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Dan Erlewine & Bryan Galloup
In the early 70’s Dan Erlewine built custom guitars for iconic guitarist that molded the sound of American pop culture. These one of a kind instruments were made to the specifications of the performers that was unique in style and sound.
Decades later Bryan Galloup joined Dan in his shop as an apprentice and together they continued building and repairing guitars in the Erlewine tradition.
Now three decades later, Dan and Bryan have re-teamed to reproduce two of these iconic instruments, the Albert King “V” and the Jerry Garcia Stratishcaster. All tone woods are sonically tested through Bryan’s patented Instrument Making Software™ to ensure these instruments not only look the same, the player will experience the same feel, weight and response of the original instruments.”
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1972 Dan Erlewine Les Paul. Made alongside Albert King’s “Lucy” Flying V and Jerry Garcia’s Stratishcaster guitars and using the same black walnut, maple, and Brazilian rosewood. The walnut was a tree that had been cut, milled, and stored in a barn in 1925 on a farm outside of Ann Arbor and acquired by Dan. #customguitars #boutiqueguitars #danerlewine #albertking #jerrygarcia
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again… I love doing fret work. I especially love re-fretting a guitar you forgot actually used to shred cuz it’s been borderline unplayable for so long. Just lifeless and unenjoyable to play because you loved it too hard for so long… Frets so low you can barely bend strings, lifting/loose frets that kill sustain/tone or deep indents near the nut area from destroying parties with drunken cowboy chord covers.
I’m a fan of the sound a well seated, glued in fret offers vs one that was just hammered or pressed in raw. There is something harmonious that happens after filling every void between fret tang and slot. Here`s an excerpt from a Stew-Mac "Trade Secrets" newsletter: "Try this yourself: Glue a fret or two, then tap a bone nut blank on one of them. Listen to the sound. Now tap an unglued fret. The glued frets create a fuller sound that actually vibrates through the neck. You can see how this translates to better overall tone."
Do you think gluing frets makes a difference? Do you prefer to save your glue for sniffing?? What are some good glues I should be sniffing or fretting with? Help me out here, I’m ready to party.
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I still can’t believe that I have worked with Dan Erlewine for two days!! We all brought up with his magazine column and his books, his videos. This is so amazing! I am so fortunate🙏❤️🙏
Thanks again stewmac_guitar for having me & your caring hospitality. Looking forward to seeing videos that we made together. I am glad that I could visit Dan’s shop too!
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People, this is a lot of guitar legends in one room. Also, this is a great crossover between my two passions, Benedettology and Gibson guitarchaeology.
Seen here are luthier godfathers Bob Benedetto, Dan Erlewine and Erick Coleman, inspecting a late 30s L-37. The L-37 can be easily discerned from the L-30 by the amount of sunburst on it, which cost 7$ more back in the day, hence the name.
They were taped and photographed by the wonderful Cindy Benedetto who was so nice to ask about the guitar for me when she saw it on the wall during the Benedetto‘s visit with StewMac in Athens, OH in August.
Erick is looking for a FON or Factory Order Number in the treble f-hole of the guitar to find out about the exact year of manufacturing, which is sometimes tricky because the FON was used by Gibson to keep track of the guitar while being manufactured but not for the customer (or vintage lover 80 years later!) to see.
In another picture Erick measures the guitar (it‘s 14 3/4“ across the lower bout) because Cindy teased these well seasoned professionals since they weren’t able to eyeball the size of the guitar 😅
They obviously had a great and fun time and I’m very grateful to Cindy that she sent me this material and even cropped the photos for me 🤗
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A Special Event Sunday 3pm!! Ian Davlin ianhatesguitars will be hosting the one and only Dan Erlewine monsterfret to talk about the greatest contraption known to the fretting universe! The Neck Jig! Dan invented the neck jig decades ago and it changed the world of fretting forever.
I`ve been a neck jigger for more than 30 years and I gotta tell you, I`m excited about this one. Dan`s going to be covering the what, why and how of the jig and it`s history. Scroll through the pictures to see some of the versions of the neck jig we`ve use over the years and some fun we`ve had with the greatest mousetrap ever created!
How can you participate? Easy, join Ian`s IHG patreon group at ianhatesguitars.com to get in on the fun. Ian`s group of wayward luthiers is a fantastic platform to get to know other looths, learn from one another about the craft and connect with luthierians from all over the planet. The greatest part is the "Loothalong" where twice a week you can work in your shop with dozens of other luthiers, learn from one another, ask questions, talk shop and get advice. Just this afternoon while working in my touch-up room I was hanging with Dan and Evan Gluck newyorkguitarrepair talking about jigs, frets, finishing and vises - until the conversation moved to Dan`s gourmet fried sandwiches.
For less than the price of the cup of Starbucks you spilled on your bench this morning you could have been hanging out with us. Head over to ianhatesguitars.com or ianhatesguitars to sign up before the big event with Dan tomorrow.
