As the author of guitar players popular repairs column, he has shown thousands of guitar. Dan erlewine is a widely respected guitar builder and repairman. Mark erlewine shares a closeup look at the famous hole in. All of these came from dan s handson measurements of the actual guitars. In this video he finishes work on the mike bloomfield telecaster, a guitar with a lot of his. Dan erlewine created two useful forms to plan and estimate the work that comes into his. Luthier and instructor, robert obrien, talks with luthier legend and instructional video pioneer, dan erlewine and one of his proteges, chelsea clark, at the 2017 gal convention in tacoma. After dan erlewine put new tuners on jorma kaukonens martin m30, jorma returned the favor by giving an impromptu lesson in fingerpicking. The acoustic notes page is a simple drawing an acoustic guitar front and back, with interior bracing.
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Estimates on all other repair work structural repair, restoration, finishing available upon request. I think this book is a great addition to any guitarists library, whether you want to do simple set up jobs on your own guitars, or go all out and rewire a new set of pick ups or level your. Willie nelsons guitar, trigger, is in for repairs at erlewine guitars in austin, texas. Jorma kaukonen gives dan erlewine a fingerpicking lesson. Download and print these forms to try dan s estimating method in your shop.
Two tips for filing string slots at the nut youtube. He is a pioneer of many techniques and tools used by many luthiers round the world. In 1984 dan produced dan erlewine s guitar hospital a sevenvolume series of videotapes on guitar repair, maintenance, and setup. Guitar player repair guide by dan erlewine pdf only at stewmac.
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