Ben Lundberg

Robert Lundberg

Lute maker and scholar Robert Lundberg is a frequent Guild author and convention lecturer. Bob passed away in 2001, read his memoriam.

▪ bio current as of 1996

Lora Lundberg Schultz

My Friend Bob Lundberg

2023
AL#150 p.62
Birck Cox

▪ The late Robert Lundberg is legendary as a lute maker and educator, but Birck Cox knew him before all that, back when Lundberg was working on fiberglass race cars. They met while unloading a moving van and were friends for many years.

Letter to the Editor: Remembering Robert Lundberg

2002
AL#71 p.5 read this article
Clive Titmuss

▪

Letter to the Editor: Remembering Robert Lundberg

2002
AL#69 p.7
Bryan Johanson

▪ Bryan gives a personal overview of the 2001 GAL Convention. In this context he recalls meeting Bob Lundberg.

In Memoriam: Robert Lundberg

2001
AL#66 p.5 BRB6 p.165 read this article
Jonathon Peterson Jean Gilman Lora Lundberg Schultz Dorothy Bones Ben Lundberg Michael Yeats Gunter Mark Cyndy Burton Jeffrey R. Elliott

▪ Lundberg was perhaps the foremost lute maker in America, a champion of building lutes in an historical manner, a longtime member and supporter of the GAL, and author of the landmark book Historical Lute Construction. Family and friends take a deep look at the significance of his life and work. With 10 photos.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.

Letter to the Editor: Lundberg Lute Series

1994
AL#40 p.7
Chris Burt

▪

Robert Lundberg: In Tune With the Universe

1987
AL#12 p.30 HLC p.xiii
Tim Olsen Robert Lundberg

▪ Did people of a given time and place think and respond differently than we do? Lundberg thinks so. He has learned to think like an ancient luthier by studying their work, and has therefore made a connection to a neglected tradition and society. It shows in his work and his speech, and apparently, in his life.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.

Meet the Maker: Robert Lundberg

1978
GALQ Vol.6#1 p.10 BRB2 p.78
Kent Rayman Aggie Rayman Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg is a classic example of a man who couldn’t fit into any of the slots society tried to force him into, yet who went on to become an important individual in his field. Lute players of the world couldn’t be happier about it. With 4 photos.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s fifty best articles published before 2010.

Scott van Linge

Van Linge Guitars

Veteran AL author, convention presenter, and thirteen-year member Scott van Linge has been revoicing guitars for twenty-five years, following the work of Jon Lundberg. He built his first guitar in 1999, and has finally finished #16, after reaffirming the rule about not fixing something not broke.

▪ bio current as of 2008

Jonathon Peterson

Read Jonathon Peterson’s memoriam

Jonathon Peterson has numerous credits from his twenty years as a GAL staffer, probably the most outstanding of which is his role as photographer, reporter, and facilitator of the Guild’s 2002 book Historical Lute Construction by the late Robert Lundberg.

▪ bio current as of 2012

Nupi Jenner

Nupi Jenner began luthing in the early ’80s after being a folk musician and an unsuccessful student of medicine. He joined workshops by Lundberg, Romanillos, and others to fill the lack of professional education opportunities in Austria. Since 1990, he has taught lutherie in the only Austrian lutherie school, in Hallstatt. For the last sixteen years, Nupi has given summer workshops at the medieval Rapottenstein Castle, north of Vienna. He has made hundreds of instruments including guitars, violins, viols, lutes, mandolins, hurdy-gurdies, nickelharpas, and other more exotic examples. But the greatest highlights are four wonderful children, all dedicated to music.

▪ bio current as of 2015

Birck Cox

One-year GAL member Birck Cox went to Reed College in Portland, Oregon in the 1970s. There he was friends with Ellen Black, who married lute maker Robert Lundberg. Birck acquired a graduate degree in medical illustration, and spent the next forty years drawing guts, not to put too fine point on it. But his attachment to lutherie is not simply journalistic. While a college student he learned to play the bagpipe, but later suffered some facial lacerations that made playing difficult. When he first heard the droning sound of a hurdy-gurdy, however, he was able to remember the pipe tunes as if played on a stringed instrument, and is slowly building up the knowledge and woodworking skills to build a hurdy-gurdy.

