James Condino

James Condino

Mandolin Magazine columnist, Fine Woodworking author, regular AL contributor, and a GAL member for a total of fifteen years, James Condino has been building instruments for over thirty-five years. He’s also a serious outdoorsman who guides whitewater expeditions and takes fine guitars and mandolins to volcanic summits.

▪ bio current as of 2022

By the same author:
  1. Review: The Art of Mandolin Making by Alfred Woll
  2. Letter to the Editor: Lutherie Estates
  3. Questions: Harp Guitar String Gauges
  4. The Soundpost Cannon Incident
  5. Letter to the Editor: Remembering Eugene Clark
  6. Voicing the Modern Mandolin
  7. GAL Instrument Plan #75: 1926 Gibson “Snakehead” A-Model Mandolin
  8. The Hand-Rubbed Sunburst
  9. Meet the Maker: Arnold Schnitzer
  10. Elliptical Legacy
  11. Meet the Maker: Stephen Marchione
  12. Letter to the Editor: Error in AL#110
  13. Plywood Bass Restoration, Part Two
  14. Plywood Bass Restoration, Part One
  15. 1982 D’Aquisto Nylon String Guitar
  16. GAL Instrument Plan #65: 1982 D’Aquisto Nylon String Guitar
  17. Meet the Maker: James Condino
  18. Tailpieces, James Condino Style
  19. Product Review: Veritas NX60 Premium Block Plane
  20. Meet the Maker: Ted Davis
  21. Product Reviews: Mandolin tuners
  22. It Worked for Me: Hide Glue
  23. Cricket: A Reclaimed Salvage Recovery
  24. Aluminum Sonatas
  25. Product Review: SawStop Table Saws
  26. Review: The Setup and Repair of the Double Bass for Optimum Sound by Chuck Traeger
  27. Questions: Upright Bass