Ervin Somogyi

Ervin Somogyi

Ervin Somogyi is a respected guitar maker and lutherie teacher. He’s been everywhere and done everything. He has lost everything and come back for more. He has numerous credits as a GAL author and convention presenter, and is the author of The Responsive Guitar.

▪ bio current as of 2014

By the same author:
  1. In Memoriam: Steve Newberry
  2. Lutherie Under Glass
  3. Review: Guitar; An American Life by Tim Brookes
  4. The Metaphysics of the Guitar
  5. It Worked for Me: Peghead Protectors
  6. Diagnosis: Lutherie
  7. Carving the Lute Rose
  8. Questions: Top Woods
  9. Lutherie Trivia
  10. On the Selection and Treatment of Bracewoods
  11. Why Lutherie?
  12. 1997 Tokyo Musical Merchandise Trade Show
  13. The Guitar Neck: Its Design and Physics
  14. NCAL Awards Concocted, Awarded, Reported
  15. Opinion
  16. Meet the Maker: Ervin Somogyi
  17. Principles of Guitar Dynamics and Design
  18. Letter to the Editor: Lutherie Art
  19. Letter to the Editor: Somogyi Shop Burned Down
  20. Using Your Work Space from the 1990 GAL Convention panel
  21. A Survey of Seventeen Luthiers
  22. Flattening Rosewood Potato Chips
  23. The Steel String Guitar Today
  24. Two Little Triumphs
  25. Continental Plank Fest, a German wood buying adventure
  26. Two Spruces
  27. The Right Stone
  28. Winfield Disappointment: Thoughts on the Luthier Biz
  29. Health Hazards: Solvents, Glues, and Shell
  30. Western Forestry Center Show
  31. Health Hazards: Solvents, Finishes, and Thinners
  32. Wood Dust: Beware