▪ bio current as of 2023

In Memoriam: Jonathon Peterson

2022
AL#145 p.64 read this article
Staff Cyndy Burton Jeffrey R. Elliott Woodley White

▪ Jon was a member of the GAL staff for over two decades. He wrote many articles, and did all the photography for Robert Lundberg’s landmark book Historical Lute Construction.

Seeking the Holy Grail: Torres’ FE08

2021
AL#143 p.6
Federico Sheppard

▪ It is a story of mystery, dedication, and destiny. The wide-eyed young novitiate is mentored by oracles, sorcerers, and craftsmen until he finds his great quest and pursues it against all odds. To put it more plainly, but no more truthfully, it is the story of Federico Sheppard constructing a copy of FE08, the astonishingly elaborate early opus of the master luthier Antonio Torres Jurado. Mentions Nick Kukich, Ray Jacobs, Shel Urlik, Jose Romanillos, Richard Brune, Robert Ruck, Robert Lundberg, Abel Garcia Lopez, Nicolo Alessi.

Letter to the Editor: Baroque Relief Carving for Electric Bass

2017
AL#132 p.3
Matias Crom

▪ The Guild has always taken the attitude that all lutherie info is good for all luthiers. Here’s a case in point. A Guild member has specialized in electric guitars and in Baroque instruments at different points in his career. He unites those ideas in an electric bass with relief carving based on rosette designs from our landmark book Historical Lute Construction by Robert Lundberg.

In Memoriam: Eugene Clark

2017
AL#129 p.56 read this article
Cyndy Burton Marc Silber Brian Burns Michael Gurian Jay Hargreaves R.E. Brune Jeffrey R. Elliott Federico Sheppard

▪ Eugene Clark (1934-2016) was one of the earliest and most influential pioneers of the American Lutherie Boom. Mentions Manuel Ramirez, Domingo Esteso, Santos Hernandez, Jon Lundberg, Freddie Mejia, David Rubio, Michael Gurian, David Santo, Lucien Barnes, Freddie Mejia, David Serva, Warren White, Manuel Velazquez, Manouk Papazian.

Lute Neck and Pegbox Inlay Patterns

2011
AL#106 p.35
Michael Yeats

▪ Yeats developed these intricate inlay patterns for veneered lute necks and peg boxes while assisting Robert Lundberg. From a conversation by Jonathon Peterson.

Meet the Maker: Frank Ford

2004
AL#80 p.10 BRB7 p.236
Jonathon Peterson Frank Ford

▪ Sometimes an interviewer has to pry information out of a person. Not so with Frank Ford, who unleashes a wonderful account of his life as a repairman in the Bay area. Prominently mentioned are Richard Johnston, Jon Lundberg, Dan Erlewine, Gryphon Instruments, and Mario Martello. Inspirational stuff, including 14 photos.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.

Preface

2002
HLC p.ix
Jonathon Peterson

▪ Historical Lute Construction was published after the decease of its author Robert Lundberg. Preface also addresses issues of the Venetian inch and the rearrangment of some of the magazine article material when organizing the book.

Ancient Lute Makers

2002
HLC p.245
Robert Lundberg

▪ A list of ancient lute makers giving their dates and locations. Aslo some thoughts on the inconsistant spellings of some names.

Catalog of Ancient European Lutes- September 1988

2002
HLC p.249
Robert Lundberg

▪ A listing of over 300 ancient lutes personally observed and measured by Lundberg. Listed by museum collection. Also mentions their condition.

Bibliography

2002
HLC p.261
Robert Lundberg

▪ A listing of the many information sources used by Lundberg in the preparation of his lute-making course.

Questions: Vihuela Plans

1999
AL#60 p.49
Robert Lundberg

▪ Obtaining plans for a vihuela.

