Nick Kukich has been an intermittent GAL member over the last thirty-five years. He built his first guitar while on a summer break from college in 1971 under the tutelage of Bob Marsh, a recent graduate of what would soon be the Roberto-Venn School. Convinced that no one would pronounce Kukich correctly, he founded Franklin Guitar Company in 1974, naming it for his address: Franklin Road, in Franklin, Michigan. Nick feels fortunate to have spent the last forty-four years in the lutherie shop and says he will make guitars till the very end, meaning he expects to be found dead at the bench.
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