Long-time member Tim Earls is a professional jewelry mold and model maker, and a nonprofessinal luthier, actor, and musician.
bio current as of 1992
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It Worked for Me: Fret Seating
1995
AL#42 p.63
Tim Earls
An epoxy job when re-fretting a Japanese 70s Epiphone.
In Search of the Perfect Cone
1992
AL#30 p.44 BRB3 p.204 read this article
Tim Earls
Multiple radius fingerboards revisited. Also called conical fretboards. Earls strives to put the design process into the hands of Joe Guitar maker using “barnyard” geometry. Seems to work. The article also contains a description of the Warmoth multiradius fretboard, which has become sort of the industry leader.
It Worked for Me: Clothespin Clamp
1992
AL#29 p.57 BRB3 p.484
Tim Earls
Variation on a modified clothespin clamp. The original was submitted in 1980 by Bruce Scotten and appears on page 26 of Lutherie Tools.
It Worked for Me: White Pegboard
1992
AL#29 p.56 BRB3 p.480
Tim Earls
Painting your pegboard completely white for better lighting.
Screw Misc.
1985
AL#3 p.41
Chris Pile Tim Earls
Pile contends that Schaller and Badass hardware comes with inferior screws, and that the good screws that come with cheaper machine heads should be swapped for them. Mr. Earls offers a method of cleaning bolt threads after cutting the bolt.
Custom Paint Aftermath
1985
AL#3 p.47
Tim Earls
Earls describes his ordeal of completing a guitar painted by an auto body shop.He finds that even the best auto painter may not understand the intricacies of the guitar.
Embarrassing Moments in Lutherie
1984
GALQ Vol.12#1 p.37
Tim Earls
Capo as Tool in Bridge Work
1984
DS#288 LW p.98
Tim Earls
Here’s a simple trick to keep slack strings out of the way while you work on the saddle. Especially helpful on 12-strings.
Several Glue Tricks
1981
DS#199 BRB1 p.171
Tim Earls
Handy tips for spreading and cleaning up Titebond and epoxy.