Questions: Shark Chemical File Sharpening System

1998
AL#54 p.65
Robert Lundberg

▪ Shark chemical file sharpening system.

Review: Acoustic Guitars and Other Fretted Instruments: A Photographic History by George Gruhn and Walter Carter

1996
AL#45 p.59 BRB4 p.469
Robert Lundberg

▪ This is a thorough and glowing review of an important book, by a reviewer who is best known for his work in early instruments.

The Neapolitan Mandolin

1996
AL#46 p.20 BRB4 p.316
Robert Lundberg

▪ An introduction to the structure and methods of construction of historical instruments, especially the belly. With 12 photos, 2 pages of notes and bibliography, and a family tree of Neapolitan luthiers from the 15th to the 20th centuries.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.

Questions: Lute Rib Rebate Plane

1995
AL#43 p.54 BRB4 p.81
Robert Lundberg

▪ The rebate plane used for fitting lute ribs and the modifications necessary to make the Lie-Nielson scraper plane fully functional.

Review: Checklist of Technical Drawings of Musical Instruments in the Public Collections of the World by Rob van Acht

1995
AL#43 p.61 read this article
Robert Lundberg

▪ The reviewer finds that this book is too limited in its scope, and recommends against its purchase. However, he maintains that a sensibly revised edition would be an important and welcome resource, and that such a revised edition is in the works.

Review: The Conservation and Technology of Musical Instruments, A Bibliographic Supplement to Art and Archaeology Technical Abstracts, Vol. 28, edited by Cary Karp

1995
AL#42 p.57 BRB4 p.481
Robert Lundberg

▪ The reviewer finds that although the abstracts are clear and well written, the quality and usefulness of the abstracted material is not judged. The unwary may be sent on a long search for information of little, or dangerous, use.

Review: Strobel Series for Violin Makers, books one through four and a preview of book five

1994
AL#39 p.46 BRB4 p.458 read this article
Robert Lundberg

▪ The reviewer finds that Strobel’s books are useful and accurate, and that the author has made a brave attempt to encourage luthiers to make their own violins, rather than strict copies of master instruments. Always look for the latest edition of each volume since changes and updates often accompany each new edition.

Questions: Lute Strings

1994
AL#39 p.60 read this article
Robert Lundberg

▪ Where to get lute strings.

Practicum Eighteen: Installing the Nut, Frets, and Strings

1994
AL#38 p.8 HLC p.226
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg makes the nut, ties on the frets, and strings up the lute. With a string tension formula and an explanation of the rule of 18 for locating frets. Contains 33 step-by-step photos, and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Seventeen: Finishing the Belly and Neck

1994
AL#37 p.32 HLC p.218
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg cleans, scrapes, waxes, and oils the various parts of the lute that will not receive shellac finishing. With 29 step-by-step photos, detailed captions, and two recipes for lute wax. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Sixteen: Fitting the Pegs

1993
AL#36 p.32 HLC p.210
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg explains how to fit the many pegs of graduating length and diameter. With 26 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Sharpening Scrapers

1993
AL#36 p.46 BRB3 p.416
Robert Lundberg

▪ Scrapers are wonderfully useful tools despite the difficulties they often pose to beginners. Lundberg explains how to tame them.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s fifty best articles published before 2010.

Practicum Fourteen: Finishing the Bowl

1993
AL#35 p.34 HLC p.196
Robert Lundberg

▪ The bowl is finished with shellac and rubbed out. With 38 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Review: The Workbench Book by Scott Landis

1992
AL#32 p.62 BRB3 p.470 read this article
Robert Lundberg

▪ This marvelous book of workbenches will fill you with ideas of how to improve the ‘heart’ of your own shop.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.

Questions: Baroque Guitar Roses

1992
AL#31 p.61 BRB3 p.474
Robert Lundberg

▪ Literature on making Baroque guitar roses.

Ivory Lute: Questions Remain

1992
AL#32 p.7 BRB3 p.241 read this article
Robert Lundberg

▪ It seems that there is real doubt about the authenticity of this very same lute. American Lutherie’s lute meister looks at the photos and thinks, “Hmm, maybe it is real.” With one more photo of Moby Lute.

