Andy Powers is an instrument maker and player, now working with Taylor Guitars. He started building instruments as a boy, and has restored, repaired, and built instruments for a wide and varied cast of colorful characters.
bio current as of 2018
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Questions: Scale Length for Travel Guitars
2018
AL#133 p.70
Andy Powers
Thoughts about short-scale guitars.
Questions: Why would I want to use torrified or heat-treated wood?
2017
AL#129 p.68
Mark Dalton Andy Powers John Calkin
Torrified wood has been baked at similar temperatures as baking potatoes, usually in a reduced-oxygen atmosphere. Seems to make the wood lighter in weight, darker in color, and stiffer across the grain.
Questions: Gluing Up Cocobolo
2015
AL#123 p.69
Andy Powers Steve Smith
Wiping with acetone VS not wiping, epoxy VS wood glues, and other contradictory information.
Thoughts on 12-String Guitars
2013
AL#113 p.50
Roger-Alan Skipper Dana Bourgeois Frank Ford Charles Freeborn David Freeman Evan Gluck John Greven George Gruhn Arnold M.J. Hennig Bruce Petros Andy Powers Tim Shaw Marc Silber Robert Steinegger
13 builders discuss various aspects of 12-string guitars.
Questions: Loan For Lutherie School
2012
AL#111 p.69
Andy Powers
Lutherie information for a loan application for lutherie school.