Classic guitar maker Paul Jacobson has been a Guild member for nineteen of the last twenty-one years. He used to be workin’ on the railroad. Now he’s strummin’ on the old banjo. Well, not exactly but you see what I mean. And who is Dinah, anyway?
▪ bio current as of 1998
1998
AL#55 p.48 BRB5 p.243
Cyndy Burton Paul Jacobson
▪ Jacobson is a widely respected builder of classical guitars who considers lutherie to be the equivalent of writing sonnets. They are both exercises in controlled creativity. And both can be beautiful.
1979
GALQ Vol.7#2 p.33
Paul Jacobson
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1978
DS#90 BRB1 p.353 read this article
Paul Jacobson
▪ There is a small but vocal movement afoot to return lutherie to a “purer” state by (among other things) reverting to hide glue and French polish. Don’t be too quick to sign on until you’ve read this thought-provoking article. There is no such thing as “pure” lutherie, and you should understand what you’re surrendering before you relinquish modern techniques. Epoxies have advanced since this was written in 1978, but the reasons for using them remain the same.