After a career in architecture and design education, eight-year GAL member Peter True trained in guitar making at Merton College (south London, not Oxford). He taught for a while at Merton and now offers his own courses, mainly for ukulele building. He has attended two Romanillos summer guitar-making sessions.
▪ bio current as of 2011
2011
AL#106 p.63
Peter TRUE
▪ Two wedge shaped blocks faced with rubber, used to clamp a scarf joint.
2010
AL#104 p.70
Peter True
▪ How to avoid sliding under clamping pressure when gluing end blocks.
2009
AL#100 p.64
Peter True
▪ Placing pickups into cavities where there are predrilled holes.
2007
AL#89 p.68
Peter True
▪ Using masking tape for marking gauge guidelines on dark woods such as ebony.
2005
AL#84 p.65 BRB7 p.499
Peter True
▪ A simple modification for a Stanley block plane of this particular pattern.