George Gruhn, a universally recognized expert in new and vintage instruments, has recently relocated his shop to Nashville’s 8th Avenue South corridor.
▪ bio current as of 2013
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Questions: Steel String Fretboard Radius
2013
AL#116 p.69
George Gruhn James Buckland
▪ A history of radiused fingerboards, going back as far as the 1820s on gut string guitars.
Thoughts on 12-String Guitars
2013
AL#113 p.50
Roger-Alan Skipper Dana Bourgeois Frank Ford Charles Freeborn David Freeman Evan Gluck John Greven George Gruhn Arnold M.J. Hennig Bruce Petros Andy Powers Tim Shaw Marc Silber Robert Steinegger
▪ 13 builders discuss various aspects of 12-string guitars.
Meet the Maker: George Gruhn
2011
AL#107 p.40
Roger-Alan Skipper George Gruhn
▪ Gruhn on his career, starting in animal psychology before moving to vintage guitar collecting and the opening of Gruhn Guitars and his own instrument building.
The Business of Lutherie
1981
GALQ Vol.9#4 p.10 BRB1 p.48 read this article
R.E. Brune George Gruhn Steve Klein Max Krimmel Robert Lundberg
▪ The economic atmosphere surrounding lutherie has changed a lot since this 1980 panel discussion, but tapping into the lutherie boom is no easier than it ever was. Max Krimmel followed his genius out of guitarmaking many years ago, but the rest of these gentlemen are still active, and their longevity suggests that they knew what they were talking about so long ago. Panel discussions aren’t often as much fun as this one.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s fifty best articles published before 2010.
Gruhn Battles T.A.S.
1980
GALQ Vol.8#4 p.22
George Gruhn
▪ Luthiers, both repair craftsmen and builders, tend to exhibit ‘temperamental artist syndrome’.