Five-year Guild member Ralf Grammel worked on electric guitars for friends in high school back in the stone age, but then life got too involved. He came back to lutherie in 2012, restoring Harmony and Supertone guitars of the 1930s and ’40s. He’s currently making an elevated-neck classical guitar. Seeing the work and innovations of other Guild members pushes him to improve and gives him a sense of pride in our great organization.
2021
2021
AL#144 p.60
Ralf Grammel
▪ Thickness sanders have come a long way since the days when luthiers commonly made their own jury-rigged and cantankerous contraptions. Two experienced builders give the SuperMax 16-32 a thorough workout and pronounce it worthy and workable for an individual luthier’s shop.
2019
AL#138 p.65
Ralf Grammel
▪ Sometimes the bent binding needs a little more convincing to lie down at the waist than just a piece of tape. This easily-made set of jaws for a pistol-grip clamp gets teh job done.
2017
AL#129 p.3
Ralf Grammel
▪ The author praises Elliott and the GAL.