Practicum Thirteen: Making the Pegs

1992
AL#31 p.50 HLC p.190
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg makes the pegs with a tiny machinist’s lathe. With 25 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Fifteen: Installing the Pegbox

1992
AL#31 p.46 HLC p.206
Robert Lundberg

▪ The pegbox is attached to the neck. With 16 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Twelve: Making the Pegbox

1992
AL#30 p.28 HLC p.178
Robert Lundberg

▪ Making and veneering the tapered pegbox. With 50 step-by-step photos and detailed captions.photos. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Ten: Installing the Points and Fingerboard

1992
AL#29 p.10 HLC p.162
Robert Lundberg

▪ The points are inlaid into the top, and the fingerboard is attached to the neck. The process is shown for both veneered necks and plain necks. With 40 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction. This article is listed twice due to differences between the magazine series and the final form of the book.

Practicum Eleven: Installing the Half Binding

1992
AL#29 p.15 HLC p.172
Robert Lundberg

▪ The half binding is made and let into the soundboard edge. With 24 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Nine: Attaching the Belly

1991
AL#28 p.8 HLC p.156
Robert Lundberg

▪ The top is glued to the bowl and trimmed. With 19 step-by-step photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Ten: Installing the Points and Fingerboard

1991
AL#28 p.15 HLC p.162
Robert Lundberg

A Survey of Seventeen Luthiers

1990
LT p.114
Steve Andersen Chris Brandt R.E. Brune Ted Davis Jeffrey R. Elliott James Flynn Bob Gleason Hideo Kamimoto Robert Lundberg Frederick C. Lyman Jr. John Monteleone Robert Ruck Richard Schneider Ervin Somogyi Al Stancel Robert Steinegger Janet Toon

▪ Seventeen established luthiers were asked to list ten hand tools, five power tools, and five supplies used as tools. This info was used to determine the most essential tools, including specifics, model and size, source, and any special uses.

Practicum Eight: Shaping, Veneering, and Attaching the Neck

1990
AL#24 p.40 HLC p.142
Robert Lundberg

▪ The neck blank has already been fitted to the bowl. Now it is shaped, veneered, and attached. With 49 photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Six: Completing the Bowl and Fitting the Neck

1990
AL#23 p.42 HLC p.130
Robert Lundberg

▪ In this segment Lundberg prepares the bowl for removal from the mold, fits the neck and the countercap, reinforces the ribs, and fits the belly to the bowl. Contains 22 step-by-step photos and captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Seven: Fitting the Belly and Planing the Neck

1990
AL#23 p.48 HLC p.136
Robert Lundberg

▪ Fitting the many brace ends to the sides of the bowl and ensuring that the subtle topography of the soundboard will be right.With 21 photos and detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Five: Tuning the Belly

1990
AL#22 p.20 HLC p.122
Robert Lundberg

▪ In this episode Lundberg tunes the belly, or top, of the lute. The belly is already braced and the bridge is glued to it, but it is not yet attached to the bowl. Contains 21 photos, 3 diagrams, and detailed text. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Four: Making the Bridge

1990
AL#21 p.16 HLC p.110
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg makes the bridge and glues it to the braced top. Contains 49 step-by-step photos and detailed captions, plus 7 diagrams. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Who Made Marie Antoinette’s Guitar?

1990
AL#21 p.36 BRB2 p.352
Robert Lundberg R.E. Brune

▪ Lundberg says that perhaps he’s tracked down Marie’s own luthier. Brune examines the evidence and decides he’s not prepared to jump on board. With 3 fine photos.

Practicum Three: Making the Belly

1989
AL#20 p.40 HLC p.94
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg makes a complete lute top including carving the rose and bracing the soundboard. Contains 57 photos and 6 diagrams with detailed captions. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Practicum Two: Making the Bowl

1989
AL#19 p.6 HLC p.80
Robert Lundberg

▪ Construction of the lute bowl. Detailed captions to 57 step-by-step, how-to photos. This series ran for 19 installments in American Lutherie and has been collected into our hardback book Historical Lute Construction.

