Thirteen-year GAL member Mike Mahar is a software engineer who took up lutherie as a hobby around the year 2000. He builds a guitar or mandolin every year or so in his spare time. A major interest is the scientific analysis of instruments to try to determine how physical properties affect the sound. He’s currently working on a computer program that incorporates instrument design tools as well as tone generators and spectrum analyzers.

▪ bio current as of 2014