Four-year GAL member Dan Alexander has spent the last three years learning to build guitars in his bathroom. In his spare time, hes a dealer in professional recording gear and musical instruments, a published author, and has written songs for Eddie Money, Greg Kihn, and others.
▪ bio current as of 2024
2024
AL#153 p.94
Dan Alexander
▪ Dan says he does not like to measure stuff. These graduated tool-grade steel rectangles help him make things parallel without any measuring.
2023
AL#150 p.68
Dan Alexander
▪ Make your sanding dish even more useful.
2023
AL#149 p.69
Dan Alexander
▪ Gravity: Friend or enemy? Friend, if you flip the rim after gluing in the lining.
2023
AL#149 p.69
Dan Alexander
▪ Those big eraser-like logs of rubber that you may use to clean a sanding belt can yield sweet little sanding blocks.
2023
AL#148 p.6
Dan Alexander
▪ Dan has been a vintage guitar dealer for decades. He avers that there is no such thing as a bad-sounding Martin Guitar made between 1930 and 1944.
2022
AL#145 p.68
Dan Alexander
▪ A simple and non-toxic recipe for glue remover. You probably have the ingredients in your kitchen right now.
2021
AL#144 p.70
Dan Alexander
▪ Prebend rosette rings the cheap and easy way, with a hair dryer.