Twelve-year GAL member Steve Dickerson took his grade-school class on a tour of the Pimentel guitar shop in Albuquerque, and there he caught the bug. Years later he began making instruments from firewood. He now builds and repairs guitars and ukes in a converted garage. He spent ten years in Thailand and is converting a 1929 Model A into a fuel-injected street rod.
▪ bio current as of 2023
2023
AL#149 p.68
Steve Dickerson
▪ When you see a big horrible blister form on a thick commercial finish, it means two things. Firstly, the finish is ruined. Secondly, it will come off nice and clean with a spatula and heat gun.
2023
AL#148 p.7
Steve Dickerson
▪ Some say we will play mandolins in heaven. Oh no? Go ahead; prove that we will not! Dickerson discusses this matter and reviews the evolution of his lutherie work.
2021
AL#143 p.56
Steve Dickerson
▪ The author hit on an unusual program for building his first uke. He bought a kit, but then set aside the good wood for a later build. He went to the lumberyard to buy cheap wood, then proceeded with reduced anxiety. Makes sense when you think about it. The humble uke came out fine.
2021
AL#142 p.70
Steve Dickerson
▪ Make your own cabinet scrapers and burnishers from stuff you may easily find lying around.
2020
AL#141 p.67
Steve Dickerson
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2020
AL#141 p.3
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2019
AL#138 p.63
Steve Dickerson
▪ Make a cheap and easy nut vise out of two wood scraps and a few inches of masking tape.
2019
AL#137 p.64
Steve Dickerson
▪ A regular old laser printer can help you quickly make a fretting template.
2019
AL#136 p.65
Steve Dickerson
▪ A table saw can fuction as a jig to clamp top and back plates while joining their center seams.
2018
AL#135 p.64
Steve Dickerson
▪ Improvise a simple table saw from a cordless circular saw and a piece of MDF.