Fifteen-year GAL member Rich Mermer has been building custom instruments since 1983. He builds by the grace of God and his lovely wife Sue. Remember, behind every struggling luthier is a successful spouse or partner! Waiting to join in the fun are his sons Rylan Koa (age 6) and Nathan Sitka (age 4).
▪ bio current as of 1999
1999
AL#60 p.22 BRB5 p.408
Rich Mermer
▪ Are you familiar with the Weissenborn Hawaiian guitars of the ’20s? How ’bout the acoustic lap steel work of David Lindley? Well, Lindley often plays a Weissenborn, which is lap guitar with a sound chamber that includes a hollow neck (think of a guitar whose mother was frightened by a fretted dulcimer). Rich Mermer doesn’t build exact Weissenborn copies, but a very similar design. His good plan is a single-page diagram with a chart of measurements. With 12 photos.