Twenty-two-year GAL member Don Overstreet is a past convention presenter and an occasional contributor to American Lutherie. His regular gig is setting up, repairing, and restoring instruments of the violin family at David Kerr’s Violin Shop. He intends to get back to those unfinished violins in the workshop at home any day now.
▪ bio current as of 2013
2013
AL#114 p.66
Don Overstreet
▪ The first E-book review in American Lutherie: a comprehensive volume displaying collections of viols. Each instrument is given a thorough description and numerous photos.
2013
AL#114 p.68
Don Overstreet
▪ Poplar, a vague term in the lumber industry, generally referring to species in the two genera Liriodendron and Populus, is discussed in depth.
2008
AL#96 p.65 read this article
Don Overstreet
▪ The book is about the Banjo, Mandolin, and Guitar Movement that ended with the Great Depression. While the reviewer admits that there is little here for luthiers, there is a ton of interesting material for the musical history buff. This time is where many of the instrument icons we all copy came from.
2005
AL#82 p.66 BRB7 p.437
Don Overstreet Don MacRostie
▪ Cleaning a 1920 Gibson A-4 mandolin properly without hammering whatever finish is present and removing the wax layers.
2004
AL#77 p.64 BRB7 p.524
Don Overstreet
▪ The reviewer likes these brass finger planes made in Arizona and in the end decides that their price of $89 apiece is reasonable for any professional builder of archtop instruments.
2002
AL#71 p.30 BRB6 p.392
Don Overstreet
▪ Everything about the violin must be just so, since there are few details that an experienced musician is going to overlook. The instruments can be extremely expensive and the work standards are very high. Overstreet is an old hand at the game, and here gives the straight info on getting it right.
1999
AL#58 p.61
Don Overstreet
▪ Info on upright bass repair in book or video form.
1996
AL#45 p.36 BRB4 p.290
Jonathon Peterson Don Overstreet
▪ Overstreet took formal training in violin construction with Peter Prier in Salt Lake City, then ended up in the shop of Paul Schuback where he builds and repairs the instruments of the fiddle family. It seems that all who trod the same path make a unique journey (a strong theme in the GAL).
1987
AL#11 p.50 BRB1 p.502 read this article
Don Overstreet
▪ The reviewer finds the book to be of mild interest for the violin historian, but seems to have been generally disappointed in its usefulness to the luthier.
1987
AL#9 p.10 BRB1 p.311
Tim Olsen Don Overstreet
▪ A concise description and 3 photos explain a repair done in the Schuback shop.