Six-year member Alan Perlman builds recognizable classical and steel string guitar models, but loves the challenge of a one-off design.
▪ bio current as of 2007
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Considerations in Replicating Vintage Guitars
2016
AL#128 p.8
Alan Perlman
▪ Perlman runs though a restoration job on a Torres guitar, replacing a side and copying fancy purflings. Then he builds a replica of a Stahl Style 6 flattop. So when you are copying a century-old American guitar, how far do you go in the name of authenticity? Do you match the faded tones of the purfling, or use the nice bright colors that the Larson Brothers liked? Do you let the glue blobs roam free like they did, or get all tidy like a nervous modern maker? From his 2014 convention lecture.
Product Reviews: Luthiertool Binding Cutting Base
2007
AL#89 p.64 ALA2 p.22
Alan Perlman John Mello
▪ Both reviewers test fly the Luthiertool Binding Cutter Base, an attachment for a small router or laminate trimmer. Perlman is enthusiastic about the tool. Mello is a little less so but admits he’s glad he bought it. With 1 photo.
This article has been nominated as one of the Guild’s best articles published before 2010.
Questions: Repairing Italian Roundbody Mandolin
2006
AL#86 p.66
Alan Perlman
▪ Repairing an old Italian round-body mandolin with a split down the middle of the bowl without lessening it’s value.