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
Tag Archives: Powers¸ Andy
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.