John Kruse is a forty-two year GAL member. Years before joining the Guild, he bought a $10 brown bag of violin parts and assembled a violin that he still has. His day job was in biomedical engineering and lasers before retiring. He has made three guitars and recently attended Trevor Gore’s class at Robbie O’Brien’s shop in Colorado. He’s looking forward to building more guitars using the new bracing system.

▪ bio current as of 2023