C.F. Casey

C.F. Casey Guitars

Forty-four-year Guild member C.F. Casey built his first dulcimer back in 1978, and studied with Božo Podunovac in 1980. Fred has lately been building a lot of ukuleles and has become an enthusiastic practitioner of Hawaiian steel guitar.

▪ bio current as of 2022

By the same author:
  1. A 2×4 Twofer
  2. Letter to the Editor: Praising McDonald’s Book The Ukulele
  3. When Does “Replica” Become “Inspired By?”
  4. It Worked for Me: Pencil for Fretboard Overhang
  5. Questions: Uke Action Measurements
  6. It Worked for Me: Magnets for Crack Repairs
  7. What Were They Thinking?
  8. It Worked For Me: Locate Fret Markers
  9. The Monster in the Attic
  10. Questions: Standard Action Values for Ukuleles
  11. Questions: Standard Vocabulary for Tonal Properties of Woods
  12. The Mariachi Humpback
  13. It Worked for Me: Curly Koa Sides
  14. Questions: Martin size 5 plans
  15. Questions: Charango plans
  16. It Worked for Me: Gluing a Bridge on a Uke
  17. Roped In
  18. Questions: Classical Guitar Mute
  19. The Trio Romantico and the Requinto
  20. GAL Instrument Plan #54: Mexican Requinto
  21. Meet the Maker: Jose “Pepito” Reyes Zamora
  22. Fourth International Puerto Rican Tiple Conference
  23. Review: Folk Harp Design and Construction by Jeremy H. Brown
  24. Review: El Tiple Puertorrqueno: Historia, Manual y Metodo by Jose Reyes-Zamora
  25. It Worked for Me: Dozuki-Blade Tools and Making Dowels
  26. From Russia, With Strings Attached
  27. GAL Instrument Plan #48: Russian 7-string Guitar
  28. Review: Tom Ribbecke’s Archtop Building Course
  29. Fretboard Materials: A Semiscientific Survey
  30. Letter to the Editor: Woodworkers Alliance for Rainforest Protection
  31. Review: The Modern Classical Guitar for Friend or Builder by Donald M. Sprenger
  32. Review: Making Stringed Instruments — A Workshop Guide by George Buchanan
  33. It Worked for Me: Workshop Glasses
  34. Starburst Rosette
  35. A Thrifty Wooden C-Clamp
  36. Questions: Parchment Roses
  37. Review: Jose Oribe: The Fine Guitar
  38. Laminate Trimmer
  39. Review: Guitars: From the Renaissance to Rock by Tom and Mary Ann Evans
  40. It Worked for Me: Dental Picks
  41. Luthier’s Long Knife
  42. Laminated Dulcimer Fretboard
  43. F-Hole Light
  44. Round-hole Light