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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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Albert King and Lucy.
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Building your first guitar? Not sure how to shape the headstock without messing it up? This can be a deceptively tricky step. In this week's Trade Secret Dan and Blake show you a very simple, effective way to bring your design to live and get a professional quality result.
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You should check it out, the link is in our bio.
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You know how when mixing fresh shellac you always end up with either a clump or a few pieces that won't dissolve? Here's a really simple solution.
This week's #TipTuesday comes from Brock Poling (luthiersworkbench) on our marketing team.
We're going to make a 2# cut side-by-side, the traditional way and a faster way. The traditional way takes about 12 hours to dissolve, the faster way takes about 20-30 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 oz. of fresh shellac flakes (in this case super blond flakes)
1 oz. denatured alcohol (or in our case Everclear)
⭐ Step 1 - Weigh out 1 oz of shellac flakes on a kitchen scale
⭐ Step 2 - Grind the flakes in a coffee grinder
⭐ Step 3 - Add 8 oz of alcohol
⭐ Step 4 - Use a magnetic stirrer ($15-$20 on Amazon)
It helps to use glassware that has a perfectly flat bottom.
20-30 minutes later, the shellac is fully dissolved and ready to strain and use.
Keep it in an air tight jar and it should last for about 6 months in a cool, dry shop.
Dan Erlewine aka monsterfret has a new page devoted to his workshops and seminars. Check www.danerlewine.com frequently to see what is being offered. Expect other luminaries of lutherie to pop in to teach a variety of indispensable techniques. #luthier #guitarluthier #loothing #loother #guitarrepair #guitartech #finishtouchup #finishrepair #guitarrepairshop #vintageguitarrepair #guitarrepairs #luthiery #luthierie #luthierguitars #luthierschool #luthierworkshop #luthierintraining #luthiersecrets #luthiere #guitarrepairschool #modernguitartech #guitartechlife #danerlewine
Meet Dan’s new shop apprentice, Elyse. She's an OU senior majoring in sociology.
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After working for a year at Blue Eagle – a local Athen’s music store & vintage guitar institution – learning basic setups and working the counter she got bit (like so many of us do) by the lutherie bug and decided to make it her career.
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And, there’s no such thing as starting slow when you’re in Dan’s shop – one of Elyse’s first “setup” jobs was a BIG one — stringing and tuning a 1924 Gibson Style-U Harp Guitar.
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When Elyse discovered several of the tuning posts had string holes that were too small for the new strings, Dan had her remove the tuners, dismantle them, clamp them in a small vice, and drill a slightly larger hole.
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Then she de-burred the edges of the posts with Mitchell abrasive cord (it’s like sandpaper on a string.)
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And, after re-installing the tuner she was able to string it up without a hitch (pun intended).
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And she even got to learn to use the digital calipers in the process.
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Let’s give her a round of applause for a job well done and a great start to a long career.
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Just found this one on my phone. My Stewmac compadres wrestling the neck off of a ‘42 D-45, with a special Maglite assist by Steve! #guitarrepair #martind45 #1942 #vintageguitar #acousticguitar #martinguitar #stewmac #heystewmac #danerlewine #toddsams #elliotjohnconry
We’re honored The Godfather of Guitar Repair monsterfret and crew are sporting the mdm_repairs shirts. The Guitar Player Repair Guide was the gateway drug for so many of us lifers. #lutherie #guitarrepair #danerlewine #livinglegend #whatsonyourbench
When people ask me what my costume is supposed to be how should I answer? should I say ‘sexy slutty luthier’ or ‘Sexy Dan Erlewine’ ?
Dan's checking his handywork from a recent Trade Secret video where he shows how to cut a curved truss rod channel with a table saw, some scrap wood and a little ingenuity.
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If you don't subscribe to our Trade Secret's newsletter you really should. Every other week we publish a tip or technique on building or repairing guitars. They're super informative and a lot of fun.
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Also, be sure and subscribe to our YouTube channel where we continuously post lots of cool tips, tricks and tools to improve the quality of your work and make your time in the shop more fun.
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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
Three decades later, Dan monsterfret and Bryan have re-teamed to reproduce Albert King’s iconic V, “Lucy”. To ensure these instruments not only look and feel the same, Dan used the last of his original Lucy wood to build one for joebonamassa and myself. Very happy to be a part of Dan and Alberts legacy.
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The great thing about hanging out with Dan is you never know what he is going to haul out of a dusty case to show off.
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After shooting another Trade Secrets video (By the way, are you subscribed to our YouTube channel?) He shows off not 1 but 2 mid 50's vintage Gibson Les Pauls. 🤯 .
He also shows a tip for how to get these old guitars to play in tune better.
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Did a safe distance hang with this fine fellow this evening for the first time in nearly 3 months. #guitarrepair #danerlewine
Enjoyed getting to know this irisguitar DE-11 prototype model before it left to a new owner! A truly unique guitar! www.StayGoldGuitars.com
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Another snowstorm, can't get to the shop. There's only so much paperwork a luthier can do working remotely. Catchin' up on my "Danification". Watching monsterfret doin' his thang courtesy of stewmac_guitar
I was gonna go outside and make a guitar shaped snowman but that almost feels like work.
Thanks mother nature!😊
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Paying my respects. 🙏🏻
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The 1970 built Dan Erlewine Strat custom ordered by Jerry and played in 1972. Dan is a Luthier that has a rather giant Luthier retail shop online called stewmac.com. You can check out his video about it over there as well as get a quality switch for an OBEL or whole strat kit! I think this Custom Erlewine may have been given to Hunter as he is seen playing it later on.
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A quote from Dan about from The Les Paul Forum. "Yeah, I built Jerry a guitar around 1970ish? It was a black walnut bodied Strat with a maple neck. I was into "wood" so it had a rosewood pickguard and other "woody" thinks at the time. I have an 8mm movie of me delivering it to him in the mountains of St. Helena, CA where my wife's uncle owns a ranch. We visited when my oldest daughter was a baby. I charged $500 and Jerry gave me $900!
The guitar wasn't worth it! It was OK, but not compared to custom instruments that luthiers are building today. I ma(d)e the neck with maple laminations running at right angles to the fretboard. It made for a weird neck, I'll tell you because since it was a "maple neck" and had no fretboard the playing surface showed glue joints! I was always a little disatisfied with that. I thought it would have "killer" tone and strength because it was maple out of an ancient piano that I tore apart.
It had a stop-bar and tune-o-matic also (Jerry wanted that. . . it also had the num(b)ers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 , 12, inlayed in large rosewood numerals at those respective frets. Just a crazy hippie-idea of mine.
It also had a brass nut - the very first brass nut that I had ever been asked to make.
I have a pic of Jerry with it if you want to see it.
thanks, Dan
PS: I ran into a young fellow at the GAL Convention in Tacoma perhaps 6 years ago, and his father ended up with that guitar, and then gave it to him. He was pleased to meet me, and I was pleased that he did NOT have the guitar in hand (with all my building and repair buddies around (500 of them)." #waldotronics #jerrygarciatonenerd
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Dun dun dun dun dun dun..........dun dun dun dun..dun 😏
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Looking to get top quality results with aerosol finishes? Check out today's trade secret.
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Dan shows off his 5 tips to getting the best possible results with aerosols.
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Whether you're doing a refin, a new build or a repair aerosols can be a great choice if you don't have a professional spraying rig.
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Link is in bio .
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