Veteran AL author, convention presenter, and thirteen-year member Scott van Linge has been revoicing guitars for twenty-five years, following the work of Jon Lundberg. He built his first guitar in 1999, and has finally finished #16, after reaffirming the rule about not fixing something not broke.
▪ bio current as of 2008
2008
AL#95 p.69
Scott van Linge
▪ The Dynabrade Dynabug quarter-sheet finishing sander has clips on the pad to allow the use of any sandpaper.
2006
AL#88 p.5
Scott van Linge
▪ The writer takes exception to some of the brace work done by John Calkin in his AL #85 article, “Resurrecting the Family Guitar”. Van Linge is the current leading proponent of parabolic bracing. Parabolic and ramped bracing (to coin a term) vary significantly in shape and true believers have a large stake in one or the other. Their discussions are fascinating, and since only side-by-side comparison of similar guitars can offer distinctions the general public is usually left to make decisions based on no real evidence. Which is how lutherie mythology is maintained. There’s a truth somewhere, but how do we dig it out?
2005
AL#84 p.65
Scott van Linge
▪ Tips on water based lacquer finishing, swabbing scratches with everclear and German-made spray guns by Sata.
2004
AL#77 p.67 BRB7 p.490
Scott van Linge
▪ Mushy, overcooked angel hair spaghetti as an excellent grain filler for mahogany necks.
2001
AL#66 p.16 BRB6 p.182
Scott van Linge
▪ The author has some unique ideas about how bridge and brace shape and weight effect the volume and tone of flattop guitars. His ultimate guitar bridge is going to make a lot of traditionalists nervous, but it is pretty in a minimalist fashion and should be a winner if it does what he claims. With 10 photos and a diagram.
1999
AL#60 p.51 BRB5 p.504
Scott van Linge
▪ A photo of a modification to the Bishop Cochran plunge-router base.