Jeff Huss moved to Virginia from North Dakota to be closer to bluegrass music. He abandoned a practice in law to work for Stelling banjos, then opened a one-man guitar shop. Mark Dalton was born in Virginia but loves bluegrass music anyway. He, too, worked awhile for Stelling. H&D currently have four employees and build about 100 steel string guitars a year.
▪ bio current as of 1999
1999
AL#59 p.46 BRB5 p.396
Jeff Huss Mark Dalton
▪ Hand carved and compensated bone saddles are a mark of finesse. Fine work is all about the details, and Huss and Dalton discuss a detail that is often overlooked but easy to make. With 8 photos.
1999
AL#57 p.6 BRB5 p.292
Jeff Huss Mark Dalton
▪ The H&D Guitar Company builds about 100 guitars per year, the great majority of them bound in wood. Here’s how they do it. With 13 photos.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
1998
AL#55 p.55 BRB5 p.498
Jeff Huss Mark Dalton
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1997
AL#51 p.42 BRB5 p.104
John Calkin Jeff Huss Mark Dalton
▪ Virginia luthiers Huss and Dalton show off their shop and talk about the business of going into business. They make 7 high-end acoustics per month, and they make it sound easy. With 11 photos.