I`ll be there and participating. I`ll see you there!
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A question I get asked a lot from y’all out there is if I can recommend any books about guitar and amp repair. While cleaning out the shop, I found some good ones for you…
Well, there’s obviously nothing like real world experience, but if you’re wanting to dive a bit deeper into the world of instrument repair, I highly suggest you start by checking out several of these books to get your feet wet.
monsterfret and stewmac_guitar have done a fantastic job of creating instructional books, tips and even a video series to showcase some of the most common repair techniques and industry “trade secrets” in regard to instrument repair.
The Ultimate Bench Repair book by Lee Jackson is also a pretty great read.
If you’re serious about guitar repair, you should also go follow ianhatesguitars and sign up for his Patreon page. He is the master Jedi of finish repairs and fixing broken things!
Never stop learning and if you’re having fun learning, you’re doing something right. Good luck out there!!!
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-Staff Pick Saturday-
Matt’s pick is the Iris Dan Erlewine DE-11 Sunburst acoustic. This model Dan’s first signature guitar, based on his beloved 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11. It features a 1930s V-shaped neck, Richard rear-mount banjo tuning machines, an Adirondack spruce top, a satin finish, as well as a Honduran Mahogany back, sides and neck. This guitar also has a really neat capo system that screws directly into the fretboard that we forgot to photograph. Whoops! This guitar really bulldozes the competition.
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Back in 1986 I was 18 and a Senior in High School and scalloped this Series 10 by Bently plywood strat copy but the neck would be the perfect project. I did this all by hand with my Dad`s 5 piece Craftsman wood file set starting with the round rat tail to bring it down to depth and using the others to shape it to what you see here. This was all done in my bedroom while listening to King Diamond, Testament and Slayer. After I was done I brought it to a local orchestral instrument repair shop in Berwyn, IL and they asked me who did it as it was a pretty good job according to them. They fixed a small area on the 3rd fret where I went too deep and put in the small dot markers. All I had was the Dan Erlewine article in Guitar Player Magazine that I still have. These are pics I took from his book and the only reference anywhere at the time. I think I`ll just install a few pickups and go from there, see if I can set it up to shred!
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Happy Birthday to the one and only Dan Erlewine. Without him, I can`t imagine where any of us in this biz would even be. Happy Birthday monsterfret
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This special irisguitar DE-11 Dan Erlewine model is a little different than a standard DE-11. It is still inspired by Dan’s 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11 but this guitar does not have the built in capo system, extended headstock and banjo style tuners of the standard DE-11. A great choice for players looking for vintage vibe and tones in a guitar with modern playability! Spruce over mahogany. Available now. Contact shawn@staygoldguitars.com if you have any questions.
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Into the shop it goes! monsterfret is testing the bass’ overall sound quality, it’s a little know use of a multimeter 🙂 We were also working to get the LEDs in the fingerboard lighting up again. But it’s looking like@more than a quick fix, so will leave this bass with Dan to get back to top playing shape!
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The Iris Guitar Company DE-11, designed by luthiery legend Dan Erlewine, is an exceptional instrument. Based on his beloved 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11, this acoustic guitar features a 1930s V-shaped neck, smooth banjo tuning machines, and high quality tonewoods. It also has threaded brass inserts in the fingerboard, which allow you to use screw-down capos for even more versatility. Check it out at elderly.com and see what this guitar has to offer.
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Meeting The Godfather of American Lutherie, Dan Erlewine aka monsterfret He’s the first person to put guitar building and repair instructions on tape, making lutherie work accessible for everyone around the world, and he went on to design, prototype, build, and sell a very large portion and majority of tools I use today as a student luthier.
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Here’s a fun throwback from November of 2002. This was taken after my first one-on-one weekend workshop with Dan. Little did I know at the time, my career path would change within the following year and I’d be moving to Athens. Hard to believe this was almost 19 years ago! #guitarrepair #guitarshop #tbt #stratocaster #stadiumguitar #danerlewine #stewmac #luthier #luthiery
In 2022, Dan Erlewine’s “Guitar Rx” column walked readers through a class-project guitar build by Ceil Thompson. It’s the epitome of custom-made cool, and here she uses it to play one of rock’s greatest melodies for VG followers, accompanied by Dan on the Iris DE-11 profiled in his January ’22 column. Read how Ceil finished the build in the December issue. Watch the entire video by clicking the Link in our bio and then “Ceil Thompson” on our homepage.
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This special irisguitar DE-11 Dan Erlewine model is a little different than a standard DE-11. It is still inspired by Dan’s 1937 Kalamazoo KG-11 but this guitar does not have the built in capo system, extended headstock and banjo style tuners of the standard DE-11. A great choice for players looking for vintage vibe and tones in a guitar with modern playability! Spruce over mahogany. Available now. Contact shawn@staygoldguitars.com if you have any questions.
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