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Rodney Stedall

Sixteen-year GAL member Rodney Stedall emigrated from South Africa, where he coordinated the Guild of South African Luthiers, to New Zealand, a place where the majority of greenhouse gases come from cows and sheep belching! He’s a full-time optometrist and builds guitars in his spare time.

▪ bio current as of 2018

It Worked for Me: Jig for Sanding Angle of Headstock Veneer

2018
AL#133 p.65
Rodney Stedall

▪ Sand perfect angles on the nut end of peghead laminations.

It Worked for Me: Cutting Tentellones

2014
AL#119 p.67
Rodney Stedall

▪ Cutting, de-furring, and sanding tentellones for insertion.

A Luthier’s Vision

2012
AL#109 p.52
Rodney Stedall

▪ An optometrist’s perspective on wearing corrective lenses while engaging in guitar building.

Meet the Maker: Mervyn Davis

2007
AL#90 p.46
Rodney Stedall Mervyn Davis

▪ Davis’ South African upbringing inspires a wonderful decorative sense in his instruments. He’s built a ton of different stuff but may end up best known for his wildly unique modular guitars called Smooth Talkers. With 16 photos.

Kiaat

2007
AL#90 p.51
Rodney Stedall

▪ With all the wood varieties in the world it’s criminal that so few are accepted in lutherie. Have a look at kiaat, a wood used by South African luthiers. With 2 photos.

Meet the Maker: Rodney Stedall

2006
AL#87 p.44
Tom Harper Rodney Stedall

▪ Stedall is a South African optometrist/luthier and coordinator of the Guild of South African Luthiers. Are you surprised that South Africa has a guitar scene? Well, these days it can happen anywhere. With 6 photos.

Controlling Classical Guitar Neck Angle

2006
AL#85 p.37
Rodney Stedall

▪ Using the Spanish foot requires that the neck angle of a classical guitar be established before the back is glued to the instrument, which locks all the parts firmly (and hopefully permanently) together. Stedall’s method will further your understanding of this problem and help you achieve the results you seek. With 1 drawing and 1 photo of a jig used to stiffen the body while the ribs are sanded to receive the back.