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Review: Taylor on Guitars: New Neck Designs by Bob Taylor, Taylor Guitars
2000
AL#62 p.63 BRB6 p.532 read this article
Woody Vernice
▪ This video is used to explain the design of the new Taylor neck. The reviewer likes it as more than the selling aid that Taylor envisioned, that for him it opened the discussion for the future role of the handbuilder.
Review: Ring the Banjar! The Banjo in America from Folklore to Factory, by Robert Lloyd Web
1999
AL#58 p.55 BRB5 p.480 read this article
Woody Vernice
▪ In 1984 the MIT museum sponsored an exhibition of banjos built predominantly in and around Boston. This book is sort of the catalog of that show, complete with two essays about the history of the banjo and the Bostonians who built the factories. The reviewer decides that if you like the open-back banjo you’ll enjoy this book.
It Worked for Me: Benedetto Glue Applicator
1998
AL#56 p.65 BRB5 p.500
Woody Vernice
▪ A Benedetto glue applicator is much cleaner than index finger glue application.
Review: 1996 Luthier’s Art; 1997 Luthier’s Art
1998
AL#55 p.65 read this article
Woody Vernice
▪ These are two picture books of guitars made by luthiers who attended the Healdsburg Guitar Festivals in 1996 and 1997. The reviewer finds that the pictures are too little, but that luthiers looking for new ideas may browse through them endlessly.
It Worked for Me: Cave-In Correction
1997
AL#52 p.64
Woody Vernice
▪ An addendum to a tip in AL#43 on installing two small braces between the bridge patch and the waist bar of a classic guitar in an effort to correct a slight caving in, using post-it notes as depth gauges.
Review: Gibson’s Fabulous Flat-top Guitars by Eldon Whitford, David Vinopal, and Dan Erlewine
1997
AL#51 p.48 BRB5 p.472
Woody Vernice
▪ The reviewer especially raves about the photography included in the book, though his assessment of its value to the working luthier is not so hot.