Harry Fleishman

In Memoriam: Harry Fleishman

Harry Fleishman designed and built his first electric upright bass over fifty years ago. He’s a luthier, a lutherie teacher, and a designer to guitar factories. He has been a GAL member since 1985 and is a frequent author and past GAL Convention presenter. Harry passed away in 2024.

▪ bio current as of 2024

By the same author:
  1. Letter: Todd Cambio and ladder-braced guitars
  2. Simple Things: Marker, Scalpel, Straw and More
  3. A Posthumous Interview with Seymour Drugan
  4. Simple Things: Heat Gun for Brown Tape
  5. Meet the Maker: Denny Stevens
  6. Simple Things: Brown Tape
  7. It Worked for Me: Fret Pressing Order
  8. Letter: Appreciating Charles Fox and John Calkin
  9. Vise on a Stick
  10. If You Want to Build Guitars, Build Guitars
  11. A Bridge to Many Tones
  12. It Worked for Me: Custom Spade Bits
  13. Delrin Frets
  14. Questions: Brown Tape Used for Binding
  15. Questions: About Bridge Doctor
  16. Questions: Plastic and Aluminum Rulers
  17. Let’s Catch up with Harry Fleishman
  18. Tiny Files for Fret Work
  19. It Worked For Me: Magnetic Screwdriver
  20. Multiscale Fretboards and Fingerboards: The Long and Short of It
  21. Multiscale Peg Head Scarf Joint
  22. In Memoriam: Ken Goodwin
  23. It Worked for Me: String Disentanglers
  24. Total Flame Out, Retopping a Harp Guitar
  25. It Worked for Me: Saw Magnets
  26. Electric Bass Design Considerations
  27. In Memoriam: Dennis Stevens
  28. Product Review: Samson Zoom H4 Recorder
  29. Brace Voicing Through the Access Panel
  30. Letter to the Editor: Replying to Binding Cutter Review
  31. Product Reviews: Schatten Pickup Winder
  32. It Worked for Me: Nut Compensation
  33. It Worked for Me: Vacuum Clamping Setup
  34. Modern Approaches to Adjustable Neck Joints
  35. Product Review: Stewart-MacDonald Fret Scale Rules
  36. Amplifying Acoustic Guitars Update
  37. Letter to the Editor: Patents and Acknowledgement
  38. Product Review: Stew-Mac Measuring Tools
  39. Opinion
  40. Questions: Built-in Guitar Effects
  41. Product Review: Fossil Ivory Bridge Pins
  42. Product Review: Stew-Mac Bridge Saver
  43. Guitar Tattoos: Inlay Harry’s Way
  44. See No Evil: Super-Safe Binding Router Jig
  45. Product Reviews: Delta and Performax Abrasive Planers
  46. Letter to the Editor: Defending Larry Sandberg’s Book
  47. Product Reviews: Stew-Mac Brown Tape
  48. Questions: Amplifying Flattop Bass
  49. Product Reviews: Fishman Voltage Doubler
  50. Meet the Maker: Harry Fleishman
  51. Product Reviews: Hipshot Ultralight Bass Tuners
  52. Meet the Maker: Fabio Ragghianti
  53. Expanding Steel String Design
  54. Product Reviews: Fretless Bass Strings, Coconut Cup, Duct Tape Lutherie
  55. Product Reviews: Wood Thickness Indicator, Nut Files, Fret Slot Cleaning Tool
  56. Product Reviews: Guitar Cradle, Mirror, Fret Tools, Go-Bars, Guitar Neck Removal Jig, Pro 7A Mike
  57. Questions: Guitar Making Graduated Projects
  58. Semihemispherical Fret Ends
  59. Product Reviews: Crack Repair Set
  60. Product Reviews: Sewing Shop Finds; Cutting Burs; Spring Clamps
  61. Product Reviews: Fret Tang Pliers, Bridge-Slotting Jig
  62. Product Reviews: Moto-Tool Bases; Neck-Making Tools: JAWS
  63. Half-and-Half Tops
  64. Product Reviews: Cutting Tools
  65. Amplifying Acoustic Instruments
  66. Product Reviews: American School of Lutherie (Charles Fox)
  67. Product Reviews: LMI Adjustable-Radius Sanding Block
  68. Product Reviews: More Stew-Mac Tools
  69. Product Reviews: Stew-Mac Tools
  70. Product Reviews: Highlander Transducer
  71. Product Reviews: Sabine Stealth Tuner
  72. Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own
  73. Product Reviews: Onboard Preamps
  74. Product Reviews: Bob Smith Glues
  75. It Worked for Me: Oscillating Drum Sander
  76. Product Reviews: Bourgeois Transducer/Mic Combo
  77. Product Reviews: The Apprentice
  78. It Worked for Me: Somogyi Ideas
  79. Product Reviews: Trem-Setter and Tuning Gizmos
  80. Product Reviews: Sperzels and Waverlies
  81. Product Reviews: Dan Erlewine’s Don’t Fret video
  82. It Worked for Me: Solidly Fixed Fret
  83. It Worked for Me: Rosette Inlay Color
  84. Product Reviews: Dean Markley SST
  85. It Worked for Me: Clothespins For Pressure
  86. Product Reviews: Waverly Fret Tang Nipper
  87. Product Reviews: Mini-Flex Microphone System
  88. Product Reviews: Acoustech Dynamic Field Pickup
  89. Review: Fine Woodworking Design Book Five
  90. Two Tools for Inside Jobs
  91. Lost Shirts and Curved Braces