Thirty-eight year Guild member Peter Yelda makes and repairs guitars. He is an NEA recipient in guitar making and a six-year Artist In Residence with the California Arts Council. See the film about him on Youtube called A Fair Exchange. He cofounded the Blue Note guitar shop in San Luis Obispo. He exhibited at the 1978 and 1980 GAL Conventions and has not punched a time clock since he joined the Guild.

▪ bio current as of 2015