Twelve-year GAL member Sjaak Elmendorp has made classical and steel string guitars off-and-on for over thirty years. In addition, he has built acoustic bass guitars, archtops, ukuleles, mandolins, a kobza, and several balalaikas. Being trained as a physicist, he likes to apply modern mathematics to seek to improve upon the noble art of lutherie, only to find the old masters really had figured it all out!

▪ bio current as of 2023