Twenty-year GAL member Chris Brandt made his first electric guitar in eighth grade. By eleventh grade he was working six days a week as a repair man at Sherman Clay Music in Portland. Many years later, he owned and worked at the long-standing Portland guitar shop, The 12th Fret. He retired in 2016, and he now lives in the country with his wife Carol and Smokey, his cat.
▪ bio current as of 2021
2021
AL#144 p.68 read this article
Michael Yeats Dan Compton Mark Moreland Chris Brandt
▪ Wesley Brandt was a luthier in Portland, Oregon who reached a rare degree of quality in his work with early instruments. Four friends mourn his sudden passing. Many more will miss him.
1991
AL#26 p.57 BRB3 p.479
Chris Brandt
▪ A simple clamping caul to use in conjunction with rubber straps to clamp frets down.
1991
AL#27 p.4 BRB3 p.80
Chris Brandt R.E. Brune Jeffrey-R. Elliott Richard Schneider Ervin Somogyi David Wilson
▪ A look inside the shops of six professional luthiers, featuring floor plans, tooling descriptions, notes on lighting and specialized machinery, and ideas about how work space can help (or hurt) your lifestyle. With a good Q&A segment and 63 photos.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s fifty best articles published before 2010.
1990
LT p.114
Steve Andersen Chris Brandt R.E. Brune Ted Davis Jeffrey R. Elliott James Flynn Bob Gleason Hideo Kamimoto Robert Lundberg Frederick C. Lyman Jr. John Monteleone Robert Ruck Richard Schneider Ervin Somogyi Al Stancel Robert Steinegger Janet Toon
▪ Seventeen established luthiers were asked to list ten hand tools, five power tools, and five supplies used as tools. This info was used to determine the most essential tools, including specifics, model and size, source, and any special uses.