Who put the bop in the bop shu-bop shu-bop? Carl Samuels, that’s who! He taught guitar making to John Roberts, founder of the Roberto-Venn school, thereby becoming a granddaddy of the American lutherie boom.
▪ bio current as of 2014
Tag Archives: Samuels¸ Carl
Letter to the Editor: Bevels
2016
AL#128 p.3
Carl Samuels
▪ You know those new-fangled bevels that make fancy hand-made steel-string guitars more comfy to play? Ever wonder what it would be like to have a guitar that was beveled all the way around the body? American lutherie-boom pioneer Carl Samuels has already done it.
It Worked for Me: Improved Guitar Bridge Design
2014
AL#117 p.66
Carl Samuels
▪ Proof of concept model of underpass suspension bridge is displayed on a 12-string African Blackwood Lutar.
Letter to the Editor: Reflections of Nonprofessional Luthier
2012
AL#111 p.6
Carl Samuels
▪ A few reflections by a lifelong under-the-radar nonprofessional luthier.