Ralph Novak

Novax Guitars, Basses

Forty-one-year Guild member Ralph Novak started his lutherie career almost fifty years ago in New York City. He has been a GAL author and convention speaker. He runs Novax Guitars and makes his trademarked Fanned-Fret guitars.

▪ bio current as of 2022

By the same author:
  1. Letter to the Editor: Importance of Connecting at GAL Conventions
  2. Why Build a Multiscale Guitar?
  3. Meet the Maker: Ralph Novak
  4. Small Shop Production Techniques
  5. Scale Length and Tone
  6. Ain’t Nobody’s Business But My Own
  7. Another Look at Fretting
  8. Entrepreneurs in Spite of Ourselves
  9. It Worked for Me: Inlaying Pearl Pictures
  10. Questions: Electric Guitar Wiring
  11. Questions: Water Base Finishes
  12. Finding Pickup Phase with a VOM
  13. The Multiple-Scale Fretboard
  14. Letter to the Editor: Rebuilding Harmony Guitars
  15. Letter to the Editor: Random Tips and Thoughts