Arnold Hennig has been building and repairing guitars and other instruments since 1972, focusing primarily on Latin American instruments. He has been a repair technician at Elderly Instruments for the past fourteen years.
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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.
Letter to the Editor: Steel String Construction
1989
AL#19 p.5 BRB2 p.221
Arnold-M.J. Hennig
▪ Hennig gives advice about removing guitar bridges with a sharpened putty knife. He also laments the fact that popular opinion believes that guitars, unlike violins, have a “shelf life,” and as a result are often eventually neglected rather than repaired.
Letter to the Editor: Intentional Guitar Neck Twist
1988
AL#14 p.2
Arnold-M.J. Hennig
▪ Hennig endorses Leo Burrell’s idea of intentionally planing a slight twist into the neck of a guitar. This letter also contains an early mention of nut compensation.