Thirty-four-year Guild member Dan Erlewine is known for finding and spreading efficient new tools and techniques for guitar makers and repairers, as well as for mentoring and promoting young talent in the lutherie field. He has been a constant presence in the American lutherie boom era, because he personifies the can-do ethos that underlies the whole dang movement: Figure something out and tell everybody about it. As a young man hoping to move from rocker to luthier, he found a generous mentor in Herb David of Ann Arbor, Michigan. Dan has paid that forward many times.
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