Review: Classic Italian Violin Varnish: Its History, Materials, Preparation and Application by Geary L. Baese

1989
AL#18 p.52 BRB2 p.497
Robert Lundberg

▪ The reviewer finds he could easily recommend this book if it weren’t so overpriced.

GAL Instrument Plan #23: 14-cs Archlute

1989
AL#17 p.51 HLC p.244
Robert Lundberg

▪ Lundberg recommends that the uninitiated not try to build an instrument from these plans without first reading the entire series of lectures presented in “Historical Lute Construction.” The plans are more diagramatic than exhaustive, but contain the essential information to construct the instrument.

The Erlangen Lectures Day Five: Developing a Plan

1988
AL#16 p.20 HLC p.70
Robert Lundberg

▪ The various lute parts were discussed in previous segments of this series. Now it is time to assemble a plan of attack for the integration of those parts, and to build the form for the bowl. With several drawings and photos. Fifth in a series of 19 articles.

Practicum One: Making the Form

1988
AL#16 p.24 HLC p.76
Robert Lundberg

▪ The lute theory is over and the chips begin to fly. The series begins with the construction of the form on which the bowl will be assembled. 14 photos with detailed captions.

The Erlangen Lectures Day Three: The Belly

1988
AL#14 p.22 HLC p.30
Robert Lundberg

▪ This portion of the series deals with the soundboard, or belly, of the lute, including the braces and rosette. Many drawings illustrate the shape and thickness of historical lute tops. Beautiful drawings accompany the photos of astonishing rosettes (the drawings are not patterns of the photos). Where did those old guys find the patience? This is the third of 19 installments.

GAL Instrument Plan #20: 65cm 10-Course Renaissance Lute

1988
AL#14 p.42 HLC p.241
Robert Lundberg

GAL Instrument Plan #21: 7-cs Ren. Alto Lute, Venere 1592

1988
AL#14 p.44 HLC p.242
Robert Lundberg

The Erlangen Lectures Day Four: The Bridge, Neck, and Pegbox

1988
AL#15 p.6 HLC p.48
Robert Lundberg

▪ This segment covers the bridge, neck, fingerboard, pegbox, and pegs of the lute. With photos and a number of drawings. This series is comprised of 19 installments.

GAL Instrument Plan #22: 13-cs Baroque Lute, Dieffopruchar ca. 1600

1988
AL#15 p.28 HLC p.243
Robert Lundberg

The Erlangen Lectures Day Two: The Bowl

1988
AL#13 p.24 HLC p.18
Robert Lundberg

▪ This portion of the series has to do with the shape of the lute body, or bowl. It includes 21 photos of historical models and numerous drawings and label signatures. This series includes 19 segments.

GAL Instrument Plan #18: 44cm 6-Course Renaissance Descant Lute

1988
AL#13 p.37 HLC p.239
Robert Lundberg

GAL Instrument Plan #19: 76cm 8-Course Renaissance Bass Lute

1988
AL#13 p.38 HLC p.240
Robert Lundberg

The Erlangen Lectures Day One: An Overview

1987
AL#12 p.32 HLC p.2
Robert Lundberg

▪ The first of 19 articles in our lute construction series, Lundberg traces the history of the lute family and construction.

GAL Instrument Plan #17 6-cs Renaissance Lute

1987
AL#12 p.48 HLC p.238
Robert Lundberg

Where Are They Now?

1985
AL#2 p.13 BRB1 p.56 read this article
Tim Olsen

▪ An update of the 1980 Lutherie Business panel discussion, featuring George Gruhn, Max Krimmel, Steve Klein, Robert Lundberg, and R.E. Brune.

Western Forestry Center Show

1985
AL#2 p.35
Mark Humpal

▪ The 1985 annual exhibition of instruments from the area around Portland, Oregon. Some of the people involved are Paul Schuback, Jeffrey R. Elliott, Robert Steinegger, William McCaw, Ken Butler, and Robert Lundberg.

