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The Trade Secret, a true story
1985
AL#3 p.16 BRB1 p.83 read this article
Michael Dresdner
▪ Dresdner relates a story from his early days which illustrates the fact that only the ill informed believe in trade secrets.
Mario Maccaferri: Feisty as Ever
1985
AL#2 p.32
Michael Dresdner
▪ A brief life history of Mario Maccaferri, including his career as a musician, his work with the Selmer Company and the Django Reinhardt guitars, his plastics manufacturing, his association with John Monteleone, and his projects as he nears retirement.
Letter to the Editor: Nut Files
1985
AL#1 p.3
Michael Dresdner
▪ Dresdner discusses the availability of files suitable for nut slotting, and supplies an address for the Grobet Company.
Removing Dovetails-Three
1984
DS#285 LW p.120
Michael Dresdner
▪ Steam out the neck with a cappuccino machine. See also the previous 2 articles. This variation involves sawing off the fretboard at the body joint.
Blackboard Eraser Polisher
1984
DS#288 LW p.111 read this article
Michael Dresdner
▪ Dresdner steals yet another tool from another discipline, this time for polishing frets after they’ve been shaped with a file.
Tinting Lacquer Marks Inlays
1984
DS#280 LW p.86 read this article
Michael Dresdner
▪ There are several ways to lay out an inlay pattern before routing, but this one might be the most accurate.
Cyanoacrylate, Spot, Spraying
1984
DS#282
Michael Dresdner
▪ Spot spraying, French polish clothes marking intricate inlays, cyanocrylate glue. From his 1982 convention lecture.
Splining Soundboard Cracks
1984
DS#285 LW p.97
Michael Dresdner
▪ Dresdner studs the crack, then compresses the edges of the top crack into a wedge shape into which a tapered spline is glued. This technique has become routine, but this is one of the first times it reached print. He also offers a recipe for touching up the new wood to a “vintage” color.
Nut Slotting Files
1984
DS#285 LW p.106
Michael Dresdner
▪ In the “old days” you couldn’t buy a set of nut slotting files. They didn’t exist. The author used pattern makers files with parallel safety sides. He recommends learning about and adapting the tools from every trade that crosses your path.
Calculating Neck Angle Changes
1984
DS#285 LW p.107
Michael Dresdner
▪ All right, so you got the neck off of your flattop and you’re about to reset it. How much wood do you have to remove from the heel to achieve the proper correction? It turns out that you can calculate that figure, and here’s how to do it. With 1 sketch.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
Repairman, and Proud of it
1982
GALQ Vol.10#4 p.20
Michael Dresdner
▪ From his 1982 GAL convention lecture.