Gernot Wagner has been building instruments for thirty years and has been a GAL member for twenty years. He started with lutes, but now concentrates on a scientific approach to making classical guitars, including the use of sandwich tops with Nomex honeycomb. “I like constructing gadgetry,” says Gernot, “but that’s an occupational disease I suppose.”
▪ bio current as of 2004
2004
AL#77 p.68 BRB7 p.107
John Greven Eugene Clark Charles Fox Greg Byers Gernot Wagner
▪ A rationale, acoustic or structural, for single blocks VS solid linings VS kerfed linings between the sides and back and the sides and top when building a first guitar.
2002
AL#70 p.64 BRB6 p.355
Gernot Wagner
▪ Changes in the tone of guitars as a result of refretting.