The Business of Lutherie

1981
GALQ Vol.9#4 p.10 BRB1 p.48 read this article
R.E. Brune George Gruhn Steve Klein Max Krimmel Robert Lundberg

▪ The economic atmosphere surrounding lutherie has changed a lot since this 1980 panel discussion, but tapping into the lutherie boom is no easier than it ever was. Max Krimmel followed his genius out of guitarmaking many years ago, but the rest of these gentlemen are still active, and their longevity suggests that they knew what they were talking about so long ago. Panel discussions aren’t often as much fun as this one.

This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s fifty best articles published before 2010.

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PERIODICALS

GALNL
Guild of American Luthiers Newsletter
This was our bimonthly publication in 1973 (Vol 1), 1974 (Vol 2), and 1975 (Vol 3). (Out of print, but some content may appear in books or online as noted.)

DS
GAL Data Sheets
These were the more technical articles that were included with our quarterly journal from 1976 through 1984. The idea was to collect them in 3-ring binders. There were 300 of them. (Out of print, but some content may appear in books or online as noted.)

GALQ
Guild of American Luthiers Quarterly
This was our journal from 1976 (Vol 4) through 1984 (Vol 12). (Out of print, but some content may appear in books or online as noted.)

AL
American Lutherie
This is our current journal format, published quarterly starting 1985.
We abandoned the volume-and-number naming scheme, so there are just four numbers per year. For example, the 1985 issues are AL#1, AL#2, AL#3, and AL#4. The 2015 issues are AL#121, AL#122, AL#123, and AL#124. (Recent issues of AL are available as back issues. Earlier issues are contained in the Big Red Books – see below.)

BOOKS

LT
Lutherie Tools
The first of our two Resource Books, this is a collection of articles on the topic of tools from our early periodicals, plus new material.
Published in 1990.

LW
Lutherie Woods and Steel String Guitars
The second of our two Resource Books, this is a collection of articles on the topic of woods and steel string guitars from our early periodicals, plus new material.
Published in 1998. (Out of print, but some content may appear in anthology books or online as noted.)

HLC
Historical Lute Construction by Robert Lundberg
This book collects Lundberg’s extensive series of articles which appeared in American Lutherie from 1987 through 1994.
Published in 2002. (These articles do not appear in any of the Big Red Books.)

BRB1
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume One
Contains material from American Lutherie #1-#12, 1985-1987.
Published in 2000. (Out of print, but some content may appear in our Anthology Books or online as noted.)

BRB2
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume Two
Contains material from American Lutherie #13-#24, 1988-1990.
Published in 2001.

BRB3
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume Three
Contains material from American Lutherie #25-#36, 1991-1993.
Published in 2004. (Out of print, but some content may appear in our Anthology Books or online as noted.)

BRB4
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume Four
Contains material from American Lutherie #37-#48, 1994-1996.
Published in 2006.

BRB5
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume Five
Contains material from American Lutherie #49-#60, 1997-1999.
Published in 2008.

BRB6
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume Six
Contains material from American Lutherie #61-#72, 2000-2002.
Published in 2013.

BRB7
Big Red Book of American Lutherie Volume Seven
Contains material from American Lutherie #73-#84, 2003-2005.
Published in 2015.

ALA1
Flattop Guitars: An American Lutherie Anthology
Articles selected from the 2006-2010 issues of American Lutherie.

ALA2
Tools and Jigs: An American Lutherie Anthology
Articles selected from the 2006-2011 issues of American Lutherie.

ALA3
Classical Guitars: An American Lutherie Anthology
Articles selected from the 1986-2010 issues of American Lutherie.

ALA4
Flattop Guitars 2: An American Lutherie Anthology
Articles selected from the 1985-2014 issues of American Lutherie.

ALA5
Classical Guitars 2: An American Lutherie Anthology
Articles selected from the 1985-2011 issues of American Lutherie.

ALA6
Harp Guitars: An American Lutherie Anthology
Articles selected from the 1984-2010 issues of American Lutherie.