2023
AL#148 p.62
John Calkin
▪ The Lutherie Curmudgeon casts his eye on the lutherie scene, and speaks his truth. He’s kinda grumpy, but you know you love him.
2016
AL#127 p.67
R.M. Mottola
▪ Where do you get cases for huge custom flattop basses?
2003
AL#75 p.64 BRB7 p.503
R.M. Mottola
▪ The author tries out soft cases (gig bags) by Colorado Case Co. and finds them to be satisfying though pricey. With 5 photos.
2001
AL#68 p.60 BRB6 p.484 read this article
R.M. Mottola
▪ Product reviews include Ameritage cases, a Grizzly H2881 drum sander, and an Asturomec ES/RV detail spray gun.
1999
AL#60 p.44 BRB5 p.436
Fred Carlson
▪ Hi-Tone instrument cases are reviewed and not found wanting, “a contender for the handsomest case out there, and very solidly built.”
1997
AL#51 p.53
Dave Maize
▪ The GWW Case Company takes around 8 weeks to deliver a prototype or an order of cases, is very businesslike and easy to work with.
1994
AL#38 p.48 BRB4 p.59
John Calkin
▪ How to make hardshell, vinyl-covered, fur-lined cases for instruments that won’t fit into a stock case.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
1993
AL#36 p.52 BRB3 p.422
Jonathon Peterson
▪ Four repairmen offer a variety of tips about altering mechanical archtop bridges, adding more “pop” to fretless bass necks, soldering and shielding electrics, carbide bandsaw blades, abrasive cord, superglue, cutting saddle slots, double-stick tape, bending plastic binding, beveling pickguard stock, replacing bar frets with T-frets, and restoring headstocks to look old.
1991
AL#28 p.34 BRB3 p.126 ALA4 p.10
Phillip Lea Bob Taylor
▪ Few people in Guitarland are as outspoken and clear-headed as Bob Taylor. Others might say he’s just opinionated. He believes a good guitar is a good guitar, no matter if it was whittled by Gepeto or cranked out by a dozen computer-guided milling cutters. This article offers a peek into the Taylor factory and a guided tour through one man’s thoughts about the contemporary guitar. With 28 photos.
1988
AL#14 p.57 read this article
Jeffrey R. Elliott
▪ Elliott observes that one of the best ways to ensure the safety of a guitar is to make sure it is a good fit in its case.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
1978
DS#62 read this article
Reagan Cole
▪ These paper-styrene laminates are very strong and make good forms for laminating forms in vacuum presses.