule and information on metallics and colors. With 7 photos.
finishing
Making Gut Strings
Grit Laskin
How gut strings are (were) made.
strings; history
In the Beginning: The Gig Is up
Joe Pickerelli
The joys and frustrations of opening a shop in town--electrical hookups, phone hook-ups, sign aproval… With 4 photos.
business; law
Making a Classical Bridge if Your're Really Clumsy
John Peter Barthell
Barthell's traditional-looking classical bridges are made up from several parts. No sawing or chiselling necessary. His method relies on jigs and a sanding disk. With 10 photos and 2 drawings.
bridge; guitar, nylon string; tools, jig
ASIA Members
Andrew Maer, Antenor Ramos
Maer, from Spain shows his second (classical) guitar. With 1 photo. Ramos, originally from Peru, shows a classical guitar with 7 small soundholes in the back. With 1 photo.
biography; sound ports
Member's Spotlight--The deJonges
Carl Kaufmann
The entire deJonge family builds guitars. Here is their story before they became famous. With 3 photos.
biography
Bluejay
Ivan-Roger Sita
Photo of Jay Hargreaves' Kasha-inspired bass guitar.
guitar, bass; Schneider, Richard; Kasha