Despite being a bona fide weirdo and lifelong member of the arts community, Davy Riggs has never once seen a UFO. He was recently reminded that he was formerly employed by the Government as an identifier of flying objects. Life is unfair.
▪ bio current as of 2004
2004
AL#78 p.68 BRB7 p.495
David Riggs
▪ Correcting common issues when making a flattop bridge.
2003
AL#76 p.64
David Riggs
▪ David says he has templates from his own workin the early 1970s.
2002
AL#71 p.66 BRB6 p.540 read this article
David Riggs
▪ The reviewer turned his pages into a gathering of all the chief sources of useful bass making information, finding that in the end “there is a very deep well of information not in print.”
2001
AL#66 p.56 BRB6 p.537 read this article
David Riggs
▪ Riggs raves about the detail included in this blueprint of a Benedetto archtop.
2000
AL#61 p.34 BRB6 p.22
David Riggs
▪ The Celtic harp has become something of a cult object. The author offers his plans as a place to begin creation and not as an idea frozen in stone. There are 7 photos of construction details, along with some suggestions of how to proceed. The plans are a shrunken version of GAL full-size blueprint #45.
2000
AL#61 p.37 BRB6 p.25
David Riggs
▪ A full-scale instrument plan. See the GAL website for a low-rez preview.
1999
AL#58 p.55 BRB5 p.480 read this article
David Riggs
▪ The reviewer likes this book about building assorted folk and flea market instruments, though he doesn’t expect serious luthiers to have much use for it. Not unless they like to kick back with a tin can banjo, that is. A fun book for unserious moments.
1995
AL#42 p.42 BRB4 p.188
David Riggs Klaus Reischel Peppe Reischel
▪ The Reischels make Landstrofer tuners, high-quality German gears for classical guitars.
1994
AL#38 p.26 BRB4 p.20
David Riggs
▪ Sometimes German instruments can look downright, well, German! Not the ones that Riggs captured on film, though. Perhaps the whole world is now one big melting pot.
1994
AL#37 p.58 BRB4 p.482
David Riggs
▪ Building a large arched instrument using a 4″ grinder and a Lancelot cutting disc as a gouge alternative.
1991
AL#28 p.59 read this article
David Riggs
▪ A luthier volunteers for the space program in this humorous piece.
1991
AL#26 p.57 BRB3 p.476
David Riggs
▪ Sources of various instructional materials for archtop guitar construction.
1991
AL#26 p.58 BRB3 p.463 read this article
David Riggs
▪ The reviewer finds that this book offers good, solid instruction to the person building their first guitar.
1991
AL#25 p.60 BRB3 p.462 read this article
David Riggs
▪ A useful how-to book with clear, concise directions on bow making and other lutherie practices.
1990
AL#23 p.57 BRB2 p.503
David Riggs
▪ Riggs used Siminoff’s F-model book to build an A-model mandolin. His review offers building tips from his own experiences, as well as recommendations for changes in the book.